For its 16th edition, the Verallia Design Awards once again celebrated the talent and boldness of young designers.
Under the theme “Funky and Committed Glass”, this edition challenged students to imagine creations that are inventive, responsible, and aligned with today’s environmental concerns.
With 329 submissions and a rigorous initial selection process, 60 projects were shortlisted to be presented to a professional jury composed of experts in packaging, design, communication, and CSR.
Following deliberations, 6 winners stood out for the quality of their concepts, their deep understanding of the market, their visual creativity, and their ability to propose bottles that are both beautiful and technically feasible.
The Theme: Funky and Committed Glass
This year’s theme, “Funky and Committed Glass: bold design in service of sustainability,” inspired over 500 students and recent graduates from more than 100 design, packaging, and fine arts schools across France and Europe.
Participants had to work with a strong technical and environmental constraint: white glass.
Why? Because this year, the Verallia Design Awards spotlighted the Cognac site, where the world’s very first 100% electric furnace was inaugurated.
Two types of entries were available:
- The Glass Award, which celebrates bold, unexpected, and innovative shapes designed to enhance white glass.
- The Decor Award, a new addition this year, which highlights graphic creativity by transforming a standard bottle – the Bordelaise Ecova Revolution – into a truly funky piece through colorful, playful, and responsible decoration.
The winners and their projects
Bris d’éclat – Salomé Truquet
Lycée Polyvalent Rive Gauche, Toulouse
Category: Rosé Wines
With Bris d’éclat, Salomé highlights Verallia’s commitment through a bottle that blends meaning, material, and emotion.
Inspired by the cycle of recycled glass, the project visually represents the transformation from cullet to a new bottle, echoing the theme of sustainability.
The upper part, covered in facets reminiscent of a disco ball, symbolizes an explosion of energy and modernity. It contrasts with the more understated base, which evokes the authenticity of rosé wine.
Stripes – Maxime Gasnier
Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
Category: Amber Spirits
Maxime’s project, Stripes, pays tribute to Verallia’s innovation with a cognac bottle designed to celebrate the inauguration of the electric furnace in Cognac.
Inspired by the 1970s, the design blends retro patterns with festive energy.
The stripes that wrap endlessly around the bottle evoke movement and the dynamic spirit of Disco and Funk dances, creating a visual vibration that captures both the eye and the imagination.
Vibration – Camille Déniel
Ecole de Design de Nantes Atlantiques
Category: White Spirits
Camille’s project, Vibration, explores the world of movement through a bottle inspired by music and dance.
Its rhythmic and expressive design captures the energy of the “Funky” theme with dynamic shapes and a silhouette full of tension.
This work marks a first approach to glass as a material, conceived in a concrete and sensitive way. It reflects a careful balance between creativity and industrial constraints.
Rosé Liberté – Candice Remond
ImmaConcept, Bordeaux
Category : Decor
Candice’s project, Rosé Liberté, blends seventies aesthetics with personal commitment through a bottle full of meaning.
Inspired by the colors and energy of the 1970s, the design pays tribute to the fight against breast cancer—a cause close to the designer’s heart.
The graphic design, featuring stylized nipples, celebrates body diversity while delivering a message of freedom and solidarity.
A joyful and committed bottle, designed for those whom illness sometimes distances from festive moments.
RéverreB – Audrey Hector-Weil
LISAA, Strasbourg
Mentor’s Pick
With RéverreB, Audrey presents a sculpted bottle that embodies the vibrant energy of funk.
Inspired by sound reverberation, the shape features glass indentations around the base, evoking waves in motion.
Designed for white spirits like rum, this creation plays with light and depth, offering an immersive visual experience that celebrates rhythm and festivity.
Twist’N’Shout – Julie Edmond
ENSCI Les Ateliers, Paris
Employee’s Pick
With Twist’n’Shout, Julie envisions a sculptural bottle that celebrates movement and festivity.
Its twisted design creates a play of light and reflections, giving the illusion of continuous dance.
Designed to enhance rosé wine, this creation transforms the bottle into a true celebration piece—both elegant and festive.
The Verallia Design Awards 2025 once again showcased the boldness, sensitivity, and inventiveness of young designers.
Through projects that are committed, festive, and deeply rooted in their time, each winner reimagined glass as a medium of emotion, meaning, and modernity.
Congratulations to all the winners — and see you next year for more inspired creations!
