Pentawards 2008: the World's Most Beautiful Packaging

The international jury for the Pentawards, the first worldwide competition devoted exclusively to Packaging Design, presided over by Gerard Caron, has announced their 2008 list of winners.

The Piper Heidsieck Rose Sauvage champagne bottle, signed by the Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf, presented to the competition and produced by Sleever International, wins the Diamond Pentaward for Best of the Show 2008.

27 Gold Pentawards have been awarded, as well as Silver and Bronze Pentawards.

The winners received these global prizes during a special ceremony held at the Luxepack exhibition in Monaco (France) on 30 October 2008.

The award-winning creations will be displayed in various locations including Paris, at the new DesignPack Gallery in January 2009, and the Shanghai Luxepack exhibition in March 2009.

"For this second edition, we recorded nearly 700 entries from 39 countries, an increase of over 35% compared to last year" explains Brigitte Evrard, co-founder of the Pentawards.

"A number of the largest packaging design agencies, principally from England, France, the USA and Japan, participated.

We also received entries from packaging producers and Brand Owners leaders such as Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Sony, Aekyung, Suntory, Danone Waters, etc.