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“Art of Packaging” Award Is Presented to Estée Lauder By Pratt, Luxe Pack Monaco

The Estée Lauder brand and Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, group president of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., were honored in mid-March with the 2004 Art of Packaging Award sponsored by the Pratt Institute and Luxe Pack Monaco.

The award was presented during an annual dinner at New York City’s University Club. The black-tie gala drew close to 400 people and raised nearly $300,000 for the Marc Rosen Scholarship for Graduate Packaging Design at Pratt, which celebrated its 15th anniversary. Scholarships are awarded to students who attend the world’s only graduate program in perfume bottle design, taught by Marc Rosen.

WNBC-TV news anchor Felicia Taylor served as the evening’s MC. During the presentation, Fred H. Langhammer, president and chief executive of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. introduced surprise guest, French chanteuse Liliane Montevecchi. Bousquet-Chavanne received the award from Pratt Institute president Thomas Schutte and Luxe Pack president Pierre-Yves Maisonneuve.

Previous winners of the Art of Packaging Award include Coty Inc., Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Calvin Klein, Lancôme, Avon, and Intercosmetics.
Rosen introduced scholarship winners Cate Bennett, Seong Min Kim, Janice Lee, Monic Park, and Jimena Sanclemente, whose bottle and packaging designs were on display. Pratt founded the Marc Rosen Scholarship for Graduate Design in 1989. Many of the program’s graduates have gone on to illustrious careers in bottle and packaging design for the fragrance and cosmetics industry.

Luxe Pack Monaco, the professional trade show for luxury goods packaging in the fields of fragrances and cosmetics, jewelry, food, wines and spirits, tobacco and tabletop, will hold its 17th edition at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco from October 20 to 23.