Press Release
Jin Zhang Receives the A' Design Award for Zhu Xixi Gift Box in Packaging Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Jin Zhang for packaging design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Zhu Xixi Gift Box by Jin Zhang, designed for Wuhan Sanbu Brand Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Zhu Xixi Gift Box
2022 is the year of the tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar. The most direct way is to use tiger graphics. The designer uses the similar pronunciation of tiger and blessing in Chinese, and uses five tigers to express wu fu lin men (a Chinese idiom, commonly used in New Years). use idioms and graphics to form double New Year's blessings. Bold orange and green contrasting colors make the whole package more stylish. The box can be used as a decorative painting, and at the same time, there is a colorable tiger picture for people to interact.
About Jin Zhang
Jin Zhang, also known as Sanbu, has been continuously engaged in brand strategy, design, and practice for 15 years. In 2020, he founded the Wuhan Sanbu brand design and also served as the chief designer, He is the most popular design force in central China. He also serves as Vice President of Wuhan Designer Salon, National Member of the Design Committee of the China Packaging Federation, Member of CDS Chinese Designer Salon, and Practical Mentor of Design Majors in Four Universities in China. Jin Zhang excels in creating brand and product packaging designs that combine aesthetic and commercial value by combining cultural and emotional elements to create core differences.
Award Record
With this recognition, Jin Zhang is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/packaging
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/134487
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/134487
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!134487
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/310228
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://njxyn.zcool.com.cn
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Zhu Xixi Gift Box
- Function
- Gift Box
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Tomato, Sea Green, Peru, Chocolate and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Wuhan Sanbu Brand Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jin Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #134487
Credits
- Team
- Designer ：Jin Zhang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- 2022 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar. Most of the New Year's gifts are showing Chinese traditions, but the brand wants a high-end dim sum gift box that combines traditional Chinese culture and is young and fashionable. The designer used the similar pronunciation of "tiger" and "blessing" in Chinese to express "wu hu lin men" (Chinese idiom, New Year's blessing) with five tigers; boldly used orange and green to contrast colors to make the whole package more fashionable.
- Inspiration
- The most direct way to create a gift box for the Year of the Tiger is to use tiger graphics. The designer used five tigers to express "wu hu lin men" (Chinese idiom, often used for New Year wishes), using the similar pronunciation of "tiger" and "blessing" in Chinese. Idioms and graphics form a double New Year's greeting. At the same time, there is a tiger picture in the box that people can color together to enhance the emotional interaction between people.
- Research
- After confirming the idea of using five tigers to express New Year's greetings, the designer consulted a lot of materials and found five tigers representing five different meanings from different regions of China, such as representing peace, good luck, guardianship, and happiness. , fortune. And re-drawing and coloring, not only retains the traditional form, but also fashion.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge of this packaging is: not only let the older people feel the traditional atmosphere, but also let the young people feel fashionable, how to integrate traditional Chinese culture and fashion is the most important problem to be solved.
- Realization and Technology
- Both the gift box and the inner box are printed on ordinary cardboard, and the three-dimensional embossing effect is made to highlight the realistic tiger graphic. It is worth mentioning that the designer deliberately designed the box to be a thin growing strip, and embedded the lid into the bottom box. Inside, just like a framed painting, the box can be used as a decorative painting, and the packaging has the opportunity for secondary use to reduce waste.
- Operation and Interaction
- In the Chinese Year of the Tiger, the idiom "five blessings come to the door" composed of tiger patterns and five tigers gives the most direct double New Year's blessing. At the same time, the tiger paintings prepared for people in the box can be used for coloring, which can create emotional interaction between people and make the New Year atmosphere more intense.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is designed in November 2021 and will be sold in Wuhan, China in December 2021
- Specifications
- 520*280*50mm。At the same time, there is a line drawing tiger picture in the box. People can color the tiger with their family members and friends to enhance the interaction between the characters and achieve the effect of emotional interaction. The painted picture can be permanently retained as a hanging painting.
- Keywords
- zhuxixi、gift box for dim sum、gift box for the Year of the Tiger
