Press Release
Wuliang Image Liquor Packaging by Luo Heng Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design
Luo Heng honored for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Wuliang Image Liquor Packaging by Luo Heng, designed for Laboratory and Hopeful, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Wuliang Image Liquor Packaging
Wuliang Image is a liquor packaging design created for a Chinese Baijiu brand. The bottle shape is inspired by the Moon bottle of the Ming Dynasty, and the round body suggests the full moon and the idea of reunion. Curved lines and water wave stripes wrap the bottle like silk. The glass body is sandblasted and carries an embossed rose gold logo, while the bottle top uses a matte metal electroplating process. The box is made of frosted gold acrylic with relief metal and hot stamping. The translucent ground texture supports a stable and comfortable grip.
About Luo Heng
I am a designer specializing in wine packaging for the wine industry.
Award Record
This recognition makes Luo Heng a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Packaging Design Award
The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. Awarded packaging designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/packaging
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/133952
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/133952
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!133952
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/322788
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Wuliang Image Liquor Packaging
- Function
- Liquor Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Gray and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Laboratory and Hopeful
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Luo Heng
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #133952
Credits
- Image Credits
- Luo Heng
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design of Wuliang Image adopts abstract and artistic elements to make the visual experience full of imagination, uses modern methods to convey the essence and connotation of Chinese traditional culture and show the unique charm of oriental culture. Wuliang Image perfectly integrates the historical weight of Chinese Baijiu with modern fashion elements, which matches the brand slogan of “Wuliang Quality, Oriental Image”.
- Inspiration
- The design inspiration of the bottle comes from the Ming Dynasty "Moon bottle". The bottle body resembles the full moon conveying the meaning of “reunion". The bottle is decorated with flexible lines conveying the meaning of “the Chinese Baijiu is the burning water,” the bottle is wrapped by water wave stripes that look like the silk, which is full of Chinese traditional culture character.
- Research
- Research type: liquor packaging design; Research goal: to give Wuliang Group a new cultural character; Research direction: integrating oriental culture and modern culture; Research methods: online data, classic books, fieldwork and interview; Social influence: Wuliang Image bottle packaging combines classic and fashion. With profound cultural heritage, it shows the confidence of Chinese liquor culture and brand and the image of Chinese Baijiu products in the new era.
- Challenge
- This packaging integrates the brand culture of Wuliangye, modern culture and oriental culture. Through the unique letter design of "Wuliang" and "Image" and the red frosted bottle cap, it inherits the brand's culture well. At the same time, it uses the elements such as "curve lines" and "waves" and multiple processes including engraving, embossing, hot stamping, electroplating, etc. to combinate the essence of oriental culture and modern culture better.
- Realization and Technology
- The bottle body is made of glass with sandblasting process and embossed with rose gold logo; the top of the bottle uses matte metal electroplating process; the box body is made of frosted gold acrylic with relief metal and hot stamping process.
- Operation and Interaction
- For the bottle design, the imagination (frosted water waves) generated from “Image” embraces “Wuliang”; In other words, the Wuliang Image is the most imaginative, artistic design in Wuliangye, giving Wuliang Group a new cultural character.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2021 in Torino and finished.
- Specifications
- The bottle is wrapped by water wave stripes just like the water wave is embracing the bottle body, the translucent grinding texture brings a special visual pleasure and upgrade the tactile experience for stable and comfort grip.
- Keywords
- Liquor packaging, Chinese traditional culture, oriental culture, container design, ethnic culture, modern design
