Huge success at the WorldStar Student Awards competition

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/11

Guest writer:
Péter Rosta
art teacher
Sopron University
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Guest writer:
Judit Gabriella Szarka
art teacher
Sopron University
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This year 253 entries from 25 countries entered the international contest. A jury of 49 international experts selected the 137 best designs worthy of an award and awarded gold, silver and bronze medals in 8 different categories.

Medal winners from three continents

The three medal winners at this year’s WorldStar Student Awards came from three different continents.

Gold medal: Alpha Biopac, a strong box made from water hyacinth designed by a team from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana for packaging and transporting smoked fish.

The gold medal-winning Alpha Biopac is a square, sturdy box made of water hyacinth for efficient packaging and transport of smoked fish

Silver medal: Jeremy Marchant from the University of New South Wales in Australia won the silver with his takeaway sushi paper box. It is made from renewable mono-material, it is stackable, has a lid and a separate chopstick holder.

A takeaway paper sushi box won the silver medal

Bronze medal: the team from California Polytechnic State University designed a sunscreen product packaging called Sun Ease, which utilises innovative carton-in-carton technology to eliminate the plastic packaging of traditional sunscreen products.

Sun Ease represents the future of solar protection and environmental responsibility

Students from the University of Sopron won gold and silver medals

Eleven design and graphic design students from the University of Sopron’s Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries were among the finalists, who prepared for the competition with the help of art teachers Péter Rosta and Judit Gabriella Szarka.

Back row, left to right: Prof. Dr. Balázs Markó, institute director, university professor; Miklós Nagy, technical secretry, CSAOSZ ; Prof. Dr. Endre Magoss, dean, university professor; Dr. habil Anna Szigethy, university associate professor; Máté Somogyi, designer; Péter Rosta, art teacher; Dr. habil Péter György Horváth, deputy dean of education, associate professor. Front row, left to right: Dániel Koncz, designer; Petra Domján, graphic designer; Boglárka Vranek, designer; Adrienn Barbara Varga, graphic designer; Lili Dóra Grubits, graphic designer; Kíra Matolcsi, graphic designer; Kíra Fanni Sztaskó, graphic designer; Gerda Angyalka Lepenye, graphic designer; Viktória Miklós, graphic designer; Judit Gabriella Szarka, art teacher; not in the picture: Tímea Bereczi, graphic designer (her diploma held by Judit Gabriella Szarka)

Adrienn Barbara Varga won a gold medal in the “Other Packaging” category, while Kíra Fanni Sztaskó came home with a silver medal in the “Marketing Appeal” category.

Péter Rosta:

“These concepts aren’t primarily created with the aim of market promotion, but rather as a creative challenge in a competition. It is special that our students always present their concepts in the form of a tangible, scaled model”.

 

Adrienn Barbara Varga
graphic designer student
Sopron University

Gold medal in the “Other Packaging” category: Barbara Adrienn Varga – “Tree seedling in seed paper” packaging

“My plan was to create environmentally friendly, waste-free packaging. I wrapped the tree seedling in seed paper that holds moisture in the plant, which can grow into a plant once it enters the ground”, told Barbara Adrienn Varga.

Gold medal in the category “Other Packaging” by Adrienn Barbara Varga – “Tree seedling in seed paper” packaging

Kíra Fanni Sztaskó
graphic designer student
Sopron University

Silver medal in the “Marketing Appeal” category: Kíra Fanni Sztaskó – “Tortilla chips” packaging

“My goal was to wrap the product in paper instead of a plain plastic bag. The initial geometric shape slowly evolved into a prism in the shape of a rhombus, which can be opened from the side with a string”, said Kíra Fanni Sztaskó. //

Silver medal in the „Marketing Appeal” catetory: Kíra Fanni Sztaskó – „Tortilla chips” packaging

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WorldStar Student Awards category winners

MARKETING APPEAL category

Hunan University of Technology/School of Packaging Design Art/Department of Packaging Design, China: Biomimetic and environmentally friendly packaging for children’s milk drinks

SUSTAINABILITY category

University of New South Wales, Australia: Takeaway sushi box

SAVE FOOD category

Packaging design, Nackademin, Sweden: The Ketchup Bellow

FOOD category

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi, Ghana: Alpha Biopac – Packaging for efficient storage and transport of smoked fish

BEVERAGES category

Hunan University of Technology/School of Packaging Design Art/Department of Packaging Design, China: Biomimetic and environmentally friendly packaging for children’s milk drinks

HOUSEHOLD category

Eskisehir Technical University, Turkey: OMO laundry detergent bottle