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Prince Philip Designers Prize

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2006 winner: Thomas Heatherwick The man behind work including the Rolling Bridge at Paddington Basin, the B of the Bang sculpture in Manchester and the Sitooterie at Essex received the award from HRH the Duke of Edinburgh in a ceremony at the Design Council in London. At only 36, Heatherwick is the youngest ever winner of the prize, which recognises a lasting contribution to design for business...

Where next?

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Companies 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 Vertwww. aricotvert. co. ukBrand communications agency with a broad...

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Starpack - The Institute of Packaging (IoP) Awards

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These awards are organised by the Institute of Packaging and have been running since 1960. They are the premier awards in British packaging that recognise all that is best in design and technology.

The business case

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Whether you're a manufacturer or a retailer, packaging design should be viewed as an investment not a cost. Unfortunately too many businesses still look first at the price of design development rather than the value of the work The real point here is that the packaging can often end up becoming the thing of real value above and beyond the actual product itself - the packaging becomes the brand....

Examples of successful packaging design

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There are many notable examples of packaging at its best and here are just a few personal favourites to illustrate a number of points Especially noteworthy is some of the own-brand work done by Boots, Asda, Superdrug and Marks & Spencer. With these retailers' ranges you will see the designer's craft at its most creative. Many packs use wit to arrest attention through clever use of illustration...

Recommended reading

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Marty Neumeier, The Brand Gap: How to bridge the distance between business strategy and design, Peachpit Press, 2005, ISBN 0321348109 Robert Jones, The Big Idea, Profile business, 2001, ISBN 1861975686 Jared Diamond, Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed, Penguin Books, 2005, ISBN 0143036556 Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers, Penguin Books, 2007, ISBN 0141034076 Chris Anderson, The...

Future trends for packaging

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There are many trends affecting packaging design - some politically imposed, some the result of changing lifestyles. It is crucial to keep abreast of cultural trends and draft legislation to help predict future market opportunities Nutritional awareness For instance, there is growing pressure on the whole food industry to help avert the looming UK obesity crisis. This has potential implications...

Standards and regulations

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Anyone involved in packaging design should be aware of some basic regulations Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998 put into practice the EC Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste. These regulations came into force on 31 May 1998, but enforcement powers did not come into effect until 1 January 1999. A full copy of the report can be...

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Worldstar Packaging Award

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Organised by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), this annual competition seeks to recognise packaging excellence worldwide.

Is it really worth having my own packaging and carrier bags?

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In most shops, every time someone buys something they’ll leave with a bag containing their purchase. If the product is a gift for someone else, the chances are that it will have been selected as much for the way it looks as for what it does. And if it’s contained within good-looking packaging you’ve done at least half of the gift-wrap job for the shopper and the recipient will also be aware of...