Iggesund Paperboard Design Experience 2016 welcomes designers

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The Iggesund Paperboard Design Experience for 2016 is underway. Twenty-four international designers arrived at Iggesund in Hälsingland, Sweden to spend three days learning more about paperboard in general and Invercote in particular.

The ‘Experience’ enables participating designers to discuss sustainable design and material selection and also to question experts in fields such as forest and water management, and food safety in packaging. The event features both theoretical and practical sessions. Paper and pop up book artist Iain Smyth and designer Niklas Fagerholm is running workshops that give participants an opportunity to work hands on with the paperboard. The aim is for the designers to return home with new insights into how they can make their designs stand out from the crowd not only graphically but also from a sustainability perspective.

The Iggesund Paperboard Design Experience is an annual event and this year’s is the fifth edition. Designers apply to participate and are granted a place based on factors like design speciality and geographical location.