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Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Siela Cosmetic Packaging by Olga Takhtarova

Olga Takhtarova recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Siela Cosmetic Packaging by Olga Takhtarova, designed for Sot B&d, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 Bronze A' Design Award Means

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About Siela Cosmetic Packaging

Siela is a packaging design for a line of children's cosmetics. The design uses a white plastic tube of 75 ml, decorated by screen and pad printing. Stylized illustrations are placed at the center of the design, and a single character appears in different places and situations across the line. Color coding helps buyers tell the products apart. Text is reduced to a minimum, so the right product can be recognized quickly on the shelf. The white surface keeps the illustrations clear and easy to see.

About Olga Takhtarova

My career in Design started in 2006. I worked as an Interior Designer and Graphic Designer in creative and design companies. Today I continue my way in my own studio. My own design studio SOT B&D was opened in 2015. The studio majors are visual identification, packaging, web design, illustration. More than 400 projects for local and foreign clients from Ukraine, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Poland, UAE, Russia, USA were implemented by SOT B&D within 6 years. My favorite part of the project is creating the design itself when all the information is collected, briefs are read, meetings are held, details are clarified.

Award Record

Olga Takhtarova is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2021 - 2022 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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. Awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Siela Cosmetic Packaging
Function
Cosmetic Packaging
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Lavender, Light Sea Green, Gainsboro, Purple and Dark Magenta
Images
5
Client
Sot B&d

The Recognition

Laureate
Olga Takhtarova
Country
United States of America
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#139422

Design Details

Unique Properties
The solution was to develop illustrations, which are now central to the design. The designer created a story for the product, placing the character at the center of the brand identity and making it an essential element of brand communication. The story is translated through the packaging design. The character of the created stories gets into different places and situations. Color coding was also added to help distinguish the products in the line.
Inspiration
Ukrainian brand Siela Cosmetic has a proven reputation as a manufacturer of natural and effective products. The company's developments consist of natural first-rate raw materials. Therefore, they do not cause allergic reactions, guarantee users proper care, and, in addition, meet high European standards. At the beginning of 2021, they were going to expand the line of children's cosmetics for the youngest and saw an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of the packaging.
Research
The packaging of Siela Cosmetic cosmetics for children was created in accordance with international quality standards, designed for the gentle care of babies. One of the designer's tasks was to create a corporate style for the entire line of cosmetic products, which would allow them to stand out on the shelves in shopping centers and make it more convenient and faster for customers to find them.
Challenge
Mothers, the main buyers of products for babies, usually do not have free time to look at jars, bottles and boxes for a long time, so they need to recognize the right product at a glance. Therefore, illustrative material became the main key for the design, as the text load was reduced to a minimum.
Realization and Technology
Screen and pad printing method
Operation and Interaction
The designer wanted to create something more appealing to children as well as more reliable for moms, hence the strict, consistent design theme that gives much more than just information and an outstanding look on the shelf. The designer intentionally avoided modern trends such as kraft paper, neutral tones and earthy colors. The white tube packaging chosen provides a blank slate for stylized illustrations to tell the brand's quirky story and stand out on the shelf.
Project Duration and Location
This project started in March 2021 and finished in 2022 January in Kyiv. Ukraine
Specifications
Plastic tube cream bottle 75 ml. White color
Keywords
Cosmetics packaging, Baby cosmetics packaging, Illustration, Kids cosmetics

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