Golden A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Mountain Dew Hard Dew 2024 Beverage - Alcoholic by PepsiCo Design and Innovation

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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Mountain Dew Hard Dew 2024 Beverage - Alcoholic by PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Golden A' Design Award Explained

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

About Mountain Dew Hard Dew 2024 Beverage - Alcoholic

Hard Dew 2024 is a packaging design for a ready to drink alcoholic beverage made for adult consumers. The design extends the energy of the Mountain Dew brand into an adult oriented form. The United States version draws on biker tattoo art. The Asia-Pacific version develops the same idea through a dragon, another common tattoo subject. The dragon is shown in bright blue and glimmering green to give the container a bold and lively character. The packaging is intended to present a familiar brand attitude to adult drinkers.

About PepsiCo Design & Innovation

PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies with over $65 billion in net revenue in 2012 and a global portfolio of diverse and beloved brands.

Award Record

With this recognition, PepsiCo Design and Innovation of PepsiCo Design & Innovation is a winner of 126 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2013 - 2014 and the 2024 - 2025 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Packaging Design Award

The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/packaging

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

• Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/169156
• A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/169156
• Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!169156
• Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/133313

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