Press Release
Alexander Cherkasov Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Love&wash Packing in Packaging Design
Alexander Cherkasov recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Love&wash Packing by Alexander Cherkasov, designed for Love&wash, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 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 Love&wash Packing
Love&wash is a packaging design for a range of laundry products, including washing powders, washing gel, capsules and stain remover. The concept expresses care through a simple metaphor of clothes that embrace each other. On the label of the powder for colored fabrics, an orange T-shirt and a denim shirt hug. The letters of the logo are pressed together to repeat the same idea. Background colors separate the products, while blue typography suggests freshness and purity. The packaging is made of cardboard and plastic, and biodegradable materials are planned.
About Alexander Cherkasov
Alexander Cherkasov is a graphic designer and art director from Moscow. He graduated from British Higher School of Art and Design, visual communications. He practices corporate branding, creates corporate identity and packaging for consumer goods. He thinks that good design is one that finds the maximum response from others. And of course design is timeless, which mean, that in 10 years it will not lose its relevance. In his projects he uses the accumulated experience, but he always tries to do something new.
Award Record
This recognition makes Alexander Cherkasov a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/92436
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92436
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92436
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/259692
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Love&wash Packing
- Function
- Packing
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Snow, Khaki, Light Blue, Gainsboro and Medium Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Love&wash
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alexander Cherkasov
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92436
Credits
- Team
- Anna Leonteva, Anatoly Karpov and Pavel Gubin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This design will be advantageous differed from other competitors, because most producers of laundry detergents depict the “formula of purity” on their packages. But there is no warmth and soulfulness in this design. Also the type of washing and purpose for the type of fabric is not listed on some packages.
- Inspiration
- My concept focuses on the emotional component — the expression of love and care. The main idea is a metaphor — animate things. They are clean and happy because they are worn by people who love each other and take care of their clothes. This design concept is aimed at young families — manifestations of tender feelings are especially close to them. Love&wash laundry detergent is everything a young family needs for complete happiness.
- Research
- There was carried an analysis of the market for Laundry products and analysis of target audience.
- Challenge
- It was necessary to stick to one main idea and filter out all unnecessary options.
- Realization and Technology
- This packages are made of the following materials: cardboard, plastic.
- Operation and Interaction
- Consumers will feel love and care in this concept.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was prepared for several month at the beginning of 2019 in Moscow
- Specifications
- This packaging is planned to be based on biodegradable materials.
- Keywords
- wash, laundry detergents,washing powder, love, washing gel, washing capsules, hugs, clothes, color, soap