Back-to-Back: Studio Matte Wins Bronze at the Pentawards Gala
Studio Matte has been awarded a Bronze trophy at the 2026 Pentawards, marking our second consecutive year of international recognition at the packaging industry’s most prestigious global competition.
To be honored once by the Pentawards is a significant milestone; to be celebrated two years running validates our deliberate choice to remain an agile, independent, and strategy-driven studio. In an industry often dominated by large-scale network agencies, our back-to-back wins demonstrate that a focused, hands-on practice can consistently deliver packaging architecture
that commands category authority on the international stage.
The Studio Matte Standard: Packaging as Brand Architecture
At Studio Matte, packaging is never treated as surface-level styling or disposable wrapping. We believe the physical package is a brand's most intimate, enduring asset: the precise intersection where business positioning, tactile materiality, structural engineering, and aesthetic restraint converge.
Our independent structure is designed specifically to eliminate layers of dilution. Every client works directly with creative leadership from initial brand positioning to technical pre-press file delivery. This high-touch methodology allows us to interrogate conventions, engineer custom structural forms, and craft complete visual worlds that build long-term enterprise value for modern consumer brands.
The Winning Work: Sprouties
The 2026 Pentawards jury recognized our brand identity and structural packaging design for Sprouties, a gourmet farm-to-cat cat grass brand crafted for feline digestive wellness and everyday joy.
Traditional pet products are frequently hindered by garish colors, generic plastic packaging, and clinical messaging. For Sprouties, our studio was commissioned to build an interior-conscious brand world that challenges commodity pet care through refined structural and visual design:
Dual-Purpose Structural Engineering: We designed a custom outer carton with an intuitive tear-away perforation line. The top sleeve protects delicate living wheat and barley grass during transit, while the cleanly branded lower base remains intact post-unboxing to function as a permanent, mess-free tray in modern living rooms.
Signature Brand Details: Standard circular punch holes were replaced with functional air vents laser-cut into the shape of the brand’s cat-head silhouette, embedding brand iconography directly into the box's functional mechanics.
Interior-First Visual System: Rooted in deep forest greens, soft sage, and warm creams, the packaging typography and iconography balance playful warmth with quiet sophistication, allowing the product to live on coffee tables and kitchen counters without disrupting interior aesthetics.
Looking Ahead
This back-to-back recognition reinforces our studio’s ongoing expansion across France, Europe, and international markets. We extend our deepest gratitude to our visionary clients who trust our studio with full creative authority, and to the Pentawards jury for continuing to champion purposeful, high-craft independent design.
Studio Matte continues to accept select visual identity and packaging commissions for brands seeking distinctive shelf presence and enduring design equity.
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