THE CHALLENGE

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The challenge is to design packaging for any imaginary Australian product to be sold in Australia.

Students to Year 10 work in teams of up to two with Year 11 and 12 students entering individually. Students will need to address simple technical considerations, environmental issues and display a high level of originality, creativity and innovation.

Each design must be accompanied by a rationale (reasoning and design considerations). This is the most important part of the entry and judging process. It must tell the judges the reasons behind design choices and indicate the students’ understanding of the packaging
issues that they have addressed.

Detailed outlines of the rationale expectations for each category can be found via the menu on the left-hand side of this page.

The judging sheet to be used can be found via the menu on the left-hand side of this page. Due to the restricted number of entries allowed, it is the teachers/ schools responsibility to assess/judge students internally and submit only their two best entries for judging. This will be referred to as Round One of judging. Click here for more information on the Judging Process.

Schools will submit a list of all other participating students with their final two entries. All students will receive a participation certificate. Teachers are advised to submit typed lists of participating students names via email and check accuracy of spelling to avoid printing
errors on participation certificates.

The full design brief for the Senior Primary Students category can be found by clicking here and the Secondary Students category by clicking here.