According to Design Week magazine, the following companies are among the major winners of awards for packaging design.
(This list is intended only to provide examples of companies operating in this sector, and is therefore not comprehensive. It should not be taken as a recommendation of their services.)
Aricot Vert
www.aricotvert.co.uk
Brand communications agency with a broad variety of clients – from multinationals to entrepreneurial start ups and government departments.
Blue Marlin Brand Design
www.bluemarlinbd.com
Global agency specialising in brand, product and packaging.
Coley Porter Bell
www.cpb.co.uk
One of the top 3 brand design agencies in Europe with a wide ranging portfolio including Kimberley-Clark, Unilever and Nestle.
Design Bridge Limited
www.designbridge.co.uk
International brand consultancy specialising in three-dimensional branding and packaging.
Elmwood Design
www.elmwood.co.uk
Elmwood are one of the UK’s leading brand and design consultancies with offices in London, Leeds, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Sydney. Their clients come from a wide variety of business sectors and include McCain, HBOS, Asda and Durex.
Jones Knowles Ritchie - JKR
www.jkr.co.uk
Top UK packaging design agency with clients including Penguin, Scholl, Molton Brown and Mars.
Kinneir Dufort
www.kinneirdufort.com
An award-winning design and innovation company working with some of the world’s largest brands. Their expertise covers packaging, consumer products, telecommunications and commercial high technology.
Lewis Moberly
www.lewismoberly.com
An international brand and corporate identity consultancy and the only consultancy to hold the top awards for both design excellence and for design effectiveness (DBA Grand Prix). Clients include Moet & Chandon, Jasper Conran, Jaeger and Lego.
Pearlfisher
www.pearlfisher.com
Branding agency with clients including Waitrose, Famous Grouse, Green & Black's and Absolut Vodka.
Start Creative
www.startcreative.co.uk
Branding & Graphics agency which specialises in packaging, broadcast and new media and whose clients include BBC, Virgin, Bentley and UK Trade and Investment.
Taxi Studio
www.taxistudio.co.uk
A multidisciplinary graphic design consultancy specialising in packaging, branding and literature. Awards include two Design Week Finalist awards (March 2005) and a Creative Circle award for their work with the Science Museum.
Williams Murray Hamm
www.creatingdifference.com
A leading brand design agency established in 1997 by Richard William, Richard Murray and Garrick Hamm. The agency boasts a number of D&AD and DBA Design Effectiveness awards as well as Marketing Magazine's Design Agency of the Year in 2002 and 2004 and their ideas can be seen on packaging for Hovis, Jaffa Cakes, Horlicks and Clipper Teas.
Wolff Olins
www.wolff-olins.com
An influential brand consultancy founded in 1965, whose clients include Athens 2004 Olympic Committee, Orange, Tate and World Gold Council. Has offices in Barcelona, New York and Tokyo.
The Institute of Packaging
www.iop.co.uk
The Institute, founded in 1947, is the only professional education and training body for the packaging industry. Members use the support, services and activities offered by the Institute to react and adapt to change in their industry.
Packaging Solutions Advice Group (PSAG)
www.psag.co.uk
The Packaging Solutions Advice Group provides designers and clients with up-to-date information and practical advice about every aspect of their packaging needs.
Design Business Association (DBA)
www.dba.org.uk
The DBA was founded in 1986 when design first became recognised as a significant business sector in its own right. A non-profit organisation, it is run by members for members, and as such is dedicated to representing the interests of design businesses of all disciplines. Their aim is to:
- promote design as an effective and measurable contributor to the commercial success of a business
- promote best professional practice in the provision, management and purchasing of design
- continuously develop relevant services for design businesses to help them succeed in a competitive market
Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN)
www.incpen.org
INCPEN is a UK-based non-profit organisation established in 1974 dedicated to:
- analysing the environmental and social effects of packaging
- creating a better understanding of the role of packaging
- minimising the environmental impact of packaging
INCPEN draws together an influential group of companies with common interests in packaging and sustainable development.
The PDA (Pan-European Brand Design Association)
www.pda-europe.com
The PDA was formed in the early 1990s, when a number of Europe's leading designers identified a need for a new, European forum. They wanted to share information, ideas and opinions - however controversial - about packaging, identity, literature, point-of-purchase and electronic media. Just as packaging design is the communicative link between products and consumers, the PDA unites brands and packaging designers from all over Europe.
World Packaging Organisation
www.packaging-technology.com/wpo
The World Packaging Organisation is a not for profit, non-governmental, international federation of national packaging institutes, regional packaging federations and other interested parties including individuals, corporations and trade associations.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA)
www.foodstandards.gov.uk
The Food Standards Agency is an independent food safety watchdog set up by an act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.
The Helen Hamlyn Centre
www.hhc.rca.ac.uk
Explores the practical design implications of key social developments. It works with three design communities - students, new graduates, and professionals - to promote inclusive design through practical projects, research, events, exhibitions and publications.
The Henley Centre
www.henleycentre.com
A strategic marketing company and part of the WPP group.
Taylor Nelson Sofres plc
www.tns-global.com
A global market research group which does research and market analysis in over 50 countries.
Mintel International Group Limited
www.mintel.com
A global supplier of consumer, media and market research.