1. Pentawards awards 5 types of prize (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond).
2. Five, like the 5 fingers of the hand, the most perfect tool of the human being and of the designer in particular…
3. Five, like our 5 senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell).
4. The pentagon is the external and internal form of the pentagram, the ancient and universal symbol of beauty.
5. The pentagon is the original form of the historic centre of Brussels, capital of Belgium and capital of Europe, where the idea of the World Pentawards took shape.

In the Pentawards logo, the white pentagon is the centre of a circle which represents the world.