Final Late Deadline to Enter Is February 28
We’re proud to announce a new partnership between DIELINE and the iF Design Award, one of the world’s most established and respected global design awards programs.
As part of this partnership, DIELINE Package Design Awards winners from 2025 and 2026 are eligible to enter the iF DESIGN AWARD 2027 free of charge and will automatically advance to the second round of jury evaluation. This recognition reflects iF’s acknowledgment of the rigor, credibility, and global relevance of the DIELINE Awards, and of packaging design’s growing importance within the global design discourse.
About the iF DESIGN AWARD
Founded in 1953, the iF DESIGN AWARD is one of the longest-running and most recognized design competitions in the world. Each year, the program receives nearly 11,000 submissions from over 70 countries, which are evaluated by an independent jury of 130+ international design experts. Winning an iF DESIGN AWARD is widely regarded as a global mark of design excellence across product, communication, packaging, architecture, and service design.
By extending this pathway to DIELINE winners, iF reinforces the role of packaging design as a critical discipline within the international design community.
A global benchmark for packaging design excellence
DIELINE is a renowned global packaging design community that serves as a hub of inspiration and innovation for packaging professionals worldwide. Through extensive coverage of industry news, sustainable packaging trends, and design insight, DIELINE brings timely perspective to the packaging design industry and produces events and programming for the global community.
At the center of this mission are the DIELINE Package Design Awards, a premier global competition celebrating creativity, sustainability, and innovation in consumer packaging. Now in its 16th year, the Awards attract top agencies, studios, in-house teams, and independent designers from around the world, with recent competitions receiving over 1,400 entries from 38 countries.
This new partnership underscores what many in the industry already recognize: a DIELINE Award represents a globally respected standard of packaging design excellence.
Final late deadline: February 28
The final late deadline to enter the DIELINE Package Design Awards is February 28. This is the last opportunity to submit work for this year’s competition.
If you’ve created packaging that advances design, materials, sustainability, or brand storytelling, this is your moment to put that work on a truly global stage. DIELINE Award winners receive international visibility across our editorial platforms, and now, a direct pathway into one of the world’s most prestigious design awards programs.
Final Late Deadline: February 28
No extensions.
