This is one of the rewarded packages in 2008 Pentawards. Now it’s time to sign up for this year’s edition. Pentawards is a 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.
Check out this initiative. Gimme 5 is a program to promote recycling of #5 plastics like yogurt cups and other food containers. Products packaged in #5 plastic are sold widely, but #5 is not recycled in many communities. So instead of being sent to landfills it may be transformed into new products.
Soon, time to kick off 2008′s edition of London design festival, 15-23 September. As a part of this festival, Greengaged is arranging a whole bunch of events, debates, exhibitions, seminars and masterclasses which will bring together all sectors of the design industry to focus on sustainable issues. Thursday 18th September there is a session in the afternoon dedicated to Packaging Design. Find more information on their web site Greengaged
