Students at PCAD go to finals in design competition [Video]

LANCASTER, Pa. — Logan Byer and Cam Maier are two PCAD students competing in a national competition by the Paperboard Packaging Council to develop the strongest plastic-free packaging for produce.

“We had to follow their design criteria, which for this year was creating produce packaging from paperboard material, which is a lot more recyclable and breathable than the plastic material you commonly find,” Maier said.

“Whether small or big steps, anything you can do, it just feels better,” Byer said.

They learned about the competition through their graphic design professor, Tom Newmaster.

“They pair you up with a material supplier and then that material supplier is basically who you go to get materials to make different mock-ups,” Newmaster said.

Byer and Maier started designing last year alongside two other PCAD graduates, Bahir Harris and Kendall Harris-Burton.

“There was still …