The Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation (
www.pgsf.org) and Electronics For Imaging (
www.efi.com) are pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural
Packaging Design Contest. This year’s contest was open to any college student who is studying Graphic Arts with a focus on packaging. Over 40 entries were submitted representing 8 universities.
“EFI is proud to sponsor the Box Design contest in conjunction with the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation to inspire and reward future graphic designers in digital printing creation for corrugated products.” said Liz Logue, VP Corporate Development, Inkjet Strategy for EFI. “The student submissions were all well designed and thought out."
Our Winner - Alex Woon
Ultimately EFI chose Alex Woon’s box design, from the
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, who showed creativity in designing a unique look for a wine carrier, while leveraging digital printing’s unlimited design capabilities.
Alex’s design was for Grace Wines of Berkeley, CA and when assembled holds several bottles and looks like a gothic church. In addition, the graphics for the package include a spot varnish/clear coat of braille. “Designing for the PGSF box competition was a great opportunity, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to participate'" shared Alex. "This project was exciting — I had the chance to put my all into an idea that has great meaning to me. The design itself reflects the cross-disciplinary and accessible work I strive to create. In having this work publicized, I hope to inspire a more diverse, equitable, and accessible future in our industry.”
The Packaging Design contest winner receives a $500 prize from EFI and will have their design printed on an EFI Nozomi Ink Jet press.
More information about the scholarship foundation and its other contests can be found at
www.pgsf.org/2023-student-design-contests.
About PGSF
The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation is a not-for-profit, private, industry-directed organization that dispenses technical and college scholarships and assistance to talented youth interested in graphic communication careers. The mission of PGSF is to promote the graphics industry as a career choice for young people and then to support them through their education process.
Media Contact: Jeffrey White, 412-608-2855
jeff.white@pgsf.org
About EFI
EFI™ is a global technology company leading the worldwide transformation from analogue to digital imaging. We understand our customers want breakthrough technologies to lead them through their digital journey. That’s why we’re passionate about driving their business growth with a scalable portfolio of products, solutions, services, support, and world-class partnerships for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, building materials, commercial print, and personalized documents with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and workflow software. They work together to increase profits, cut costs, improve productivity, and optimize efficiency – job after job, year after year. We are devoted to our customers. And we believe we have the right people, technology and experience to help them achieve their business goals. (
www.efi.com)
