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Jia-Rong Chang and Shu-Shan Tsai Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Scent Essential Oil Packaging in Packaging Design
Jia-Rong Chang and Shu-Shan Tsai 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/ Scent Essential Oil Packaging by Jia-Rong Chang and Shu-Shan Tsai, designed for Jia-Rong Chang, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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 Scent Essential Oil Packaging
Scent is an essential oil packaging set created as a travel souvenir inspired by Taiwan. The set holds a glass essential oil bottle with a plastic cap and a diffuser stone made of gypsum and pigment. The oil is dropped onto the diffuser stone, where the liquid spreads along the pattern of the stone while the fragrance is released, linking sight and smell in a single memory. The box is built from a matte plastic outer case, a hardcover carton, sponge and art paper. The intent is to offer an alternative to standard commercial souvenirs.
About Jia-Rong Chang and Shu-Shan Tsai
Jia-Rong Chang and Shu-Shan Tsai are two designers who like to observe the details of life and very interested in sensual design. They are good at making interesting designs that solve social problems and enjoy the process of fixing problem. In their spare time, they often travel in their countries and discover many details and features. After each travel, they interpret and package these findings with design techniques, which always amaze everyone.
Award Record
This recognition makes Jia-Rong Chang and Shu-Shan Tsai a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/140497
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140497
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140497
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/331060
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://instagram.com/taiwanscent?utm_medium=copy_link
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Scent Essential Oil Packaging
- Function
- Essential Oil Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- White Smoke, Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Light Coral and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Jia-Rong Chang
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jia-Rong Chang and Shu-Shan Tsai
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #140497
Credits
- Team
- Shu-Shan Tsai and Jia-Rong Chang
- Image Credits
- Xuan-hao Chen, Photographer, 2022. Qiao-yun Hong, Model, 2022
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Tourism is an important income to Taiwan, and also it is a good way to promote its international reputation. Additionally, Taiwan has rich in cultural history and magnificent natural landscapes, which are deeply impressed the tourism. However,it is a pity that Taiwan's characteristics are mostly commercialized, and unchanging on visual and taste souvenirs. Those reasons bring it hard to attract the attention of international tourists.
- Inspiration
- Taiwan, as well as the island nation, tourism is an important income to us, and also it is a good way to promote Taiwan international reputation. Additionally, Taiwan has rich in cultural history and magnificent natural landscapes, which are deeply impressed by tourists who have visited Taiwan. However,it is a pity that Taiwan's characteristics are mostly commercialized, and unchanging on visual and taste souvenirs. Those reasons bring it hard to attract the attention of international tourists.
- Research
- Through analysis of information, scent chemical extraction experiments, observation of daily life, etc. In every discussion and repeated revision of the design, we make Taiwan's smelling characteristic more idealized. Finally, to achieve having a different from the standard commercial souvenirs on the market, and create the new experience in souvenirs.
- Challenge
- We frustrated in the development of taste and design thinking at first. However, through discussing with teachers, searching for information on the Internet, and seeking professional assistance, the works gradually moved towards the path we imagined.
- Realization and Technology
- Diffuser stone uses gypsum, pigment. Essential oil bottle uses glass, plastic cap. Packing box uses matte plastic outer box, hardcover carton, sponge, art paper.
- Operation and Interaction
- Drop the essential oil on the diffuser stone, and observe the essential oil winding along with the pattern of the diffuser stone, meanwhile smelling the fragrance. To create a simultaneous memory in two senses, smell and sight.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Taichung, Taiwan in August 2021. Completed in Taichung, Taiwan in April 2022, and exhibited in Taipei, Taiwan in June 2022.
- Specifications
- Diffuser 70mmx70mmx20mm Essential oil bottle 25mmx25mmx64mm Packing box 130mmx110mmx40mm
- Keywords
- Memories, Travel, Taiwan, Smell, Sharing, Sightseeing
