This award honours original, innovative, and high-quality packaging. This could include but is not limited to:

Consumer Goods Packaging
Packaging for food, beverages, cosmetics, fashion, electronics, and other retail products.

Luxury & Premium Packaging
High-end packaging solutions that emphasise craftsmanship, exclusivity, and premium materials.

Sustainable & Eco-Friendly Packaging
Innovative designs that reduce environmental impact.

Structural & Engineering Innovation
Unique forms, dielines, and structural designs that enhance product presentation, usability, and protection.

Limited Edition & Collectible Packaging
Special edition packaging with artistic, cultural, or collectible value.

Retail & E-commerce Packaging
Packaging solutions designed for in-store displays or direct-to-consumer shipping.

Technology-Integrated Packaging
Smart packaging incorporating interactive elements such as NFC, AR/VR, QR codes, or track-and-trace features.

Experimental & Conceptual Packaging
Forward-thinking, speculative, or research-driven packaging designs.

Social, Political & Cultural Messaging in Packaging
Designs that use packaging as a medium for awareness, activism, or cultural storytelling.

All forms of packaging design are welcome in this category.

You.

If you produce creative work, whether alone or as part of a team, this is for you. If you commission creative work and want to celebrate it, this is for you.

Freelancers, students, studios, small agencies, huge agencies, collectives, creative organisations, ambitious businesses, unofficial groups, weirdos, creatives, designers, strategists, animators, motion designers, digital makers, architects, coders, illustrators, artists, project managers, photographers, tattooists, creative thinkers and chancers.

1. Explore the categories and select the ones you would like to enter.
2. Enter your project(s) by the 31st July 2026.
3. After creating an account, you can save, edit, and submit entries until the deadline.
4. Projects will meet the jury on the 12th August 2026.
5. Visit our website on the 11th September 2026 to learn if your work has been shortlisted for an International Creative Award.
6. Celebrate your achievement at the Awards Ceremony during International Assembly in Scotland on the 13th November 2026 (optional).
7. Selected projects will be showcased during International Assembly, across social media and INTL channels.
8. Awarded projects will receive a handcrafted concrete trophy and Recognised projects will receive a bespoke certificate and concrete certificate holder.

Awarded projects will receive a handcrafted concrete trophy created by renowned Glasgow artist Charles Stephen Myatt in collaboration with Warriors Studio. Recognised projects will receive a bespoke certificate and concrete certificate holder.

All shortlisted projects are invited to attend the Awards Ceremony in Scotland on Friday 13th November 2026 to collect their trophy or certificate and celebrate their achievement. Selected projects will also be showcased at the International Assembly festival and featured across social media and INTL channels.

+ Gain international recognition for your creative work
+ Demonstrate the quality, originality and impact of your project
+ Receive industry recognition from leading global creatives
+ Gain extensive promotion across social media and INTL channels
+ Take home a handcrafted concrete trophy
+ Raise your profile within the global creative industry
+ Attract new clients, collaborators and career opportunities
+ Position yourself or your studio as a leader in your field
+ Promote your achievement to your audience and network
+ Strengthen your portfolio and industry credibility
+ Celebrate your success with your team, friends and family
+ Party at the Awards Ceremony at International Assembly

Al Webb, Made Thought
madethought.com

Mat Bogust, Think Packaging
thinkpack.co.nz

Ferran Ollé, FAENA
faena-studio.org @faenastudio

1. Title of Project
2. Short Summary of Project (50 words max)
3. Longer Description of Project (300 words max)
4. Upload (max 10) images/videos/files etc which showcases your project. This could be photographs, digital images, drawings, moving image etc. A range of file formats, links, URL’s are accepted.
5. Project Credits

We try to keep the entry process as efficient as possible.