Antabax Awarded Prestigious Good Design™ Award

Antabax, a trusted and innovative antibacterial personal care range, has received the prestigious Good Design™ Award by The Chicago Athenauem Museum of Architecture and The European Centre. 

The Antabax personal care range is familiar to Malaysians for its shower cream, hand wash and bar soap. The brand received the award under the packaging/graphics category. The Lam Soon Edible Oils Packaging Team developed the packaging.

The brand has expanded its product offering beyond the antibacterial shower range, into medicated talcum powder, hand sanitizer gel and spray, as well as antibacterial  wipes to meet the various demand of the consumers. 
A first time winner, the Antabax packaging was cited for demonstrating quality design that combined cutting-edge form, function, usability and aesthetics. 

Now in its 64^thyear, the GOOD DESIGN™ award is the oldest and the most prestigious award program organized worldwide, and honors the yearly achievements of the best industrial and graphic designers and world manufacturers for their pursuit of extraordinary design excellence. 

GOOD DESIGN is referred to as the ‘Oscars’ of industrial design. It is presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in conjunction with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. It dates back to 1950 and is now one of the world’s largest and most distinguished design competitions. The program honors visionary and innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and recognizes designers for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered ordinary product and consumer design in categories ranging from personal care to protective equipment, appliances to automobiles and from electronics to medical devices.

“We take a lot of pride that Antabax, a truly Malaysian brand has been recognized for the excellence of its packaging by a globally acknowledged industrial design body. We will continue to innovate to give the best to our customers,” said Ms Angeline Sim, Group Product Manager, Household and Personal Care, Marketing Division, Lam Soon Edible Oils Sdn Bhd.

She added that the brand had won five major awards in 2014.

GOOD DESIGN™ covers consumer products designed and manufactured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.  Many of the winners are distinctive and visionary such as FORTUNE 500 companies are among the yearly winners.  2014 saw over 800 of the world’s best and most innovative product designs receive GOOD DESIGN™ Awards.