Young Package Competition

Since its foundation in 1996, the Young Package competition has achieved an international reputation and a distinctive position among competitions for young designers. This year brings a couple of significant changes. First, the image of the competition has changed and for its 15th anniversary the competition introduced a brand new web site. Secondly, the scope of the competition adds a novelty: in one of the two categories, it invites and challenges creative minds from art fields other than packaging design.

The competition was founded to invite students and creative people up to 30 years of age, and challenge them to create designs of corrugated and smooth cardboard as used in the sponsor’s packaging design.

Young Package is held annually. Its founder, the Czech company Model Obaly is a leading package manufacturer and a great believer in supporting and challenging young creative talents.

Terms and conditions

2009-09-04Entries sent by postal service will be accepted from participants registered through an online registration form. High school, college, university students, and designers of up to 30 years of age can register in two categories: Product Package and Different View.

With their entries, participants do not include any CDs or portfolios; they can use the registration form, which provides room for description.

registration

To register, participants use an online registration form placed on the competition web. Here, they fill in personal data and entry description for the jury to use during judging. After the registration, participants will receive a registration-code by e-mail. This code must be indicated both on the entry (in a subtle and elegant manner) and to the envelope or package in which the work will be sent. Consequently, the works will be judged anonymously. You can find the registration form here.

If more works are registered, than each work has to be registered separately.

sending the works

Competition entries must be mailed carefully wrapped so that they arrive undamaged, i.e. in a sufficient-sized box or envelope, in which it is stabilised and secured. On the envelope or package, the participants have to indicate their registration-code.

Entries may either be sent by March 29, 2010 or delivered personally on the last day, until 6:00 p.m. to the address of organiser – CZECHDESIGN.CZ, or they must be submitted at a post office on or before the same date. If an entry does not arrive by the jury meeting – held during the 2nd week of April – it will not be accepted into the competition.

Entries submitted only as CD presentation or in a portfolio will be excluded from the assessment process.

Notice for foreign participants: Your parcel should carry a Customs Authorities Statement: Package contains an object intended for the international Young Package competition; its value for the customs purposes does not exceed 10 EUR.

Competition entry and shipment costs are covered by the participants. Entries are not returned to the participants; they become the property of the competition’s organiser. Selected works will be donated to the design collection of National Technical Museum in Prague.

entries are to be sent to competition organiser’s address

schedule

Entries are accepted beginning October 8, 2009 until march 29, 2010!

The expert jury will be formed by January 30, 2010.

Competition results will be announced and winning entries put on exhibit in May 2010. More information will be available at www.young-package.com.

awards for winning entries

• Winner in the Product Package category will be awarded
  1. University students and young designers up to 30 years of age 750 Euro
  2. High school students 750 Euro
• Winner in the Different View category will be awarded 750 Euro
• Within the competition, a special CZECHDESIGN.CZ prize will be awarded.