The 2026 Core77 Design Awards Packaging Winners

The 2026 Professional winner in the Packaging category is From Packaging to Sculpture: Luxury Reimagined, from s778 Heritage. This project transforms secondary packaging for a premium gin into a sculptural, multifunctional object—crafted from a custom-developed polymer composite that replicates the appearance and quality of Bra island stone, drawing on the heritage of Croatia's Dalmatian coast. Designed to operate across four functions and maintain a permanent presence long after the gin is consumed, the packaging challenges disposable design conventions by elevating the container to a collectible artwork.

The jury team was impressed at how "the project expressed the material heritage of Brač island throughout the entire packaging experience."

The Student Packaging winner is Poln: The Pollinator-Friendly Plant Care Collection from Amanda Chum at the ArtCenter College of Design. Poln is a comprehensive identity and packaging design project that transforms everyday gardening into an impactful act of environmental stewardship, making seasonal planting accessible while supporting pollinators through thoughtfully designed, sustainable seed collections. The packaging is beautiful enough for display, practical for daily use, and fully recyclable or compostable at end of life—designed so that every garden, from windowsill to wild, fosters biodiversity.

The jury team valued the project not only for its aesthetic quality, but for its concept that supports gardeners as well as plants, animals and insects.

Packaging Award Honorees

Yuko Takagi, Design Manager at a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company based in Tokyo, led the jury team for Packaging . The team included Gentatsu Seki, Designer and Design Director at Suntory Holdings Ltd.; and Piyakan Devakul Na Ayudhya, Creative Director and independent creative.

The 2026 Packaging category celebrates graphic, structural, and branding design as it applies to the container, wrapper, and vessel that introduces a product to the world, recognizing primary and secondary packaging for FMCG and premium brands, promotional and gifting programs, and limited edition work where the package is part of the experience.