Japan Package Design Awards 2027 - Preliminary Screening Results (Flash Report)

Preliminary Screening Overview

Screening Period: 10 days from Wednesday, June 10 to Friday, June 19

Screening Method: Online image screening

Total Applications: 1,098 entries

Selected Entries: 403 entries

Preliminary Judges: 48 individuals (*)

(*) 35 association member judges + 17 recipients of Gold and Silver awards from the previous (Grand Prize 2025) awards (excluding 4 individuals who received multiple awards)

List of Selected Entries (403 entries)

A list PDF can be downloaded from the JPDA site below.

https://www.jpda.or.jp/news/9987.html

Secondary Screening

The secondary screening will be conducted on Tuesday, August 25 this year, through discussion while viewing the actual works, by 17 secondary judges (11 association member judges, 1 recipient of the previous Grand Prize, 5 special judges).

From the selected entries, the Grand Prize, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Special Judges' Awards, etc., are scheduled to be selected in this secondary screening.

Future Schedule

- The secondary screening results (flash report of award-winning entries) are scheduled to be released on the JPDA site in mid-September.

- The Japan Package Design Awards 2027 Award Ceremony is scheduled to be held in early spring 2027.

- Award-winning and selected entries will be included in the "Yearbook of Japanese Package Design 2027" to be published in 2027.

The schedule and content above are subject to change without notice.

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About the Japan Package Design Awards / JAPAN PACKAGE DESIGN AWARDS

This is a competition organized by the Japan Package Design Association (JPDA), a public interest incorporated association, which widely solicits entries through public calls for selection. Professionals in the field of package design gather to compete on the design and creativity of their works.

Held biennially since 1985, this marks the 22nd iteration, aiming to elevate the social status of package design and to create a platform to honor excellent work.

A key characteristic is that evaluation is conducted from the perspective of package designers, emphasizing not only aspects as packaging materials related to production, distribution, and environment, but also design value and product creation viewpoints.

Through rigorous screening by member judges and external special judges from approximately 1,000 entries, the Grand Prize, Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards by category, as well as Special Judges' Awards, are selected.

Award-winning and selected entries are published in print, and award-winning works are exhibited in traveling exhibitions (planned in Tokyo and other locations). Furthermore, the Grand Prize and Gold award-winning works are preserved in their original form in the association's archives.

See past Grand Prize and award-winning works here:

https://www.jpda.or.jp/award

"Yearbook of Japanese Package Design / PACKAGE DESIGN IN JAPAN BIENNIAL"

https://www.jpda.or.jp/publication?tax=6