MSU students Taylor Thompson, Tyler Nunnold, Sean Hannah and Matt Gallinger finished first in the 2013 Glass Packaging Design Competition.
Their package design for Lone Star Whiskey beat designs by 70 other student teams in the seventh glass bottle design competition sponsored by the Glass Packaging Institute.
The winning design is a clear, 750 ml glass bottle featuring a star-shaped shoulder that carries up around the bottle neck.
The top three teams were recognized with glass plaques. The winning team was invited to Verallia, a glass container manufacturer, for a tour of its Muncie, Ind., headquarters and Dunkirk, Ind., glass bottle plant. Student winners were also able to meet with Verallia’s product design, marketing and sales teams.
The top 10 submissions were judged by an industry panel including representatives from Verallia, Vitro, Diageo, Pepsico and GPI. A model of the winning design was supplied by Verallia, and Spear supplied the pressure-sensitive film, three-color label.