The Pentawards Festival is coming to Paris Packaging Week 2025!
We’re beyond excited to announce that the Pentawards Festival will be a part of Paris Packaging Week 2025. But what IS the festival and WHY should you attend? Here’s the 411…
What is Paris Packaging Week?
Paris Packaging Week is the premier destination for luxury and innovative packaging, drawing over 14,000 attendees from leading brands like LVMH, Chanel, Bvlgari, Diageo and many more.
With more than 750 exhibitors and 150+ expert speakers, this event is all about pushing boundaries, making connections, and shaping the future of packaging design.
What does the Pentawards Festival include?
The Pentawards Festival is set to deliver exclusive content, engaging discussions, and valuable networking opportunities, all within the vibrant and inspiring atmosphere of Paris Packaging Week.
Jam-packed with unmissable content, inspiration and opportunities to connect, the Pentawards Festival will feature;
The Pentawards Stage where global industry experts from brands such as PepsiCo and Haleon will give expert knowledge, ideas and inspiration around the theme of ‘Design with Impact’.
A designers hub where 8 of the top design agencies and brands will be sharing their most innovative projects, available to talk collaborations and ignite creative conversations that could shape your next big project.
Discover some of the world’s best packaging design from the past year. In the biggest show display yet, the gallery will feature 100 inspirational, innovative and creative designs.
Why should I attend?
If you want to be one of the first to be part of a new creative vertical of Paris Packaging Week, solely dedicated to packaging design, then the Pentawards Festival is for you.
The festival is first and foremost, a destination for packaging design. Featuring unmissable content from experts, inspirational displays of packaging the opportunity to network and connect with brands and agencies, here’s why you should come!
Networking and Collaboration:
Get in front of and create lasting connections with top design agencies and brands in the luxury sector with their exhibiting designers and speakers. Discuss collaboration and partnership opportunities, see new product innovations, explore cutting-edge concepts and engage with industry leaders.
Content:
Hear from globally influential speakers who will share unmissable insights on “Design with Impact”. Expect practical takeaways and inspiration that will elevate your packaging projects.
Discovery and Innovation:
Discover new topics, trends, innovation and knowledge around the future of packaging and design. Touch, discover and be inspired by the most stand-out award-winning designs from the last year with the impressive Pentawards Gallery featuring 100 innovative and striking designs.
Community:
It’s the place to make lasting industry connections. Immerse yourself into a creative, thought-provoking and welcoming global community centred around packaging design – these are your people!
Who can attend?
This is a space for designers, for brands, for suppliers, for marketeers, really for anyone interested and inspired by the wonderful industry of packaging design. Let us be a bit more specific…
I’m a marketeer, why should I come?
The content! With a wealth of free content at your fingertips, the Pentawards Festival is ideal for gaining knowledge and inspiration in the industry, that you can in turn use to create your own content. Of course there’s also the opportunity to network with your peers, as well as building relationships with agencies and brands.
I’m a designer, why should I come?
With 14,000 attendees at the show including high end brands and suppliers all in one place, you have the chance to get in front of this valuable market and pave the way for your next ideas and projects. It’s also a great way to be inspired with content from expert speakers, discover innovative designs at the gallery and network and exchange ideas with your peers and the wider packaging community.
I’m a brand/ manufacturer, why should I come?
The designers! Opening up a world of the top designers, it’s the ideal place to listen to expert speakers, make connections, talk partnerships and collaborations to level up your next project. Don’t forget to head to the design hub to talks to exhibitors.
Which brands and agencies will I be able to meet and listen to?
Exhibiting in the designers hub will be 8 of the top design agencies and brands who will be sharing their most innovative projects, available to talk collaborations and innovation to shape your next project. These include Vincent Villager, Pantel, Extreme, Design Lab – K Laser and PepsiCo. These brilliant exhibitors will also hold panel discussions on the Pentawards Stage, with the future of packaging design in mind.
Expect unmissable content with engaging talks from industry leaders including Bruno Singulani – Global Design Director at Haleon, Marie-Therese Cassidy – VP Design Europe at PepsiCo and Tatiana Ryfer-Emberger – Global Brand Identity Director at Carrefour, plus many more to be announced soon…
How much does it cost to attend?
The best news? Paris Packaging Week is free to attend! Simply register for the show below.
With that said, we’ll see you in Paris!
