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FiFi winners like Gucci Eau de Parfum, which is distributed by Cosmopolitan Cosmetics/Rochas and won in the packaging category, will be displayed at Luxe Pack New York. Saint-Gobain Desjonquères and Techpack-MT Packaging contributed to the bottle and cap production, respectively Festivities Planned for Sixth Annual FiFi Week
By Jennifer KwokDuring the sixth annual National FiFi week, which will take place June 9–13, The Fragrance Foundation has planned several activities in New York City. The 31st Annual FiFi Awards ceremony will be held June 9 at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The theme this year is "Fragrance 'n Art." Four new categories have been added to the awards program "to help streamline this year's event and to reflect the growing importance of different areas within the fragrance industry," reports the foundation. For more information, visit www.fragrance.org.
This year's FiFi winners will be on display at Luxe Pack New York, which debuts June 10–11 at New York City's Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 W. 18th St. Beauty packaging manufacturers participating in the event include glassmakers Bormioli Luigi, Heinz Glas, Pochet of America, Bormioli Rocco, and Saint-Gobain Desjonquères. Metal and plastics producers will also be represented by INCA, Ileos Group, Dapy International, Lisi Cosmetics, and Techpack. Paper manufacturers include AGI/Klearfold, Iggesund Paperboard, and MeadWestvaco.
In celebration of this year's FiFi Awards theme, an exhibition called "SCENT, Original Art Inspired by Fragrance," opens for a special preview on May 15 at The Proposition, a gallery in New York's Chelsea art district. Curated by Dinaburg Arts, the exhibit will showcase the work of more than 100 international artists, including David Humphrey, Caitlin Parker, Peter Drake, and Jonathan Seliger. The artists were each asked to produce an 8 X 10 original piece based on the scent that inspires them. The identities of the artists will be kept secret until their work is sold to reinforce the idea that the sale of art, like fragrance, highly depends on the personal appeal of the product itself. Each piece will be priced at $350, and a portion of the proceeds will support the SculptureCenter, a nonprofit cultural institution that supports and promotes contemporary art.
A new exhibit set to open on June 12 at the Fragrance Foundation's Annette Green Museum is called "Fragrance 'n Art Deco: Grand Architecture-Inspired Perfume Bottle Designs." Baccarat and Lalique provided some of the flacons that will be on display. Also included are L.T. Piver, Guerlain, Lubin, and Roger & Gallet. The bottles were all inspired by the Art Deco period. Some were also influenced by a few of New York City's skyscrapers, like the Chrysler building. The exhibit will be open until December 12.
Also during FiFi week, CPC Packaging will be celebrating its 2002 Editors' Choice Awards program, cosponsored by the Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers (CIBS) association. (For more details on the awards, please see this month's coverage beginning on page 24.) The winners will be recognized during CIBS's luncheon on June 11 at Shelly's in New York City. For more information about CIBS, visit www.cibsonline.com.
Software Streamlines Design Process, Wins Award
New software called Design2Launch (D2L) won the 2003 Connecticut Catalyst Award at TecExpo 2003, the technology trade show held April 10 and produced by the Connecticut Technology Council. Judges felt the software firm "developed a product that has significantly changed, revolutionized, and streamlined a system."
D2L was created to help speed the time-to-market for new product launches and save money by removing some steps in the packaging approval process.
It facilitates communication among all parties involved in design, including package designers, engineers, marketers, and suppliers.
It can be hard to coordinate designs when an engineer is working on a CAD file and the graphic designer wants to make changes on a Mac. D2L supports more than 200 file formats.
On screen, a package designer can apply materials, labels, and graphics to a virtual package. Color is achievable with each type of material. The software allows you to create a reality-based, photorealistic visual model. That model
can be used for initial approvals, reducing the need for physical proofs and prototypes.
Many leading companies are considering subscribing to the software or have signed on already. "It's a fantastic tool because it takes into account every aspect of the approval process and enables you to effectively communicate much faster, when it seems like everyone is speaking a different language," says Kevin Marshall. Marshall is in the process of integrating the software at Marc Rosen Associates, where he is vice president and group creative director.
"Up until now, there was never a program that allowed a designer's vision to be translated directly into the engineering phase," Marshall adds.
For security, a triple-encrypted system is used so that access to files can be restricted. D2L allows everyone involved in a project to view files from any location in the world and revise designs with editing marks. All revisions are automatically saved by date. The system supports Pantone, LAB, and CMYK color ranges; it also allows color to be communicated electronically by calibrating the frequency of every desktop monitor on the system, ensuring accurate shades are viewed by everyone.
Suppliers, vendors, outside developers, and business partners are also encouraged to upload material through a direct Web link. A plan to get more suppliers involved is also in the works.
"We are working on building a large supplier database where a manufacturer could click on a company to see new stock packaging items," says Scott Corzine, president and CEO of Design2Launch.
Marshall adds, "Since there is no shortage of creative designs out there, it's all about who will get there first. This software will definitely give you an advantage."
Tube Council Honors Excellence
Victoria's Secret Rapture Golden Pearl Shower Cream package was named the 2002 Ted Klein Tube of the Year by The Tube Council. CCL Plastic Packaging supplied the hot
stamped plastic tube. Rapture Golden Pearl Shower Cream by Victoria's Secret has delighted judges for The Tube Council (Montclair, NJ) Awards. The hot-stamped plastic tube has been named the council's 2002 Ted Klein Tube of the Year. Judges were impressed by the quality of the hot-stamping process, which covered nearly half of the tube with gold foil, including the seal area.
CCL Plastic Packaging (Los Angeles) manufactured the
tube for Victoria's Secret Beauty. CCL Plastic Packaging accepted the award during the council's spring conference, held April 30–May 3 at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Several other cosmetic and personal care product tubes were also recognized with 2002 Tube of the Year awards. CCL Plastic's tube for Suntanicals SPF 15 sunscreen, marketed by Playtex Products Inc., was recognized with the 2002 Plastic Tube of the Year award.
Cebal Americas (Norwalk, CT) was recognized with three awards: the 2002 Personal Care Tube of the Year, for its all-plastic airless tube for Target Corp.'s Sonia Kashuk Pro-Nutrient Serum; the 2002 Laminate Tube of the Year award, for GlaxoSmithKline's Super PoliGrip Denture
Adhesive Cream, which features a redesigned dispenser, the Ooze-Control Tip; and the 2002 Dentifrice Tube of the Year, for the teal-colored laminate tube provided to Procter & Gamble for its Crest Rejuvenating Effects toothpaste.
CCL Container (Naperville, IL) was the recipient of two awards that involved beauty products: the 2002 Metal Tube of the Year award, for its straight aluminum tube for Brit Styling Paste from Graham Webb International; and the 2002 Innovative Tube of the Year award for its five-layer laminate tube featuring a Ceramis barrier for BedHead's Dumb Blonde Reconstructor.
Ampersand Label (Garden Grove, CA) received the 2002 Innovative Component of
the Year Award, a new honor, for its expanded-text label affixed to a tube from
Tubed Products Inc. (East Hampton, MA). The tube was supplied to Dermatologic
Cosmetic Laboratories for its Acne Healing system.
Showcase Award winners included Norden AndBro Inc., for its Handsfree For Men men's shaving tube featuring a sponge applicator on one end and a razor on the other; Amcor Plastube, which made a matte plastic tube for Lise Watier Eau de Vie for Lise Watier Cosmetiques; Pro-Motion Industries LLC, which provided a label for Maybelline's Everfresh Makeup; Tubepack Ltd., for its plastic tube for Becca by Becca Cosmetics; Montebello Packaging, which produced the tube for H2O Plus's Line Defense Retinol Eye Complex; and JSN Packaging, which provided the tube for pH Beauty's Hot Sugar Scrub.
For more information about the awards or The Tube Council, visit www.tube.org.
Marc Rosen's Annual Pratt Dinner Honors Coty's President
(L to R): Marc Rosen, Eric Thoreaux, and Peter Harf, chairman of Coty Inc. Eric Thoreaux, president of Coty Beauty Americas, was honored at the annual dinner to benefit the Pratt Institute's Marc Rosen Scholarship for Graduate Design. The black-tie affair was held on March 12 at the University Club in New York City. Thomas Schutte, president of the Pratt Institute, and Pierre-Yves Maisonneuve, president of Luxe Pack Monaco, presented the award to Thoreaux.
The four students to receive design scholarships were Andrew Addino, Anne-Katherine Kutsen, Jeong-In Lim and Sun Young Ryou.The event raised nearly $250,000 for the scholarship fund for which Rosen has been generating support since 1989. Schutte also announced that Rosen will be receiving an honorary doctorate at Pratt's spring commencement ceremony on May 17.
CIBS Names Board Members for 2003
CIBS 2003 Board members The Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers (CIBS) announced its 2003 board members; they are pictured in the photo at right.
Seated row (L to R): Corresponding Secretary Michael Warford of Colt's Plastics Company, Inc.; Treasurer Deborah M. Danis of The Glass Group Inc.; Historian Laurie Larkin of Coty; President Herve Malordy of SDV (USA) Inc.; Vice President Stephen Contreras of Quest Industries LLC; Ladies Co-chair Judy Vincenty of Millennium 3 Packaging; Recording Secretary William Standwill Sr., of Standwill Packaging Inc.
Middle row (L to R): Chairperson, Publicity & Awards, Paul Bergmann of Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Special Events Chair Beth Mount of BFM Associates; Personnel Chair Fred Koeck of Marietta Corp.; General Program Chair Ted Boccuzzi of Advanced Distribution Systems; Constitution Chair Donald Cardiff of Stolzle-Oberglas AG; Special Events Co-chair Fran Cardiff; Golf Co-chair Michael Petti of General Fiber Products Inc.; Director John Raguso of Paris Art Label; Ladies Chair John Ziemba of USS Corp.
Top row (L to R): Christmas Chair Christopher Soldo of Feldware Inc.; Luncheon Chair Mario Magali of Elite Packaging; Scholarship Chair Patricia Taccone of Advanced Distribution Systems Inc.; Membership Chair Eric Robbins of DieterBakicEnterprises; Christmas Co-chair Nicolas LoPrinzi of Color Carton Corp.; Webmaster Charles Marchese of ABA Packaging Corp.; Director Joseph Palazzola of J. Palazzola Son Inc.
Board members missing from photo: Director Anthony J. Colica Sr., of Curtis Packaging Corp.; Auditing Chair Wendy Ozeri of Cosmetic Components Packaging Corp.; Membership Co-chair Marco Golding of Standwill Packaging Inc.; Luncheon Co-chair Leslie Artesons; Golf Chair Stacy Henning of Estée Lauder Companies Inc.