Student Packaging Design Competition

The annual AICC Student Packaging Design Competition honors the best student designs entered in three distinct categories and allows AICC members a glimpse of what’s in store for the future of the corrugated packaging industry. Entry into the student competition provides students with the best opportunity to show off their talent and creativity to corrugated packaging and display professionals from around the world.

International Corrugated Packaging Foundation

ICPF offers assistance to all student team participants in acquiring local internships in the corrugated packaging and display industry. Students should e-mail info@icpfbox.org today and indicate their interest in corrugated internships.

This year, ICPF will donate $500 to each school that enters into the 2026 Student Design Competition. You do not have to win or place in the competition to receive this donation. If any one student or one student team enters the competition from your school, your school will receive $500. It is not $500 per entry; it is a maximum of $500 per school. An ICPF representative will contact the advisor or professor listed on the entry form to coordinate the donation details.

📣 Call for Entries: AICC 2026 Student Design Competition

AICC invites students to submit their design work for the 2026 Student Design Competition. Don’t miss your chance to compete, get recognized, meet the right people in the corrugated industry, and win cash prizes!

🗓️ Entry Deadline: Friday, June 19, 2026
📄 Details & Specifications: Click here to see the 2026 Student Design Brochure

For questions or assistance with your submission, please contact Chelsea May at cmay@aiccbox.org or at (703) 836-2422.

2025 Winners

For the 2025 challenge, students were offered a real-world opportunity through a partnership between AICC and Gibs Grooming. The task was to design a standalone island point-of-purchase floor display that was shoppable from two sides, with marketing on the other two sides, intended for use in retail stores.

First Place Structure

• Cal Poly
• "The GIBS Workbench"
• Scarlett Frazier, Ella Carnahan, Zoe Tseng, Sydney Doyle
  

Second Place Structure

• Cal Poly
  
• "GIBS Industrial Shelf"
  
• Sophia Durbin, Grace Kuang, Luke Kim

Third Place Structure

• Cal Poly
• "GIBS Showroom Display"
• Audrey Tran, Paulina Goncharov, William Woon

First Place Graphics

• Cal Poly
• "GIBS Industrial Shelf"
• Sophia Durbin, Grace Kuang, Luke Kim

Second Place Graphics

• Cal Poly
  
• "The GIBS Workbench"
  
• Scarlett Frazier, Ella Carnahan, Zoe Tseng, Sydney Doyle

Third Place Graphics

• Cal Poly
• "The Beard Bar"
• Alondra Lobos, Khaliun Dashdavaa, Clorinda Webb, Alexis Espinoza

Please contact AICC for winners prior to 2012.