Our Fall Packaging Design class, taught by Professor Terese Jungle, took on a group project early in the semester. The class of seven seniors including Carley Abbio, Faiza Amir, La Tasha Hanner, Dylan Kisic, Sang Eun Lee, Deanna Prischak, and Ryan Sargent was tasked to survey ideas to transform products in need of a packaging rebrand—specifically using trending sustainable, flexible packaging. Through design research, they determined Jell-0 to be a product in need of a design overhaul in both design and packaging in order to appeal to a new generation of consumers as well as to reduce waste. These two concepts/designs are meant to appeal to younger and older demographics respectively.
The project gave the class the opportunity to work with Packaging Engineer, Chris Rowoth, who consulted on the idea as well as the group presentation that was entered into the 2019 Flexible Packaging Challenge. When accepted into the competition, students were paired with flex pack manufacturer, Polymer Packaging Inc., who graciously and quickly made these real prototypes on industry machinery. Winners to be announced in March 2019 for a $1,000 First Place or $500 Second Place prize.
Congratulations to those students whose hard work and ability to meet deadlines made this possible. Wishing you luck on a big win!