Events

Aalto Package Design Symposium 2019

Conferences and workshops

When

10.10.2019 8:30 – 12:00

Where

Dipoli

Lumituuli auditorium

Registration

Registration fee

0 € /65 €

Event language(s)

English

In a world of finite resources, what are the drivers of change in packaging design? How to address sustainability and how to design experiences and empathy? What is the role of packaging design when introducing new product types or entering new markets?

We will address these questions and many more at the first Aalto Package Design Symposium.

A Plastic-Free Future: How Creativity Can End Out Toxic Relationship With Single-Use Plastic

Andrew Gibbs (US)
Founder of The Dieline, Partner at A Plastic Planet, Climate Reality Corps Leader, Instructor at ArtCenter College of Design

https://thedieline.com/

Creation of Package Branding and Trends in Japan

Fumi Sasada
Japanese award-winning designer, author,
President and CEO of Bravis International

About Sasada

Other speakers

Virpi Korhonen (Sense N Insight): Consumer value for sustainable packaging materials and technologies
Elli Kultanen (Woodly) Designing a new packaging material - unique selling points and new paths to commercialization
Markus Joutsela (Pack-Age, Aalto University): Addressing Packaging Experience with Design
Avner Peled (Aalto University): Products as the Creator Incarnate

The event is organized by Aalto University's Pack-Age programme. Get your tickets (65€) via Eventbrite.

Aalto staff and students: free.

More information: [email protected]

Pack-Age is an innovative packaging design course uniting visual communication, design, business and engineering thinking to sustainability and project-based learning.

Corporate collaboration

Structural paper folding techniques by researcher Miia Palmu. Photo: Valeria Azovskaya

There is an urgent need for sustainable alternatives to oil-based packaging materials such as styrofoam.

5.9.–26.9.2019 Events

Published: 17.9.2019
Updated: 8.10.2019