Pentawards is the first and only worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design in all its forms. It is open to everybody in all countries who are associated with the creation and marketing of packaging. The winners will receive bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond Pentawards according to the creative quality of their work.

Packaging design from the world over created or brought out in 2007 will be judged by a likewise international jury that will select the winners in accordance with the creative quality of the work submitted.

Apart from prize-giving, Pentawards’ mission is the promotion of packaging design with companies, the press, the economic and political authorities and the public in general, throughout the world.

All works presented must have been created or produced (launched) between 1 January and 31 December 2007, in any country whatever. Deadline is 13 June 2008. Visit the Web site to learn more.

The premier design and interactive media competition for higher education students from around the world. The Adobe Design Achievement Awards celebrates student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative and interactive arts.

The competition honors the most talented and promising interactive, motion and video, and traditional media created by students.

Prizes awarded include a trip to the Adobe Design Achievement Awards in New York City, over $60K US in cash and Adobe software prizes.

12 categories in 3 Media Areas

Interactive Media Categories
Browser-Based Design
Non-Browser-Based Design
Designer/Developer Collaboration
Mobile Design
Installation Design
Motion and Video Categories
Animation
Live Action
Motion Graphics
Traditional Media Categories
Illustration
Packaging
Photography
Print Communications

For more info, please visit the site.

The IDEA® (International Design Excellence Awards) program is the premier international competition honoring design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts. Entries are invited from designers, students and companies worldwide.

Winning entries will receive press coverage in BusinessWeek magazine and businessweek.com as well as in hundreds of newspapers and networks, including CNN, NBC, PBS, CNBC, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and the general design press.

Entries into the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) will be accepted until 29 February 2008. The late entry deadline is 7 March 2008 (The February deadline is the only one on this calendar). Visit the site to learn more about the caqtegories and how to enter.

The deadline for entering the 2008 One Show, One Show Interactive, and One Show Design awards is 31 January 2008. The online entry system is now live and accepting submissions. For the first time in its 33 year history, all three shows will be held during one festival week, with the complete international jury meeting in New York City for a final round of judging the week of the shows.

To download a Call for Entries PDF, including the full list of categories with detailed instructions for entering online and preparing your entries, go to www.oneclub.org.

Via: Adland

The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program is now accepting entries for its 2008 competition from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished medical devices or medical packaging. Now in its eleventh year, MDEA has previously presented awards to more than 250 groundbreaking products. Entries are accepted in 10 medical product categories, and are evaluated by a multidisciplinary panel of jurors with expertise in engineering, medicine, human factors, industrial design, manufacturing, and other design- and healthcare-related fields. All entered products must be commercially available to be ordered or purchased by 31 December 2007.

With the standard submission deadline of 17 December fast approaching, companies interested in competing in the 2008 program are encouraged to visit its Web site at www.MDEAwards.com for additional details and a downloadable entry form. Winning products will be announced in April 2008, and honored with gold and silver awards at a ceremony during the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East Conference and Exposition, 3-5 June 2008, in New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

The newest of GD USA competitions puts the spotlight on increasingly critical elements - packaging and instore graphics - that make the difference in how, when and where consumers make the purchasing decision. The competition arises from the backdrop of a cluttered and competitive communications environment in which manufacturers, marketers and retailers are challenged as never before to convey their message, to differentiate themselves and their products. In the inaugural 2006 competition, they had hundreds of exceptional entries running the gamut from packaging to point-of-sale to posters to shopping bags to store signage and branding.

Winners will receive an embossed Certificate of Excellence for each piece selected and become eligible for reproduction in our new Package and Instore Design Awards Annual to be published in March and which will be seen by more than 100,000 at ad agencies, graphic design firms, inhouse departments and more during the course of the year.

Deadline is 10 December 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

FESPA has announced its FESPA Digital Print Awards 2008, with the continued support of HP, a market-leading supplier of wide- and super-wide format printers and consumables.

First launched at FESPA Digital 2006 in Amsterdam, the FESPA Digital Print Awards set out to recognize and reward best practice in the digital printing sector, judging entries not simply on their print quality, but on their creativity and the use of digital technology to deliver definable advantages to the client.

New features: The FESPA Digital Print Awards program is being simplified and energized with the launch of a new, interactive web site at www.fespadpa.com. The site will function as the fulcrum of the Awards program, providing printers with access to essential information and terms and conditions for entry, as well as a simple, online entry mechanism.

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At Left: Wyeast Laboratories, Inc. “Smack Pack” System Ampac Flexibles, A Division of Ampac Packaging won “Highest Achievement Award” in 2007.

The Flexible Packaging Association has conducted the annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition since 1956 to showcase the industry’s tremendous innovation and advance the seemingly endless uses for flexible packaging. The Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition has become one of the most respected in the industry thanks to the outstanding caliber of packaging entries, the objective and methodical judging process, and the extensive media coverage of the competition winners. Its focus on new technologies, printing techniques, package structures, environmental advantages, and new end-uses places the Achievement Awards program in a class by itself.

The 2008 Call for Entries includes an overview of the Achievement Awards program, the competition rules including eligibility requirements and entry fees, complete instructions on how to enter, and the official entry forms that must be submitted to FPA. The Flexible Packaging Association also provides a user-friendly online entry form on its website. Deadline for the 2008 awards is 3 December 2007.