The The winners of the Pro Carton design competition have been announced

Six projects received awards at X'06. A pistachio dispenser won in the packaging category, while a take-away food bag that can be converted into a table won in the applications category.

Pro Carton and the Swiss Design Association announced the design competition, which comes with prize money of CHF 7,000, for the first time this year. The jury had to assess a total of 26 entries from students at various universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

Versatile cardboard The jury members were impressed by the students' wealth of ideas. Jury president Prof. Gregor Naef said that the participants had "impressively demonstrated how versatile cardboard is as a material". These projects were the most impressive:

In the cardboard packaging category, the pistachio dispenser by Corina Wolf, the rice portioner by Mark Wunderlin, and third place went to Alban Liam-Schär with a pouring device for paint and varnish cans.

Patrick Rüegg's take-away bag that can be transformed into a table won the cardboard application category, followed by Laurent Auberson's multifunctional bookmark and Graziella Luggen and Susann Brütsch's picnic packaging that can also be a table.

The winning entries will represent Switzerland at the international Pro Carton design competition in Gothenburg. The works can be seen on the website below.