★ Best of Show
Varus 775
The highest honor of the 2026 competition, voted by the Jury Chairs from the highest-scoring entries across every category.
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THE GALLERY
OF THE WORLD'S
BEST PACKAGING.
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.
See the Winners →THIS IS THE SHELF
THE WORLD STOOD AROUND.
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. The 244 works below earned their place. Each piece links to its DIELINE feature.
168Award Winners
76Merit Winners
244Total Projects Recognized
90+Countries
★ Top Honors
TOP HONORS
The highest honors of the 2026 competition, voted by the Jury Chairs, the editorial team, and the only retail-data jury in packaging.
★ Editor's Choice
Fussy Refillable Body Wash
Handpicked by DIELINE Founder Andrew Gibbs. The entry that represents where packaging design is going.
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★ Studio of the Year
Studio of the Year
Awarded to the studio with the most total wins across the entire 2026 competition.
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★ Rebrand of the Year
Cocolab
The most successful brand transformation of 2026: the redesign that fundamentally rewrote what its category looked like.
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★ Plastic Free Innovation of the Year
Honeysticks
Presented in partnership with A Plastic Planet. Recognition for packaging that meaningfully eliminates plastic.
Read on DIELINE →The Gallery Wall
EVERY WINNER
ON THE SAME WALL.
The 2026 winners were exhibited in an immersive projection room: every category, every placement, projected at full scale. This page is that room, preserved.
DIELINE Awards 2026The Immersive Showcase
01
1A
Bread, cereals, pasta
1B
Dairy or dairy alternatives
Merit
SKY BARN: EARTH'S FIRST CLEAN-LABEL, BARISTA-GRADE OATMILKS
SKY BARN (Brand) / EO SPACE (Agency)
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1C
Spices, oils, sauces
1D
Fruits and Vegetables, Fish, Meat, Poultry & Alternatives
1E
Ready to eat, fast food, meal kits
1F
Confectionary, desserts, and sweet snacks
1G
Savory Snacks
02
2
1st Place
DongJiangYuan-60th Anniversary Commemoration
ShenZhen Lingyun creative packaging design Co.,Ltd.
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Merit
DongJiangYuan-ShanShuiXinWu
ShenZhen Lingyun creative packaging design Co.,Ltd.
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2B
Soft drinks, juices
2C
Tea and Coffee
2D
Functional beverages
2E
Beers, Ciders, & Malt
2F
Low-alcohol and no-alcohol drinks
1st Place
Famiglia Santoni
Agency: Stranger & Stranger , Client: Gabriello Santoni S.R.L.
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2G
Wine & Champagne
2H
Clear Spirits
2I
Dark Spirits
2J
Ready to Serve Cocktails + Seltzers
Merit
Coca-Cola x Bacardi
Studio - TheSUPERULTRARARE LTD Brand - The Coca-Cola Company
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3A
Clothing, Fashion, Fragrance
2nd Place
adidas x Tron : Ares Movie, Shoe Box / Chest
L&E International Ltd. and adidas
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3B
Health care
3C
Body Care
3D
Beauty & Cosmetics
04
4A
Household maintenance & home improvement
Merit
Alter:Bio
Brand Design by Trackmeet and Industrial Design by Lauren Golik (BraveNew.design)
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4B
E-commerce packaging
4C
Electronics, office, e-commerce, entertainment, & self-promotional
4D
Baby, Kids, and Pets
4E
Tobacco & Cannabis
05
5A
Food
5B
Beverage
5C
Health, Body, & Beauty
5D
Home, Shopping, & Other Markets
2nd Place
TIPA x Pawniolo Pets
Miki and Nick Vericella, Mario Patino, WildKind Packaging
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06
6
Plastic Free
3rd Place
Everamid Compostable Bagasse Packaging with Reusable Porcelain Vessel
Arithmetic
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7A
Food Brand Identity Systems
7B
Beverage Brand Identity Systems
7C
Health, Beauty, & Body Brand Identity Systems
7D
Home, Shopping, & Other Markets Brand Identity Systems
08
8
In-House (all categories)
09
9
Limited Editions (all categories)
Merit
Don Julio 1942 Year of the Horse Lunar New Year Limited Edition
Design Bridge and Partners, Singapore
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10
10
Private Label (all categories)
11
11
Luxury (all categories)
2nd Place
Darphin Paris Stimulskin Cream Jar (outer Zamac cage)
Estee Lauder Companies, Darphin Paris
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12
12
Merit
Coffee Foundation: Call Us Crazy
Damien O'Brien / Coffee Foundation + The Mental Health Association
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13
Brand Partnerships / Collabs
14
14
Startup Brands
15
1st Place
D’Italia Pasta Lab
National Taiwan University of Science & Technology / Wu Hoi Lam, Regina WY Wang
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1st Place
Roo
University of Cincinnati School of Design Students: Caitlin Berendt, Gracie Siemer, Max Halpern, Mateo Gutierrez Lujan
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Best of Concept · 3rd
Tiger Balm
The University of Melbourne (project by: Jacqueline Widodo, Sheren Winarta, Vi Nguyen, Anh Pham)
Read on DIELINE →Published on DIELINEEVERY WINNER
EVERY WINNER
HAS THEIR OWN STORY.
Each winning project has a full editorial feature on TheDieline.com.
Read the 2026 Awards Reveal Article →Every Year, Archived
PAST YEARS
ON DIELINE.
Every DIELINE Awards class from 2010 forward, each one with its own category archive on TheDieline.com. The gallery is the year; the archive is the run.
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