Packaging Design News
Seymourpowell Makes a Splash with Silent Pool Distillers
Seymourpowell has created the branding and packaging for Silent Pool Distillers' first national and eponymous spirit, an artisan gin distilled in a historic location in the Surrey Hills.
Studio Sonda Creates Wine Label for Piquentum St. Vital 2014
Studio Sonda recently designed the wine label for 2014 Piquentum St. Vital. The studio used the data on weather conditions in the territory of vineyards, and the amount of precipitation to show graphically how much weather actually affects the diversity of nature every year.
The Collected Works Develops Brand Identity for Café De La Corte
The Collected Works recently completed a packaging & identity project for Café De La Corte, a family owned, single origin coffee farm in Colombia.
Typographics 2016: A Design Festival for People Who Use Type
Typographics, a typography conference organized by Cooper's Type@Cooper, returns for a second year to The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City.
Lexus Design Award 2016 Grand Prix Winner Announced
Lexus International has named Agar Plasticity, a project exploring how agar, a gelatinous material obtained from marine algae, can be used as an environmentally friendly packaging material alternative to plastic, as the Grand Prix winner of the 2016 Lexus Design Award.
Communication Arts 57th Design & Advertising Competitions
Communication Arts' 57th Design & Advertising Competitions are now open for entries.
Golden Pin Concept Design Award 2016
The 2016 Golden Pin Concept Design Award is now open for entries. The competition seeks design concepts inspired by philosophies and ideologies from the huaren (Chinese-speaking) world.
Pentawards 2016: Call for Entries
The 2016 Pentawards is now open for entries from packaging designers, brand owners, packaging suppliers, and students.
Hennessy VSOP Privilege Collection
Appartement 103 worked with Peter Saville to bring Hennessy's latest V.S.O.P Privilege Collection Series to life.
Cartils Redesigns Grolsch
The Dutch Grolsch brewery was founded in 1615 and Grolsch beer has evolved into an international player within North European lagers.
Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2016
The 2016 Red Dot Award: Communication Design is now open for entries. From Corporate Design and Apps to Retail Design, the competition aims to showcase the excellent communication solutions in the design industry.
Super Jay Saison by PWW
Super Jay Saison is the second craft beer brewed and branded by PWW. The beer has a light and rustic taste, and has been bottle conditioned for natural carbonation.
Real Ale Bombers
Real Ale Brewing Co. is one of the most beloved craft brewers in all of Texas. They're also one of the most prolific with a product line that boasts nine year-round beers, five seasonal beers, and numerous special offerings and limited releases.
Design Origin: France
With a notion to compare the diverse visual landscapes of different cultures, Design Origin is a brand new design reference collection that examines the creative works of one country at a time.
TSMGO Creates Packaging for Abadía Española
TSMGO recently created the branding and packaging for a new range from Abadía Española, one of the first artisanal breweries in Spain.
Graphis Design Annual 2017: Call for Entries
Graphis is currently accepting entries for its 2017 Design Annual. The largest and most anticipated competition, Design Annual 2017 will feature the most visually compelling design work of the year from the world's most renowned in the industry, across forty different categories.
LRXD Creates Packaging for New Natural Sins Line
To reintroduce its unique line of crispy mango, pineapple, coconut, and beet chips, Natural Sins needed a packaging design that could show retail customers and health-conscious consumers that it was much more than a chip off the old block.
Webb deVlam Designs Packaging for Grant's Elementary Range
Webb deVlam designed the new packaging of Grant's Elementary, a range of three Scotch whiskies, revealing the scientific precision behind traditional whisky-making.
Design Bridge Creates New Packaging for Appelsientje
Design Bridge created the full range of new package designs for Appelsientje, the Netherlands' most favourite juice drink brand.
Young Package 2016
The 2016 Young Package competition is calling on designers to cut down the proportion of non-recyclable packaging waste, and to create a package with multiple uses.
Nude Brand Creation Designs Packaging for Ballantine's 21 Year Old Signature Oak Edition
Ballantine's has unveiled its 21 Year Old Signature Oak Edition - European Oak, launched with packaging designed by Nude Brand Creation that showcases the unique characteristics and flavours of this special blend.
TDC62 Communication and Typeface Design Competitions
The 62nd Annual Type Directors Club Communication Design Competition (TDC62) and the 19th Annual TDC Typeface Design Competition (TDC 2016) are now open for entries.
Call for Entries: Joseph Binder Award 2016
The Joseph Binder Award (JBA) is Austria's only international competition for graphic design & illustration.
Dow Design's Major Makeover for Mccoy Juices
Reinvented for a new generation of juice enthusiasts, Frucor's McCoy juice got a makeover to keep the brand at the forefront of premium shelf stable juices and juice drinks.
Brother Design Wins Gold Pin for Pams' Packaging
Brother Design's work for private brand, Pams, has received a Gold pin at the Design Institute of New Zealand's annual Best Awards.
Design Bridge Named Agency of the Year at 2015 Pentawards
Design Bridge has been named Agency of the Year at the 2015 Pentawards.
Design Bridge Creates New Packaging for Cacao Barry
Design Bridge designed the new brand identity and packaging for Cacao Barry. Cacao Barry produces and sells the finest-grade chocolate products for the restaurant and confectionery industries.
HOW International Design Awards 2015
The 2015 HOW International Design Awards are now open for entries. The competition recognizes excellence on a global scale.
Concepts We Wish Were Real Awards
The Dieline has launched its first ever Concepts We Wish Were Real Awards.
Think to Make Creates Branding for 1Kick Canned Mule
Think to Make worked on an integrated branding project for the innovative cocktail 1Kick.
Casa Rex Creates Identity and Packaging for CbyB
Casa Rex has created the visual identity and packaging for CbyB, the first range of chocolates by Brigaderia, the Brazilian confectionery boutique specializing in brigadeiro sweets.
6th Annual Typography Competition: Call for Entries
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 6th Annual Typography Competition. The competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
Absolut Colours: Limited Edition Absolut Bottle in the Pride Flag
Absolut has unveiled Absolut Colours, a new limited edition bottle which is sleeved with the iconic Gilbert Baker rainbow flag.
Nescafé Azera and Tesco Embrace New Creative Talent with Psona 12's Help
PSONA 12 has developed a multichannel campaign to create impactful limited edition designed tins for Nescafé Azera by working with emerging design talent.
iF Design Award 2016
The 2016 iF Design Award is now open for entries. This year, the awards will be given in seven categories: product, communication, packaging, interior architecture, professional concept, architecture, and service design.
Lead Belly Box Set by Visual Dialogue
From his discovery in prison to his genre-defying repertoire to his influence on musicians that continues to this day, Huddie Ledbetter - better known as Lead Belly - is one of the most fascinating characters in American music.
Core77 Design Awards 2015
Core77 is still accepting entries for its 2015 Design Awards. A celebration of excellence in all areas of design, the Design Awards program enlists an international jury of design experts to honor those who present creative, innovative and forward thinking designs across 14 traditional and progressive categories.
Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2015
The 2015 Red Dot Award: Communication Design is now open for entries. Red Dot invites designers, agencies, freelancers and companies to submit their projects to the scrutiny of the international jury.
Graphis Design Annual 2016: Call for Entries
Graphis is currently accepting entries for its 2016 Design Annual. The largest and most anticipated competition, Design Annual 2016 will feature the most visually compelling design work of the year from the world's most renowned in the industry, across forty (40) different categories.
Cartils Redesigns Modelo Packaging
Cartils has unveiled its redesign for Modelo Especial and Modelo Negra beer brands. The redesign creates a consolidated new identity for the Modelo product family and paves the way for future brand extensions.
Pentawards 2015: Call for Entries
Pentawards is calling for entries for its 9th international competition dedicated exclusively to packaging design.
Dieline Awards 2015
The 2015 Dieline Awards, worldwide competition devoted exclusively to the art of consumer package design, are open for entries.
Bluemarlin Designs Lindeman's Nordic 2014 Seasonal Edition
Bluemarlin has designed special limited packaging for Lindeman's Nordic 3L boxed wine for the 2014 winter festive season.
Absolut Andy Warhol Edition
Absolut has unveiled Andy Warhol Edition, a new limited edition bottle celebrating creativity, pop art and the brand's iconic collaboration with Andy Warhol.
Unilever's Wall's Lipton Collaboration Brought to Life by Bluemarlin
Unilever has united the forces of two of its biggest brands to offer a fresh new treat for ice tea lovers.
Taxi Studio Reinstates the King of Finland's Long Drink Category
Last summer, Finland's Sinebrychoff Brewery approached Taxi Studio to reboot Kurko, a range of flavoured alcoholic long drinks.
Reverse Innovation Refreshes Klassiker Ice Cream Range
Reverse Innovation refreshed the look of Unilever's Klassiker range for summer.
Cartils Designs Packaging for New Monte Scroppino Originale
Cartils developed a pouch that is impactful and recognisable for Monte Scroppino Originale.
The Dieline Summit
The Dieline Summit will take place in November in Paris in collaboration with Emballage.
2015 D&AD Professional Awards
The 53rd D&AD Professional Awards is now open for entries. The competition now includes a number of new sub-category additions in response to the evolving creative landscape.
DeckStarter Collaborates with Burgopak for Successful Boston Launch
DeckStarter, "a funding platform for playing cards that offers the easiest way to get your dream deck of playing cards printed" recently teamed up with Burgopak for its launch.
Pearlfisher Wins FAB and FABulous Grand Prix Awards for Lurpak Slow Churned
Pearlfisher has received FAB and FABulous Grand Prix Awards for Lurpak Slow Churned, a new premium brand design and structural innovation which brings to life an 'everyday premium' food experience, taking butter out of the fridge and putting it at the centre of the table.
Squat New York Launches Design of Pereg Pasta Packaging
Squat New York has recently designed the packaging for Pereg Gourmet Natural Foods' new line of quinoa pastas.
Absolut Rio by Oskar Metsavaht
In a nod to Brazil's much anticipated summer of football, Absolut have collaborated with Brazilian designer Oskar Metsavaht to transform the iconic Absolut bottle - paying tribute to the essence and exceptional nature of the people of Rio de Janeiro, the 'cariocas.'
iF Design Award 2015
The 2015 iF Design Award is now open for entries. This year, the awards will be given in five categories: product, communication, packaging, interior architecture, and professional concept.
Stranger & Stranger Redesigns Dewar's Range for Bacardi
Stranger & Stranger redesigned the entire range of Bacardi's Dewar's.
FiberMark Specifier Awards 2014: Call for Entries
FiberMark has launched its 21st Specifier Awards, presenting designers around the world with a unique opportunity for wide exposure and acknowledgement of their talents and ideas.
Seymourpowell Creates Brand Identity and New Bottle for Carlsberg's Seth & Riley's Garage Hard Lemonade
Seymourpowell has recently collaborated with the Carlsberg Group to create a 'brand world' for the global launch of Seth & Riley's Garage Hard Lemon Drink.
Pearlfisher New York Revitalizes NibMor
Pearlfisher New York has created the new brand strategy, tone of voice, brand identity, and packaging for organic chocolate brand, NibMor.
Pentawards 2014
The 8th edition of Pentawards, a competition devoted exclusively to packaging design, is now open for entries.
The Dieline Conference 2014
The 2014 Dieline Conference will be held May 12-16 in Boston. The fourth edition of the conference will focus on the emerging and evolving roles of package designers.
Cartils Designs New Bottle for Schulp
Cartils has designed the new bottle and label for Schulp.
Pierini Creates Packaging for New Brahma
Pierini Partners has designed the identity and packaging of the new Brahma.
Bluemarlin Designs Packaging for Saffola Oats Franchise
bluemarlin has created a vibrant new 2D/3D packaging design for Saffola's line of oat-based breakfast cereals.
Pentawards Concept 2014
The 2014 Pentawards Concept, conceptual packaging competition geared to professional designers and students, freelancers and companies alike, will be open for registrations from February 3.
Duffy & Partners Creates New Summit Brewing Co. Packaging System
Duffy & Partners has designed the new packaging art on all varieties of Summit beer.
Sandstrom Partners Creates Brand Strategy and Bottle Design for Sonoma Cider
Sandstrom Partners has created the brand strategy and bottle design for Healdsburg, California-based Sonoma Beverage Works for its new Sonoma Cider line.
Keenpac Holiday Packaging for Sephora
Keenpac produced Sephora's latest Holiday Gift Packaging featuring die cut bags with folding magnetic closure, one piece folding rigid boxes with magnetic closures an a range of pop-up pillow packs.
Duffy & Partners Creates New Brand Identity for Hallmark
Duffy & Partners has designed the new brand language and packaging system for Hallmark.
Pearlfisher Redesigns Cadbury Dairy Milk
Pearlfisher has created the new experiential brand identity and design for Cadbury Dairy Milk.
McLean Design Brings Native Maui's Exotic Spirit to Life
McLean Design has redesigned the brand identity and packaging system for Native Maui, an organic, chemical-free sunscreen line out of Hawaii.
Pearlfisher New York Revitalizes the Stonyfield Brand Portfolio
Pearlfisher New York has created the new brand architecture, identity, and packaging, for Stonyfield, the leading organic yogurt maker.
Brand Packaging Trends for 2014: The Kids Are All Right
Kids have the power to impact entire product categories, and packaging in particular plays a major role in the success or failure of brands today.
ZEO Tingle Bells by Bluemarlin
Bluemarlin has designed the packaging for ZEO Tingle Bells, a limited edition offering from Freedrinks.
American Package Design Awards 2014
The 2014 American Package Design Awards are open for entries. Organized by Graphic Design USA, this annual competition celebrates well-designed graphics, of course, but more importantly the power of design to advance the brand promise and to forge an emotional link with the buyer at the moment of truth.
Vibe Studio Designs Packaging for Lansinoh mOmma
Vibe Studio has created product visualisations and a new packaging design system for Lansinoh mOmma Europe, a modern, innovative, design oriented, colourful and functional line of baby products.
How to Create a Brand From a Tea Bag
In a bid to make Britain's favourite drink cool again, Echo Brand Design teamed up with east London based tea man, Joe Kinch.
Winners of Pentawards 2013
The Pentawards jury has selected the winners for 2013. The seventh edition of the Pentawards received over 1400 entries from 5 continents and 49 countries.
Leahy Brand Design Works on the UK's First Clear, Runny Honey
Leahy Brand Design has created the identity, packaging design and advertising for new to market Clarks Clear Honey.
Cartils Redesigns Jolly Shandy Brand for Carlsberg Hong Kong
Cartils has redesigned the Jolly Shandy brand for Carlsberg Hong Kong.
Indygen: Brandient Designs a New Brand for the Digital Natives
Brandient recently designed the identity for Indygen, a new telecom brand for the smartly connected generation.
Cartils Creates Identity and Packaging for Harry Brompton's Ice Tea
Cartils has created the brand and packaging for a new alcoholic ice tea introduced in the British market this month.
Parker Williams Designs Packaging for Ballantine's Finest Using Electroluminescent Technology
Parker Williams has designed the packaging for premium whisky brand Ballantine's Finest, which creates an illusion of the movement of light across the bottle by using electroluminescent technology.
The Greek Gods Appear on New Kefir Drinks
Biondo Group has designed the packaging for the Greek Gods Kefir Low Fat Cultured Milk line, giving it a dynamic, modern look.
McLean Design Creates Packaging for Mothers LeatherTech
McLean Design has recently transformed the Mothers LeatherTech's product line to look more like cosmetics or skin care packaging than the usual nuts-and-bolts aesthetic common to the automotive category.
Packprint Summit Americas 2013
The inaugural Packprint Summit Americas will take place on November 5-6, 2013, at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Miami.
Bluemarlin Brings Out the Science in SCI-MX
Bluemarlin has recently redesigned packaging for SCI-MX Nutrition, a leading brand in the sports nutrition category.
Bluemarlin Designs Packaging for Extreme Sport & Energy Drink
Bluemarlin has recently created the branding and packaging design for Extreme, a new brand from Vimto Soft Drinks.
Group 4 Brings Miracle-Gro Gro-ables Seed Pods to Market
Developed by Group 4 for the Scotts Company, Miracle-Gro Gro-ables Seed Pod is a breakthrough product for the edible gardening market.
Cambridge Consultants Unveils Environmentally Friendly Foaming Technology
Cambridge Consultants has recently unveiled a new foaming technology that provides a low-cost alternative to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in aerosols - a contributing factor to ground-level ozone, which has been linked to respiratory problems.
Bluemarlin Creates Identity for Forces Sauces
Bluemarlin has recently created a new identity for Forces Sauces condiment brand to support Stoll and The Royal British Legion.
Wikipad: RKS Designs Tablet That Leads a Double Life
RKS has recently designed the Wikipad, the high-end tablet with a detachable gaming controller. The firm led the design effort for the product, interface, branding and packaging.
Aesop Tells a Sweet Story
Aesop has come up with a playful, 'cheeky' design and campaign for Bristows Traditional Bonbons which includes: new packaging, POS and print.
Together Design Creates Branding for Personalized Muesli Concept Yoosli
Together Design has designed the brand identity and e-commerce site for muesli start-up Yoosli.
Coley Porter Bell Gives Royal Salute a Diamond Makeover
Coley Porter Bell has designed the bottle and secondary packaging for a new Royal Salute Whisky marking the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Pearlfisher Creates New Coconut Water Brand Unoco
Pearlfisher has created the brand identity, naming, tone of voice and packaging design for new raw coconut water brand, Unoco.
Burgopak Designs Packaging for KX GYM
Burgopak Healthcare & Technology has recently created the structural design of the packaging for the KX365, a daily nutritional program of KX GYM that helps maintain optimal health.
PantoneLIVE Puts P&G Iconic Brand Colors in the Cloud
Procter & Gamble, the company behind consumer brands including Gillette, Tide and Pampers, has implemented PantoneLIVE, a cloud-based color service, to improve operational efficiency in packaging execution.
Brandimage Creates New Brand Identity for G.H.MUMM
Brandimage has recently created a brand new look for G.H.MUMM Champagne House's entire classic range, led by the iconic Cordon Rouge cuvee.
Pearlfisher London Creates New Brand Strong
Pearlfisher has created the brand strategy, naming, identity, packaging, retail and digital communications for Strong, a range of high quality complex nutrients.