DIELINE Awards 2026 · The Class
Every winner of the 2026 competition. Every special honor, every category, every placement, every Merit — preserved here for the year, exactly as it was unveiled at the awards ceremony.
In the 2026 competition, more than 1,500 entries from 90+ countries were measured against each other by a global jury of packaging design experts. 244 works earned their place — 168 Award Winners and 76 Merit Winners across all categories.
The highest honors of the 2026 competition — voted by the Jury Chairs, the editorial team, and the only retail-data jury in packaging.
The highest honor of the 2026 competition, voted by the Jury Chairs from the highest-scoring entries across every category. OlssønBarbieri is an independent studio based in Oslo, Norway, working in the Independent tier.
Handpicked by DIELINE founder Andrew Gibbs as the entry that represents where packaging design is going. BETA DESIGN OFFICE is a UK-based studio working in the Professional tier.
Awarded to the studio with the most total wins across the entire 2026 competition. Wedge is a Montreal-based studio working in the Professional tier.
The most successful brand transformation of 2026 — the redesign that fundamentally rewrote what its category looked like.
Presented in partnership with A Plastic Planet. Recognition for packaging that meaningfully eliminates plastic. MILK is a New Zealand-based studio working in the Professional tier.
The 2026 awards recognized winners across 15 main categories. To explore the full set of 244 winners — including category placements, Merit recognitions, project details, and links to each piece's feature on DIELINE — view the standard visual gallery.