Blue Marlin is delighted to announce that it has picked up one silver and three bronze Pentawards including its seventh award for its much loved design for mineral water brand Isklar. The Pentawards is the only worldwide competition devoted exclusively to packaging design. The presentation took place during the Shanghai Expo in China on October 1.

You’ve got to love Noma Bar. A recent poster for the Victoria and Albert Museum’s family fun activities caught my eye. As a dad I’m always interested in things to entertain the kids without destroying the family finances, and as a designer I’m interested in ways to involve my girls in creative pursuits, although given the contrary nature of children they will probably want to become accountants to spite me and my illustrator wife.