Start the Year Strong by Entering the PRINT Awards
The beginning of a new year always carries a sense of momentum. Fresh plans, renewed energy, and a quiet determination to do better work than ever before. This year, we encourage you to lean into that feeling by doing something that exciting and challenging: entering the PRINT Awards.
Our jury wants to see the projects you’ve delivered this past year, the pieces that pushed you technically or creatively, the jobs that made you stop and think, yeah, that one landed.
Established Designers & Studios Will Set the Standard
For experienced designers, studios, and production teams, the PRINT Awards are an opportunity to lead. Your work represents years of refinement and expertise. You understand materials, new techniques, and software tools, anticipate trends and audience interests, and support the important needs of your clients. Entering the PRINT Awards places that experience on record. It demonstrates leadership in craft and reinforces the standards that younger designers and the wider industry look to.
Recognition at this level isn’t about validation, it’s about contribution. It shows clients, collaborators, and peers that design remains a discipline worth investing in, measured by execution, not just ideas.
2023 PRINT Awards Agency of the Year | Base Design
Emerging Designers & Students Will Stand Out
Early-career designers often produce exceptional work but rarely get the chance to have it evaluated independently.
The PRINT Awards offer a level playing field. Here, your work is assessed for your skill, not on how loudly it was marketed. Entering offers early career credibility, proof that you understand concept, production, detail, and responsibility for the final output. Having your work evaluated by professionals who understand design deeply is also a powerful way to build confidence.
PRINT Awards 2025 Student First Place Winners. Clockwise: Editorial – Aayush Agarwal, Maryland Institute College of Art | Branding Identities – Jamie Kim, ArtCenter College of Design | Annual Reports – Lauren Dean and Samantha Reaves, University of North Texas | Illustration – Trang Hoang, School of Visual Arts
Recognition Creates Momentum
Starting the year with industry recognition—or even the pursuit of it—sets the tone for everything that follows. It builds confidence, sharpens standards, and sends a clear message to clients and collaborators: you care about creative excellence.
For teams, it’s motivating. For businesses, it’s credibility. For the industry, it’s how great work gets seen. No matter the outcome, entering the PRINT Awards is a statement that you believe in your work, that you value the industry, and that you’re committed to growing within it.
Here’s to a year of thoughtful design, innovative creativity, and continuing to show up with confidence in what you create!
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