Press release
29 Sep 2021, 9:00 CET

Spicy packaging wins the design competition PIDA

The BillerudKorsnäs prestigious design competition PIDA has been completed. The overall winner is the French entry “RESPICE” made by the three design students Romane Bazile, Jeanne Douchet and Marion Braconnier from IUT Reims. The winning concept challenges conventional packaging and awakens the senses.

The winning students describe their packaging project as follows:
“RESPICE is a way to spice up your life. It is a really tasty box to put in your kitchen as a decorative display. The opening of the box provokes a sound that excites your hearing and allows you to guess at the ingredients. The patterns stimulate your sight with the terracotta colour and clean typography. Finally, a QR-code gives you more information about the spices,”says team RESPICE, who besides the honour also won a trip to Sweden to participate in the BillerudKorsnäs design summit.

What impressed the jury

The jury consisted of a mix of well-known industry professionals and the winning motivation reads:
“The Grand Finale winner of PIDA 2021 has really taken the theme Awaken the Senses to action. With sound, touch and feel they have created a new concept within its field that gives the consumer an inspiring surprise combined with a digital bridge. This concept in its clever book format really challenges the conventional packaging and inspires the consumer to an extraordinary gourmet sensation.  It is the perfect balance between innovation, sustainability, conviviality and user-friendliness. Re-Spice, Re-fill, Re-use, Recycle, and Re-duce the packing impact on the environment without any kind of compromise on the design.”

The PIDA Grand Finale was held on September 27 at Luxe Pack Monaco (the world’s leading trade show for innovative luxury packaging). In total, 100 students competed in PIDA with 40 design projects. Four teams managed to advance to the final – by winning the semi-finals in France, Germany, Sweden, and the USA earlier this year.

The other finalists

Apart from the winner, three other teams competed in the Grand Finale. The Germanfinalist, from Hochschule der Medien, was Krystal Kream, a ground-breaking ice cream packaging concept. From Swedish college Nackademin, the project Lost in Senses was a playful tea set. The third project in the final was The Golden Bee Skincare, an unconventional packaging designed by a team from Clemson University in South Carolina, USA.

“The jury’s decision was not easy. The level of the competing entries was exceptionally high and everyone who made it to the final succeeded to awaken our senses in various ways”, says  Lena Dahlberg, Manager Application Development Paperboard at BillerudKorsnäs.

A win-win for both contestants and audience

The interest in PIDA has grown for every year and in 2021 BillerudKorsnäs arranges the competition for the 16th time.

PIDA is more than a competition; it’s an arena for tomorrow’s packaging designers to showcase their talent, and it’s where professionals come for ideas and inspiration. It’s an initiative to drive the development of packaging design forward,” says Anders Gathu, Marketing Manager Cartonboard BillerudKorsnäs.

 
For more information, please contact:

Anders Gathu, Marketing Manager Cartonboard BillerudKorsnäs, anders.gathu@billerudkorsnas.com, phone +4672 243 36 61

Louise Wileen Bjarke, Head of Press BillerudKorsnäs,louise.wileenbjarke@billerudkorsnas.com,  phone +4672 210 35 14

 
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The international winner: RESPICE

This year’s overall winner is the French entry “RESPICE” –­ an innovatively packed spice kit.

Krystal Kream

The Germany finalist “Krystal Kream”. Innovative thinking for vegan ice cream.

Lost in Senses

From Sweden: “Lost in Senses”, a playful packaging designed for a tea set and a whole tea experience.

Golden Bee Skincare

The American entry “The Golden Bee Skincare”, a packaging design characterized as

inventive and unconventional.