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Pentawards announces 2009 jury

The Pentawards, the global competition exclusively devoted to packaging design, will be judged by an international jury (Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific) composed of eminent marketing specialists and designers. The 2009 panel, which will once again be chaired by Gerard Caron (founder of Carre Noir, France, and publisher of the site www.admirabledesign.com), includes four winners of the 2008 awards.

The 2009 jury is:

  • Adrian Pierini - Pierini Partners - Buenos Aires - Argentina (2008 winner)
  • Adrian Whitefoord - Pemberton & Whitefoord (P&W) - London - UK (2008 winner)
  • Brian Houck - The Dial Corporation (Henkel) - Scottsdale, AZ - USA
  • Bruce Duckworth - Turner Duckworth London & San Francisco - UK/USA (2008 winner)
  • Lars Wallentin - Corseaux - Switzerland
  • Jennifer Tsai - Proad Identity - Taipei - Taiwan
  • Mark Cowan - Cowan Group - Melbourne - Australia
  • Michael Aidan - Grand Angle Design - Paris - France (2008 winner)
  • Oleg Beriev - Mildberry - Moscow - Russia
  • Olof ten Hoorn - Design Bridge Amsterdam - Holland (2008 winner)
  • Stanley Church - Wallace Church - New York, NY - USA
  • Yoji Nobuto - Shiseido - Tokyo - Japan

In order to judge comparable creations, the presented works will be grouped in five major categories (beverages; food; body; other markets; luxury; and outside these categories) and more than 40 sub-categories. Entries stand in line to win the diamond, platinum, gold, silver or bronze award.

Call for entry

Pentawards announces 2009 jury

Registration will be open online from 1 May - 12 June 2009 for creations placed on the market in 2008.

Entry fee: €175 per creation submitted in a category.

The awards ceremony will be presented in October '09.

The site www.pentawards.org is accessible in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

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