Four from Four – 2026 New Zealand Best Awards Finalists

Four projects, three categories, two great clients – and another good reason to keep burning boring!

We’re thrilled to announce that four Onfire projects have been named finalists in the 2026 Best Design Awards, with work recognised across Brand Identity, Structural Packaging and FMCG Packaging.

For Altias, the high-performance cycling brand created for Velobike Innovation, the brand identity has been shortlisted in Small Brand Identity. Built around speed, precision and performance, the identity is stripped back, technical and unapologetically progressive.

Altias Fusion Packaging, created with Think Packaging, has also been named a finalist in Structural Packaging. More than a box, it turns delivery into part of the brand experience, protecting a highly engineered product with a packaging system that feels just as considered.

Our work for Telegraph Hill has picked up two finalist spots. The brand refresh is recognised in Small Brand Identity, while the new packaging system is a finalist in FMCG Packaging.

Built around the idea “Taste above all else”, the work gives the much-loved Hawke’s Bay brand a stronger, more distinctive platform for growth (See project here →).

Run by the Designers Institute of New Zealand, the Best Design Awards celebrate the best design thinking and craft from across New Zealand, recognising outstanding work across multiple creative disciplines.

Onfire are Idea Activists. We ignite brave brands through strategic thinking and great ideas.