Hiiibrand Awards 2026
- Organizer: Hiiibrand / Hiiibrand Awards Organizing Committee.
- Deadline: Final regular deadline: 31 August 2026. Stages: Super Early Bird: 30 June; Early Bird: 31 July;
- Submission Categories: Brand Awards and Design Awards. The Design Awards include Professional and Student levels across nine categories: Branding, Logo, Packaging, Typography, Editing & Publishing, Advertising, Environment & Space, Digital Media, and AI Visual. AI Visual includes AI Brand Visual, AI Motion Visual, and AI Experiential Visual.
- Eligibility: Open worldwide. Professional entries may be submitted by brand consultancies, creative/design agencies, studios, teams, marketing departments, freelancers, and rights-holding brands; entries must be commissioned and actually applied brand projects. Student entries are open to graduate, undergraduate, college and technical-school students, or works completed during study; practice works are accepted. Professional works: 1 Jan 2024 to 15 Aug 2026. The student date range is listed in the official rules as 1 Jan 2024 to 15 Aug 2025; check the entry form before submission.
- Entry Fee: Brand Awards entry is free; eligible Professional Design Awards entries are automatically eligible, with brand owners asked to submit additional materials later. Regular Design Awards fees: Branding US$80 professional / US$40 student; categories B-I US$48 professional single / US$80 professional series, and US$24 student single / US$40 student series. Super Early Bird gives 50% off; Early Bird gives 25% off.
- Awards & Benefits: Brand Awards plan 3 Best Brand and 12 Excellent Brand awards. Each of the nine Design Awards categories offers planned Professional Gold/Silver/Bronze/Merit awards of 1/2/3/10, and Student awards of 1/1/1/5. Organization awards and public-vote Most Popular Awards are also included. Benefits include certificates, Hiiibrand Awards logo usage rights, media promotion, touring exhibition opportunities, and Kaleidoscope trophies for Best Brand winners and Design Awards Bronze or above.
- Core Introduction: Hiiibrand Awards 2026 is the 17th Hiiibrand International Brand & Communication Design Awards. It recognizes outstanding brand practice and communication design, looking beyond surface aesthetics to business, strategy, innovation, communication value, and design influence. The 2026 edition adds the AI Visual category and continues parallel professional and student tracks for global creators.
