The 2025 design competition for students

"Funky and committed Glass"

“Funky and Committed Glass: Bold Design in the Service of Sustainability”

This edition celebrates responsible innovation! With Verallia’s first 100% electric oven, we invite designers to explore new ways of combining creativity, bold aesthetics and environmental commitment.

Dare to be original! Dive into a world where glass packaging overturns convention. Whether it’s vibrant colors for the Decoration Award or bold, unexpected shapes for the Glass Award, this edition invites designers to unleash their creativity. For the Glass Award, propose extraordinary designs in white glass, playing with the shape and texture of the bottle to sublimate the purity of the material. As for the Decoration Award, explore the wealth of colorful and playful decorations to transform your bottles into truly funky works of art. Because who says packaging can’t be as attractive as the product it contains?

Focus of this edition: the electric furnace in Cognac

This year, the Verallia Design Awards are spotlighting the Cognac site, which will be the first in the world and within the Group to produce glass food packaging using a new 100% electric furnace technology. This state-of-the-art furnace allows for a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions, making it environmentally friendly.

However, it can only produce white glass bottles. This limitation also presents a unique opportunity for you to showcase your creativity by playing with the transparency and purity of white glass.

For this edition, design glass bottles that fully leverage this new technology while highlighting its innovative nature.

Two Participation Categories

Two categories, two creative approaches!

For the Glass Award, the technical constraint for this edition is that all creations must be designed in white glass, due to the theme centered on the inauguration of the 100% electric furnace. But the challenge remains open for the bottle design itself to be bold and out of the ordinary. Unleash your creativity to imagine unique shapes and textures that will make white glass a spectacular and surprising element!

As for the Decoration Award, it’s all about exploring the full vibrancy of color. Here, decors must stand out with vibrant hues and original patterns. This is your chance to inject a funky style into your creations, and push back the boundaries of traditional packaging with designs as attractive as the product they protect.

An amazing mentor

For the 16th edition of the Verallia Design Awards, we are honored to welcome Sylvie Amar as our mentor.

A renowned omnidesigner©, Sylvie is a virtuoso of design with an impressive career. A graduate of ENSCI, she founded her global design agency in 1997, specializing in the art of living and gastronomy. Her refined and elegant style has earned her the trust of the greatest French chefs. Today, she brings creative ideas and a strategic vision to various sectors, embodying brands through product design, scenography, retail concepts, and much more.

Sylvie Amar is ready to inspire and guide the participants with her expertise and enthusiasm.

Have a look at the key dates of the Verallia Design Awards

Monday

Sept. 2024

Phase 1

Opening registration and project submission

Register now on the website. A toolbox is available to help you create your submission file. Don’t hesitate to consult the FAQ page.

Sunday

March 2025

Phase 2

End of registration and project submission

Registration closes at 6 pm, congratulations to all participants. The Verallia Design Awards team will soon be studying all the projects submitted.

Tuesday

May 2025

Phase 3

Jury vote

The jury is made up of several experts: companies, designers and journalists. This mix of profiles ensures a fair and balanced vote to elect the winners.

Thursday

June 2025

Phase 4

Award ceremony

In addition to their prize, each winner receives a trophy presented by one of the members of the jury. This is a day rich in exchanges and encounters, and brings the year’s edition to a close.

The Deliverables

To participate in the contest, you must submit:

1 PDF document in landscape format presenting the main information about the project (the proposed concept, visuals of the bottle, a technical drawing, etc.)
1 main image and up to 3 secondary images (in landscape format)
1 project title
1 project description

Awards for the winning designers

The Verallia Design Awards reward the best projects. Gain recognition and visibility, while receiving financial support to invest in your professional future. Join us, take part and have the chance to win prestigious design prizes.

Glass Award:
Rosé Wine

Glass Award:
White Spirits

Glass Award:
Amber Spirits

Decoration Award

Employees’ Pick

Mentor’s Pick

Factory visit

Dive into the creation of a bottle with the CAMONDO school and Pierre Charrié, the patron of the 2023 edition. The day began with an introduction to the glassmaking process and a presentation of the competition. The students then had the opportunity to get to the heart of the world of glass, thanks to passionate professionals who revealed the secrets of glassmaking at the Vauxrot factory. Read what the students had to say about this rewarding day.

The contest mentors

Döppel Studio

Lionel Dinis-Salazar and Jonathan Omar, co-founders of Döppel Studio, are innovative designers exploring the intersection of design, scenography, and artistic installation. Graduates of the École des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (ENSAD) and the École des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg (HEAR) respectively, their creative approach transcends disciplinary boundaries. Each project at the studio, conceived as a cairn, layers ideas and forms to create unique experiences. Committed to innovation and efficiency, they collaborate with galleries, publishers, and industrial partners, bringing a fresh and poetic perspective to contemporary design.