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DesignNewswire · COMO, Italy ·

PepsiCo Design and Innovation Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Lays Dungeons And Dragons Food Packaging in Packaging Design

PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation acknowledged 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Lays Dungeons And Dragons Food Packaging by PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation, designed for PepsiCo. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 Silver A' Design Award Means

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

About Lays Dungeons And Dragons Food Packaging

Lays Dungeons and Dragons is a food packaging design created for a range of potato chips. The packaging was released as a tie-in with the 2023 film Dungeons and Dragons, Honor Among Thieves, and was joined by an influencer kit. The design draws on the fantasy world of the film. The central figure of the campaign is The Potato, a character that appears in the film and is also a real potato. The theme links the story to the potatoes grown on more than 100 farms in the United States and Canada that supply the chips.

About PepsiCo Design & Innovation

PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies with over $65 billion in net revenue in 2012 and a global portfolio of diverse and beloved brands.

Award Record

PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation is a winner of 118 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2013 - 2014 to 2023 - 2024 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
Lays Dungeons And Dragons Food Packaging
Function
Food Packaging
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Peru and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
PepsiCo

The Recognition

Laureate
PepsiCo Design and Innovation
Country
United States of America
Brand
PepsiCo Design & Innovation
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2023 - 2024
Design ID
#159630

Design Details

Unique Properties
LAY’S® went to the movies with epic new packaging and an influencer kit tie-in for the 2023 blockbuster Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. With flavor as our guide, we rolled the dice and entered the legendary world of Dungeons and Dragons, joining the millions of adventurers ready for a taste of excitement.
Inspiration
The main character in our campaign was “The Potato,” a character in the movie and—yes—an actual potato. After all, every bag of Lay’s Potato Chips in the U.S. is made from our very own chip-perfecting potatoes grown on over 100 farms across the US and a handful in Canada.

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