WorldPressOnline – The truly International Jury of the 11th Pentawards is composed by 12 highly esteemed packaging designers and brand-owners: (from left to right)
Brigitte Evrard – President of the Jury, Brussels – Belgium
Sam O’Donahue – Owner and Creative Director of Established, New York, NY – USA
Yoji Minakuchi – Head of Design Department of Suntory, Tokyo – Japan
Mark Budden – Managing Director, Design Bridge Asia – Singapore
Laurent Hainaut – Founder and President, forceMAJEURE, formerly know as Raison Pure NYC, New York – USA
José Antonio Rojano Lopez – Head Design & Communication Manager at El Corte Inglés, Madrid – Spain
Clem Halpin – Creative Director at Turner Duckworth, London – United Kingdom
François Takounseun – Co-Founder, Global Design Director, Partisan du Sens, Paris – France
Jacob Bergström – Creative Director, Silver, Stockholm – Sweden
Roy White – Founder and Creative Partner, Subplot, Vancouver – Canada
Yuan Zonglei – Designer, Shanghai – China
Jeremy Lindley – Global Design Director at Diageo, London – United Kingdom
The 11th Pentawards will be open for online registration from 20 Feb. to 7 April 2017.
About the Pentawards: Worldwide Packaging Design Competition
What differentiates the Pentawards from other prizes, what makes them so unique?
Created in January 2007, the Pentawards are recognised as the most prestigious worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design in all its forms. They are open to all those who are associated with the creation or marketing of packaging from every country in the world. Their primary mission is to increase the stature of packaging design and those who create it.
Each year, packagings from around the world are judged by a truly international jury of 12 highly reputed designers and packaging design Directors from major companies. The jury selects the winners based on the creative quality and the marketing relevance of the works presented. Winners receive bronze, silver, gold, platinum and diamond Pentawards.
No less than 55 different categories allow any type of packaging to compete and be judged against similar creations. This means that a bottle of wine is not evaluated next to a beer, washing powder next to gardening materials, or even a bottle of perfume next to make-up.
Each year, trophies are awarded in a different city in Europe, Asia or the Americas, at an official ceremony which hosts hundreds of designers from around the world, and provides a unique opportunity to meet and exchange ideas.
By participating in the Pentawards, packaging designers, design students, brand-owners and packaging producers have the opportunity to compare their creations to those from around the world, and have the opportunity to win a prestigious award that allows them to show the world their creativity and expertise.
In addition, the Pentawards provides them with an opportunity to strengthen the reputation of their profession.