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Antonia Skaraki Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for The Wine Bag Packaging in Packaging Design
Antonia Skaraki recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ The Wine Bag Packaging by Antonia Skaraki, designed for The Wine Bag, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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.
More About The Wine Bag Packaging
Made exclusively for Lidl, as a Christmas Limited Edition, AS created the packaging for 1.5lt wine-in-box semi-dry wine, for the client The Wine Barrel. The container was designed to resemble a handbag, with the addition of golden elements to evoke a festive mood and give a sense of luxury. The incorporation of leather texture elevated its appearance, giving it a realistic and expensive feel. To complete the transformation, a red string was attached as a strap, lending authenticity to the bag's design.
About Antonia Skaraki
AS Strategy, Design & Communication is an Athens-based creative studio specialising in brand strategy, visual identity and narrative development. The studio works across sectors, helping organisations shape how they present themselves through clear, structured and concept-driven design. Its approach combines strategic thinking with strong creative direction, focusing on building cohesive brand systems that communicate effectively across different platforms and audiences.
Award Record
With this recognition, Antonia Skaraki is a winner of 25 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2023 - 2024 editions 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/152156
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/152156
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!152156
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/152711
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.antoniaskaraki.com/the-wine-bag
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Wine Bag Packaging
- Function
- Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Crimson, Firebrick, Indian Red, Dark Salmon and Light Coral
- Images
- 5
- Client
- The Wine Bag
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Antonia Skaraki
- Country
- Greece
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #152156
Credits
- Team
- Antonia Skaraki and art director: Andreas Deskas
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Made exclusively for Lidl, as a Christmas Limited Edition, The Wine Barrel decided to dispense 1.5lt wine-in-box semi-dry wine. The container was carefully designed to resemble a handbag, with the addition of golden elements to evoke a festive mood. The incorporation of leather texture elevated its appearance, giving it a realistic and expensive feel. To complete the transformation, a red string was attached as a strap, lending authenticity to the bag's design.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by fashion whose trends influence the majority of people’s lifestyle, A.S. decided to market a wine targeting mainly women, as fashion accessory. A twist on the rule “the bag matches the shoes” transformed the theme of the idea into “the bag matches the wine”.
- Research
- Fashion is a relentless industry, constantly dictating what to wear and how to present oneself to the world. From covering ankles to showing knees, the trends come and go, ranging from bell-bottom trousers to stretch high-rise leggings. It extends to objects and even to food and drink.
- Challenge
- Creating something unique for Christmas and appealing to female Lidl customers was crucial for the success of this wine. The competition was fierce, especially bottled wines. It was important to develop something unexpected which at the same time would increase sales in the wine-in-box category.
- Realization and Technology
- The package is a bag in box for wine. The outside is paperback.
- Operation and Interaction
- Product was distributed in all Lidl supermarkets throughout Greece.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 10 2022 in Athens Greece and finished in October 13 2022.
- Specifications
- Paper Box Width 250mm x Depth 100mm x Height 185mm
- Keywords
- WineInBox, RedWine, TheWineBarrel, GreekWine, Lidl, LidlWine, ChristmasWine, SemiDry, Fashion, FashionWine
