The Vertex Awards VI jury is composed of highly respected and experienced branding and package design professionals, handpicked from the retail, private brand and design industries around the world.

We are proud to announce that Guillermo Dufranc, tridimage´s Project Manager, was invited to be part of the sixth annual Vertex Awards jury. This year’s panels include design luminaries from eight countries who are tasked with holding entrants to a higher standard for private brand design.

Judges for this year’s competition include:

• Paco Adin,Creative Director
  Supperstudio, Spain
• Guillermo Dufranc, Private Brand Design Director
  TridImage, Argentina
• Rick Barrack, Chief Creative Officer & Managing Partner
  CBX, New York, USA
• Danielle Beal, Creative Director
  The Creative Pack, California, USA
• Paula Bunny, Creative Director
  Brother Design, New Zealand
• Connie Cao, Senior Graphic Designer
  ACE Global Distribution (Shanghai) Ltd. a subsidiary of ACE Hardware Corporation USA, China
• Chris Cheung, Co-founder
  Boxed, USA
• Charlene Codner, Founder & Chief Creative Officer
  Fish out of Water Design, Ontario, Canada
• Steven Cox, Creative Director
  Daymon, Connecticut, USA
• Maria Dubuc, President, MBD; Vice President, Big Red Rooster
  Marketing by Design (MBD), Massachusetts, USA
• Michael Duffy, Group Creative Director & Partner
  Equator Design, Illinois, USA
• Masanori Eto, Creative Director
  AdBrain,Inc., Tokyo, Japan
• Loe Limpens, Managing Partner
  Yellow Dress Retail, Netherlands
• Fred Richards, CCO & Partner
  Kaleidoscope, Illinois, USA
• Jens Sievert, Creative Director
  Daymon International, Lisbon, Portugal
• Nick Vaus, Partner & Creative Director
  Free the Birds, United Kingdom
• ZHOU Wenjun, Founder, Creative Director & Architect
  524 Studio, China

Open to retail owned brands worldwide in any trade channel, the Vertex Awards encourage retailers, agencies, consultants, graphic design firms, manufacturers, and brokers to enter the competition.