Hiiibrand Awards 2026 is now open for entries!
Hiiibrand Awards 2026, Hiiibrand International Brand & Comunication Design Award, has been recently opened for entries for 17 consecutive years, aiming to improve the development of brand design while awarding those who apply themselves to the excellent works around the world.
Short description
Hiiibrand Awards 2026, organised by Hiiibrand has been recently announced for entries. Since 2010 this award has been held for 17 consecutive years.
The competition comprises the Brand Awards, honouring companies and organisations for achievements in brand positioning, strategy, innovation and communication, and the Design Awards, recognising teams and individuals for excellence in communication design.
The Hiiibrand International Brand & Communication Design Awards focuses on branding, business value and communication design, discovering and honoring outstanding branding practices and design strengths through a global call for entries and selection, and striving to promote communication and development in the field of brand and design.
The Hiiibrand Awards emerges as a globally acclaimed platform, celebrating excellence in brand and communication design. These international design awards serve as a significant milestone for creative professionals seeking recognition for their innovative contributions to brand strategy, positioning, and visual communication. By showcasing exemplary work in these fields, the Hiiibrand Awards not only set the industry benchmarks for quality and creativity but also attract a wide audience from the design community, eager to witness the latest trends and outstanding achievements.
The Hiiibrand Awards consist of the following categories:
➜ Branding
➜ Logo
➜ Packaging
➜ Typography
➜ Editing & Publishing
➜ Advertising
➜ Enviroment & Space
➜ Digital Media
➜ AI Visual category
Newly introduced AI Visual category encompasses brand visuals, motion visuals and experiential visuals created through meaningful collaboration between human creativity and artificial intelligence.
Globally renowned veteran designers will work as judges for the competition and fairly select winners for various prizes.
Entries are assessed beyond surface aesthetics. Brand Awards judging considers brand story and vision, strategy, innovation and practice, and brand identity, while Design Awards judging examines communication, execution, creativity and long-term influence. Parallel professional and student levels give established practitioners and emerging designers opportunities to present their work to an international jury.
Eligibility
This competition is open to professional agencies, studios, design teams, marketing departments, freelancers and rights-holding brands worldwide, as well as graduate, undergraduate, college and technical-school students, with work created from January 1, 2024 within the stated 2026 eligibility window; professional entries must be commissioned and actually applied, student entries may include practice work, and AI Visual entries must demonstrate at least 30% substantive AI involvement with the tools, process and human–AI collaboration disclosed.
Benefits
The Brand Awards plan to name 3 Best Brand and 12 Excellent Brand recipients, while each of the nine Design Awards categories provides professional Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit distinctions in a planned 1/2/3/10 structure and student distinctions in a planned 1/1/1/5 structure, subject to the quality of entries. Organisation awards include 8 Best Delegation and 8 Best Tutor distinctions, with additional Most Popular Awards selected through public voting. Best Brand winners receive a Kaleidoscope trophy, Design Awards recipients at Bronze level or higher receive one trophy, and winners and finalists receive certificates and Hiiibrand Awards logo-use rights; eligible work may also be promoted through Hiiibrand channels and included in touring exhibitions.
Entry fees
Regular Design Awards fees from August 1–31 are US$80 per professional Branding entry and US$40 per student Branding entry. All other categories cost US$48 per professional single entry or US$80 per professional series, and US$24 per student single entry or US$40 per student series, while eligible Brand Awards submissions are free.
