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Student and School Starpack Winners 2006The importance education plays in creating packaging and design professionals of the future and the role IOP: the Packaging Society has taken in creating awareness within schools and colleges has received further impetus through the record number of entries to this years Student & Schools Starpack Awards.The judging panel examined each of the 245 Student Starpack entries and awarded 12 Gold Stars, 27 Silver Stars and 24 Bronze Stars across nine categories Cartonboard, Child Innovative Gift Pack, Combination Pack, Consumer and Transit, Creative Metal, New Polythene Pack, Gift Packaging, Shelf Ready Packaging and Soft Drinks Bottle Icon. Tim Lynch, packaging artwork manager, of sponsoring company Britvic Soft Drinks, and member of the judging panel, said, 'I was very impressed by the way students tackled the briefs so thoroughly and creatively. They really worked hard to capture the spirit of the competition. ' Anthony Hackforth, chairman, Student Starpacks 2006 judging panel, said, 'We were delighted by the record number of entries, it really proves that the message of the importance of packaging as a discipline has not only filtered into the educational system but is also being proactively included in the classroom. Specialist colleges are seeing the benefits of students actively participating in this prestigious awards scheme.' Excellence was also acknowledged through 14 Sponsored Student Awards given to the packs that best met each of the briefs. Sponsor awards were given by British Polythene Industries; Britvic Soft Drinks; DS Smith Packaging; Field Packaging & Clarifoil; Logoplaste UK; Marks & Spencer and the MPMA; Marks & Spencer, AssiDomän Frövi and Presentation Products; Pro Carton; Smurfit UK; Tigerprint; IOP: The Packaging Society; IOM3; and Loughborough University. The Schools Starpack Awards received 132 entries to this year's three briefs for a Sun Protection Combination Pack, New Polythene Pack and Use of a Current Packaging Material in a New Market. The judging panel awarded 7 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 Bronze Stars to individual students. Sponsor awards were presented by Pro Carton, to the school providing the best carton entries; and British Polythene Industries, to the school that had the greatest success with its students' entries to the New Polythene Pack category. The IOP: The Packaging Society gave two awards to the individual students with the best carton and polythene entries. Student Starpack Awards 2006 - GOLD STAR WINNERS Creative Metal Award, sponsored by Marks & Spencer and the MPMA, for the best cocktail pack. Two Gold Stars were awarded: Mark Heath, Swindon College; and Fabian Nyblom, Central St Martins College. Fabian was also awarded Best Overall Pack in the Student Starpack. Cartonboard sponsored by Pro Carton, for best cartonboard pack for the CD, DVD and computer games market: Richard Dembovskis, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design; Joanne Bridge, Blackpool & The Fylde College; and Carly Snowden, Blackpool & The Fylde College. Child Innovative Gift Pack, sponsored by Tigerprint, for jigsaw puzzle packs aimed at 1-3 year olds: Julia Paxton, Kingston University - Richmond upon Thames. Consumer & Transit, sponsored by Smurfit UK, for a corrugated pack for Sainsburys fresh produce: Jacqueline Wharam, West Herts College. Gift Packaging, sponsored by Marks & Spencer, AssiDomän Frövi and Presentation Products, for a cartonboard pack for mulled wine or whisky selection: Abigail Stones, Blackpool & The Fylde; and Emma Devine, University of Central Lancashire Shelf Ready Packaging, sponsored by DS Smith Packaging, for a shelf ready packaging solution for cakes & biscuits, snack foods or health & beauty: Celine Bilham, University of Teesside Soft Drinks Bottle Icon, sponsored by Britvic Soft Drinks, for re-invigorating or re- inventing a 500 ml PET bottle for Tango: Jeremy Amos, Reigate School of Art, Design & Media; and Ross Evans, Hull College. Student Starpack Awards 2006 - SPONSOR AWARDS Britvic Soft Drinks Award, for the student who provided the outstanding solution for the Tango Soft Drinks Icon Brief: Emily Ward, Central St Martins College. DS Smith Packaging Award for Shelf Ready Packaging: 1st prize Joanne Clarke, Kingston University - Richmond upon Thames; 2nd prize - Celine Bilham, University of Teesside; 3rd prize - Saara Jarvinen, Lahti Institute of Design. Field Packaging & Clarifoil Award for Best Combination Pack: Nicola Souden, Norwich School of Art & Design. Logoplaste UK Award, special award for best use of plastic as a packaging material: Gerasimina Sarantopoulo, Central St Martins College. Marks & Spencer and MPMA Award: Fabian Nyblom, Central St Martins College. Marks & Spencer, AssiDomän Frövi and Presentation Products Award for Gift Packaging: Winner Abigail Stones, Blackpool & The Fylde; Commended Iain Farmer, Blackpool & The Fylde; Jemma Louise Dalley, Norwich School of Art & Design. Pro Carton Award for CD, DVD or Computer Games Cartonboard Presentation Pack: Richard Dembovskis, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. Smurfit UK Award for Consumer & Transit Packaging: Winner: Jacqueline Wharam, West Herts College. Commended: Emily Taylor, Kingston University - Richmond upon Thames; Cailey Mercer, Swindon College; Suzanne Harvey, Norwich School of Art & Design; Ingrida Liepyte, Lahti Institute of Design Tigerprint Award for Child Innovative Gift Pack: Julia Paxton, Kingston University - Richmond upon Thames Eric Dickens Memorial Award, presented by the IOP: the Packaging Society to the college whose students who most effectively promoted education in packaging design: Blackpool & The Fylde College. The college submitted 32 entries and took 14 awards - 3 Gold , 1 Silver, 5 Bronze, 3 Commended Stars, as well as 1 Sponsored and 1 Sponsored Commended Award. IOP: the Packaging Society Primary Award, for the outstanding entry across all Student Starpack Briefs: Fabian Nyblom, Central St Martins College. IOM3 Award, for the best design solution that maximises the benefits of a specific packaging material across all briefs: Jeremy Amos, Reigate School of Art, Design & Media Loughborough University Award, for the novel application or manufacture of materials across all briefs: Jenni Hiltunen, Lahti Institute of Design Schools Starpack Awards 2006 - GOLD STAR WINNERS & SPONSOR AWARDS (Students must have been 18 or under at start of the academic year September 2005) Gold Stars Brief 1:Sun Protection Combination Pack - Gold Star Winners: Daniel Spooner, City of Leicester College; Ravinder Tutt, City of Leicester College; Sulaiman Khan, City of Leicester College; Katy Gravett, The Sixth Form College Farnborough; and Kourosh Atefipour, The Sixth Form College Farnborough Brief 2: New Polythene Pack - Gold Star Winner: Katie Costard, Hawley Place School Brief 3: Materials Research - Gold Star Winners: Sarah Karim and Rebecca Bussey, Derby High School Sponsor Awards: British Polythene Industries Award Winner: Hawley Place School; Runner-up: King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls Pro Carton Award - City of Leicester College IOP: The Packaging Society Award (Best supporting portfolio) Sun Protection Combination Pack: Kourosh Atefipour, The Sixth Form College Farnborough New Polythene Pack - Bethany Ridge, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls IOM3 Award (Design solution that best maximises the benefits of specific materials within the packaging briefs): Sarah Karim and Rebecca Bussey, Derby High School Date posted: 6 April 2005 |
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