Two share Pro Carton Young Designer Award 2014 prize

Apple & Juice, designed by Alisa Feldhofer, is intended to look for packaging that should be something different from the normal packaging design on the market – something that would attract attention in general and something that you would like to buy simply because you like the appearance.

Save a Bug, designed by Marie-Sophie Fischer, is an idea for a way to save insects by transporting them from inside to outdoors, using a live trap for insects made completely from 100 percent recyclable carton.

Fischer said: ‘Helping the environment and nature was always very important to me. I hope that my idea might bring something good to the world. With its simplicity in production and use, Save a Bug would be able to help many people and save many insects.

‘I hope this award will promote my design career also internationally. I‘m proud and happy that my design has been appreciated by such an important jury. With the help of Pro Carton I might be able to actually achieve my aims and make Save a Bug a real-life project and product. I want to make people‘s lives easier and save insects at the same time, and help nature and the environment.’

Feldhofer added: ‘Nowadays there are many graphic designers who make great designs, therefore it is nice to see that I too am able to design something special, which people would like to buy. Further, it is good for my career to be able to present something that is sophisticated but can also be used as a product and sold on the market. I hope that the success at the Pro Carton Young Designers Award will help me find an interesting job. It certainly encourages me to work on ideas which are not mainstream, ideas that seem to be different, even if they are difficult to create.’