The winners of this year’s prestigious Pentawards were revealed during a live Gala Ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Friday September 23.
 
This year, the jury highlighted several notable trends among the Pentawards 2022 winners, from sustainable design that communicated a collective environmental responsibility, to creativity and innovation in the packaging of everyday products.
 
Now in its 16th year, the 2022 competition received over 2,000 entries from more than 60 countries across five continents, with China, the United Kingdom, Spain, USA, Japan and Italy receiving the highest number of awards. Out of all the entries, over 600 were shortlisted by the competition’s international jury and revealed earlier this year.
 
Adam Ryan, Head of Pentawards commented: “From addressing today’s social agenda to carving out sustainable packaging alternatives, this year’s Pentawards entrants embody the future of the industry. I am always blown away by the caliber of our winners, and this year is no exception, particularly inspiring given the challenges we have all faced over the past couple of years. The Pentawards pipeline continues to prove the unquestionable power of design and set the barometer for the next generation of creative thinkers.”
 
Top winners in the beauty & personal care category this year included:

BODY, HEALTH & BEAUTY PLATINUM, ShinkoQ by Grand Design, Japan

ShinkoQ is a functional “anti-pollution” product created in response to the demand for anti-virus measures with a range of products of shampoo, treatment, oil, and mist, with two different fragrance ingredients. Grand Design chose a minimalist design with only a “slash” on the front of the bottle, without a product name. With the theme of anti-pollution, this is a minimalistic and symbolic expression of the “ban” symbol. ShinkoQ was created to blend into homes with the aim of creating a design that would stand out on the sales floor with its own unique worldview.

NXT GEN, PHB – ZERO WASTE PACKAGING by Martí Garcés Muntalt, Lesley Melissa Batista Víquez and Trinidad Mosso Tupper, ELISAVA, Spain

FORMcard, a bioplastic created by Peter Marigold, was used as an alternative to toothbrush packaging. It is a card of strong, meltable bio-plastic that can be used to make, fix and modify and is 100% non-toxic and re-usable. PHB replaces single-use packaging and blisters. When used in the packaging of the toothbrush it can later be repurposed as the handle. This way the environmental impact is reduced to a minimum. The process of heating and reshaping the plastic can be repeated infinitely, for a new toothbrush head or for another use. The packaging now has a longer lifespan than the actual product.
 
Find the full list of winners here.