Enter Our Food Packaging Design Contest and Win $1,500!

We are excited to announce our second Design Contest on Food Packaging Design for real client Quito.  This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your creativity and innovation in packaging design and win a $1,500 cash prize!

How to enter?

  1. Read the design brief here  (also further down on this page)
  2. Submit your designs here before Thursday 20th March 2025
  3. Join our YouTube livestream on Sunday 23rd March 2025 to see the winners*
*We will be doing a live review on the design submissions and up to 3 winners will be announced live on our YouTube Channel at 2pm GMT on Sunday 23rd March 2025

Here is some more information about the contest:

The Brief:

Kitchen essentials line of disposable product Range

Brand Name: Quito
Create Vector packaging designs for four disposable products:  

  • Aluminum Foil
  • Plastic Wrap
  • Brown Unbleached Parchment Paper
  • and White Parchment Paper.
  • The brand name is "Quito" and it is inspired by the capital city of Quito in Ecuador. Any cultural references are welcome on the design.

    Visual Style

    The aesthetics need to resemble tropical amazonian vibe, very vibrant neon colors, and with a strong reptile, snake skin, or tortoise shell concept. It needs to be something really eye-catching, fun, and cool.

    Size & Dimensions

    Vector design for all 4 product packaging using the dieline template - download the template here!

    The measurements for the containers:

    • Height: 2 1/3 inch

    • Width: 2 1/3 inch

    • Length: 12 3/8 inch

    The rolls for each would be a little different:

    • The Aluminum would be 200 sq ft

    • Plastic wrap 400 sq ft, etc. 

      however the containers/packaging would be the same size. 

    Target Audience

    For bakers, cooks, and anyone who needs kitchen essentials

    Deliverables:

    You can submit up to 3 entries. Simply put all designs into one PDF (max 10 Mbytes). (details of how to submit included below.) 

    Deadline:

    YouTube live Review: 

    Thursday 20th March 2025 (late submissions will not be accepted)

    Sunday 23rd March 2025, 2PM GMT

    Click here to access the Milanote board for some useful references to kick start your creative ideas


    The Prizes

    1st Place

    • Being featured on our YouTube channel and on our website.

    2nd Place 

    3rd Place

    • Being featured on our YouTube channel and on our website.

    Contest sponsored by:

    Milanote is an easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards. Our entire team at Yes I'm a Designer have been using Milanote to organize all of our projects since 2020.


    Upload your designs here!

    You can submit up to three entries. Your PDF should be labeled with your full name and include all designs in one PDF (max 10 Mbytes).

    Disclaimer : The participants in this contest retain full ownership of their work.  Client will have full ownership of the winning design only.  It will be up to the client to choose the winning design and agree on a contract with the winner.

    Yes Im A Designer will connect the winner and client, but will not make any payouts or be responsible for any designs.


    Find out more about all our
    past Open Design Contests here!


    About the author 

    Shumi Perhiniak

    Shumi is a self-taught graphic designer and illustrator who has worked for Toni&Guy, Renaissance Learning, Baker Ross, and many others.

    Additionally, she owned a brick-and-mortar stationery shop selling her art prints and now sells wholesale to retailers and online shops under the brand name www.herdesignworld.com.

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