Press Release
Pepsi Culture Limited Edition Packaging by Dennis Furniss Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Packaging Design
Dennis Furniss acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Pepsi Culture Limited Edition Packaging by Dennis Furniss, designed for Pepsi, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Pepsi Culture Limited Edition Packaging
Pepsi Culture is a limited edition can series created for a soft drink brand in Mexico. The series consists of six collectible cans, and each can represents one Mexican city. Local stories, traditions and art references are translated into illustrative patterns that combine long-standing cultural symbols with a contemporary design approach. Each can is made of aluminium, holds 12 ounces and is finished with high definition offset printing. The cans are sold individually and together form a series that reflects regional diversity.
Award Record
With this recognition, Dennis Furniss is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Packaging Design Award
The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/123071
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/123071
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!123071
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/303887
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://youtu.be/RC_SP0KkWFA
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Pepsi Culture Limited Edition Packaging
- Function
- Limited Edition Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Steel Blue and Cornflower Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Pepsi
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dennis Furniss
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #123071
Credits
- Team
- PepsiCo Design Latin America
- Image Credits
- All work is wholly owned by Pepsico, inclusive of; brand trademarks, visuals and graphics, intellectual property.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Celebrating the diversity of Latin America is the mantra for the Pepsi Culture can series. Through the limited-edition series PepsiCo created a unique design system that celebrates the rich and vibrant culture of six unique Mexican cities. Celebrating the uniqueness of the people and the individuality of each cities ancient traditions. Leveraging a contemporary design edge the approach aligns to the brands core value of celebrating diversity.
- Inspiration
- These six collectible limited-edition cans tell authentic stories from the six cities they represent in Mexico. Collectively creating a series they are inspired by local stories and traditions that make that particular region unique. Through storytelling and local art references, Pepsi brought the uniqueness of six Mexican cities together.
- Research
- This is an ongoing program globally for the Pepsi brand, however, this is the first time we've explored hyperlocality as the theme for Design. It was a huge success with incredible results. Not only in sales volume, but also in building brand awareness and earned media. Across all social platforms we watched millions of people share posts of the series itself and millions of reposts in terms of the content we had also developed.
- Challenge
- This initiative was very an intuitive design program that relied heavily on understanding the culture of each city. To learn and gain insights we worked diligently to understand and translate the meaningful cultural associations and the arts that thrive within each individual city. A detailed process which took 6 months to complete. This was supported by a light qualitative process to access the design approach. In the end, we recognised that cultural-art has widespread appeal and launched with the confidence of knowing we had a well designed can series.
- Realization and Technology
- High definition offset printing on alluminum
- Project Duration and Location
- The initiative started in the fall of 2020 in Mexico with a nationwide distribution. Sales sky-rocketed which led to additional production in order to meet meet demand.
- Specifications
- 12 Oz Cans, sold individually as a series.
- Keywords
- Packaging Design, Pepsi Culture Series, Pepsi, Mexico, Latin America
