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DesignNewswire · COMO, Italy ·

Lays Heartwork Campaign by PepsiCo Design and Innovation Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design

PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation recognized for advertising, marketing and communication design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design category for Lays Heartwork Campaign by PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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.

The Silver A' Design Award Explained

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.

Regarding Lays Heartwork Campaign

Lays Heartwork is an advertising campaign created for the Lays brand during the Covid-19 pandemic. The campaign thanks the people who work behind the scenes within the Lays value chain, including farmers, factory workers, truck drivers, retailers and delivery workers. Bright and optimistic colors are combined with direct messages of gratitude across the pack design. Each pack becomes a tribute to community workers who are rarely thanked in person. The intent is to show that such daily work is not only hard work, it is heartwork.

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

This recognition makes PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation a winner of 81 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2013 - 2014 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design Award

The A' Advertising Design Award is an international advertising design competition recognizing good advertisement designs by designers and agencies worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to advertising designers, marketing professionals, communication designers and creative directors from all countries. Entries typically include advertisement campaigns, billboards, commercials, print ads, social media campaigns and direct mails. Awarded advertising designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/advertising

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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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
Lays Heartwork Campaign
Function
Campaign
Category
Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Branding & Advertising
Colors
Dark Slate Blue, Yellow Green, Gold, Olive Drab and Dark Green
Images
3

The Recognition

Laureate
PepsiCo Design and Innovation
Country
United States of America
Brand
PepsiCo Design & Innovation
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#118793

Design Details

Unique Properties
In extraordinary and challenging times, going about ones daily job can be an incredible act of courage. This reality and the Covid-19 pandemic were the impetus for Lays Heartwork campaign. Our team wanted to thank all the men and women who are working tirelessly behind the scenes as part of the Lays value chain. In our eyes, their work is not just hard, it is Heartwork.
Inspiration
To express our gratitude for all the unsung and unseen heroes fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Lays created the Heartwork campaign. Employing bright, optimistic colors and heartfelt messaging, the design for this series featured the community heroes whom we rarely get to thank in person, from farmers and factory workers to truck drivers, retailers, and deliverymen. Every pack of Lays became a celebration of their #HEARTWORK.

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