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Matter of taste

NAPA TALKS is a one-day event celebrating design through conversations, ideas, and perspectives shaping the future of packaging.

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2026 May 22

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2026 NAPA TALKS topic

Matter of taste

MATTER OF TASTE is an invitation to return to something deeply human in design the ability to sense, to choose, and to care. In a world where tools and automation can generate endless visual options, taste becomes what truly sets great work apart. Not just how packaging looks, but how it feels, what it communicates, and the story it carries.

This year we will talk about intuition, sensitivity, and the subtle decisions that transform packaging from a container into an experience. Because taste is not an algorithm. It is built through curiosity, imagination, and the courage to make choices that feel right.

Last year marked NAPA's tenth anniversary, and we celebrated in style by delving into the question: 'What separates good design from great?'

The NAPA Talks 2025 line-up featured some of the best packaging specialists:

🎙️Emilka Bojanczyk, Podpunkt (PL)
🎙️Pedro Mesquita and Pedro Serrão, This is Pacifica (PRT)
🎙️Kamilė Korsakaitė, And studio (LT)
🎙️Maija Rozenfelde, Kid design (LV)
🎙️George Karayiannis, 2 yolk (GR)
🎙️Juuso Siltanen, Werklig (FI)

Speakers

These talented and creative professionals will share their knowledge

Malik Thompson

Co-Founder (Fixer)

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Akira Lee

3D Animation Artist (ANterix)

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Jalen Robinson

Creative Director (HERO PAS)

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Matthew Chen

Type Designer (Poplabs)

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Lisa Cross

Concept Artist & Narrative Designer (UBL Softis)

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Ann Jacobs

Senior UX Designer (TELIL)

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Moments from last year’s NAPA Talks

The NAPA BALTIC Packaging Design Awards aim to assess high quality and innovative product packaging design created in the Baltic Region and publicise the best examples to various professionals and to the wider public as well. The exhibition of the selected best work will be accompanied by the NAPA TALKS conference.

The competition is organized by the Lithuanian Design Association (LDA).

Organised by

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Partially funded by

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