How many package design projects won GDUSA awards in 2021?

The gallery lists 142 winners from 2021 in this category, out of 1,579 across all years. Each one appears here with its firm and designer credits.

Which firms won the most GDUSA awards for package design in 2021?

PepsiCo Design & Innovation leads with 38 of the 2021 winners, ahead of CF Napa Brand Design (4), Stapley Hildebrand (4), Affinity Creative Group (3), Chase Design Group (3), Kyäni Inc. (3). The ranking for the year lists every firm with its winning work.

Who are the clients on the 2021 package design projects?

Clients named on this work include Germack Pistachio Company, Mars Petcare, Austin Street Brewery, B&G Foods, Bolthouse Farms. The credit comes from the firm that entered the work.

How do I enter next year's awards?

Entries go through the GDUSA entry platform. A single entry costs $120 as of October 2026, and packages bring the price per piece down to $400 for ten to twenty entries. Winners who publish get a project page here with full credits, and publication is the paid step.

Best of the Year

Best Package Design of 2021

The package design that won a GDUSA award in 2021, each with the firm and the designers credited.

142 award-winning projects

Packaging is the one piece of graphic design that gets picked up, and for most products it is the entire advertising budget. The designer works to understand the consumer's needs and perceptions of what is inside, then designs around the needs of the business and the desires of the consumer. The winners here read at ten feet and reward a close look at two. PepsiCo Design & Innovation has won 153 times, about four times the next name, with line extensions that stay one family, and DAP Global's spray texture system took a 2026 full page for making a hardware-aisle aerosol instantly recognizable. The best package designers in the country are on this page. Open any package to see it up close and learn what makes it sell.

Standouts of 2021

Bear + Prophetby CF Napa Brand Design for Donati Spirits · 2021
Hundred Knot - Upper Tierby CF Napa Brand Design for RD Winery · 2021
The Big Pink Roséby CF Napa Brand Design for West Coast Wine Group · 2021
Thatcher’s Organic Canned Cocktailsby CF Napa Brand Design for Thatcher’s Organic · 2021
Jungle Juiced Beverage Pouchesby ProAmpac Design and Sample Lab · 2021
Dark Horse Sweet Victoryby E & J Gallo Winery | GalloCreative · 2021

Firms named most

Best Package Design firms of 2021, by award wins →

2021

Bear + Prophet

Package Design

Firm

CF Napa Brand Design

Standouts of 2021

Firms named most

Bear + Prophet

Hundred Knot - Upper Tier

The Big Pink Rosé

Thatcher’s Organic Canned Cocktails

Jungle Juiced Beverage Pouches

Dark Horse Sweet Victory

Barefoot Bubbly 2021

Taiwanese Cookies and Teas Package and Brand Design

Earbud Speaker Combo Packaging

Celltrient Packaging

Jelleez True Wireless Earbuds

TAZO CALM Iced Herbal Tea

Rockstar Energy Redesign

Pure Leaf Cold Brew Tea

Pepsi Taste Challenge LTO 2021

Pepsi #TRAVELUKRAINE LTO

Pepsi x NFL – Mexico

Mirinda Like Winter LTO

MTN DEW Major Melon

Lay’s STAX Rainbow

Lay's Heartwork Campaign

Kurkure Goes OOC

K Pepsi

Flavor Drop Shop Blazin Buffalo Ranch

7Up Core Restage

Adrenaline Rush Space LTO

Driftwell

Dew Rise Package Design

Cheetos Redesign Mexico

Doritos CyberPunk 2077 Activation

Adrenaline Gold

Driftwell Package Design

Celebrating 7UP Summer Beaches

Flavor Drop Shop Blazin' Buffalo Ranch

Gatorade GX

K-Pepsi Package Design

Verbal Vibe Mode Podcast Cover Art

Kurkure x Masaba Package Design

Joel Embiid's Hot Habanero MTN DEW Sauce Label Design

Lay's Maxx Package Design

THIS! Packaging

Lipton Pop Art

Fruko Summer Package Design

Pure Leaf Cold Brew Tea Package Design

Sabritas x Netflix Money Heist

Sunbites China Yogurt Bites Package Design

Pepsi Culture Can LTO - Mexico

PepsiCo Culture Can Series - Cumulative

Mirinda Unexpected Combo Winter LTO

Pet Naturals® Stocking Puppers

French's Specialty Mustard Redesign

Tiger's Milk Bars Redesign

McCormick Flavor Inspirations

Daily’s Poptails Carton, Inner Sleeves and Shipper

Victoria Sauces Label Design

Borreo Wine Packaging Design

Bota Box Breeze 3L Bag In Box Packaging Design

Woodbridge Wine Seltzer Packaging Design

360 Cloud High Chair Packaging

Milkmakers Bath Tea + Foot Soak Packaging

Gilda Gala Invitation Design

International Mass Timber Conference Campaign

Firms

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Standouts of 2021

Firms named most

Bear + Prophet

Hundred Knot - Upper Tier

The Big Pink Rosé

Thatcher’s Organic Canned Cocktails

Jungle Juiced Beverage Pouches

Dark Horse Sweet Victory

Barefoot Bubbly 2021

Taiwanese Cookies and Teas Package and Brand Design