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DesignNewswire · COMO, Italy ·

Dodo Design Co., Ltd. Receives the A' Design Award for Taste of Tohoku Packaging in Packaging Design

The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Dodo Design Co., Ltd. for packaging design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Taste of Tohoku Packaging by Dodo Design Co., Ltd. has been granted the A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The result belongs to 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the A' Design Award Means

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Regarding Taste of Tohoku Packaging

Taste of Tohoku is a packaging design for a series of retort curry products made with meat from the Tohoku region of Japan. The packaging reflects the carefully selected ingredients used in the curry. Local crafts from Tohoku are arranged across the surfaces, and the design is decorated with gold and handwritten emblems. Retro fonts are combined with a clean and simple layout to suggest both nostalgia and urban refinement. When several boxes are placed side by side, the printed sides form a single continuous picture.

About Dodo Design Co., Ltd.

It is a design company run by art director Minoru Dodo. It is a lively company where many young designers are active and work hard. They want to move people's hearts with the power of design.

Award Record

With this recognition, Dodo Design Co., Ltd. is a winner of 3 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

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Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Taste of Tohoku Packaging
Function
Packaging
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Medium Aquamarine, Peru, Dark Khaki, Indian Red and Medium Turquoise
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Dodo Design Co., Ltd.
Country
Japan
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#123600

Design Details

Unique Properties
It is a package design of the original retort curry series using meat from the Tohoku region of Japan.The curry made from carefully selected ingredients is expressed through the package design. Arranged local crafts from Tohoku, it is luxuriously decorated with gold and handwritten emblems.
Inspiration
This is the package design of the retort curry. The concept is to connect consumers and communities so that they know who made them. In order to achieve both "nostalgic"; and "urban sophistication", the design is clean and simple while using retro fonts. When the sides of the package are lined up, it becomes a single picture, and there is a lot of fun.
Specifications
Width 142mm × Depth 30mm × Height 182mm

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