Press Release
Snow Zero Packaging by China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd. Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design
China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd. acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Snow Zero Packaging by China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd., designed for China Resources Snow Breweries, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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 evaluated 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.
About Snow Zero Packaging
Snow Zero is a packaging design for a low-alcohol, low-calorie hard sparkling water. The name Zero refers to midnight, seen as both an ending and a beginning. The infinity symbol on the package expresses the idea of continuation. The figure 0 is rendered with a three-dimensional liquid metal effect to suggest a light and refreshing taste. Illustrations on the bottles draw on pioneer visual art styles for a futuristic look. The water drop shaped bottles can be joined mouth to mouth, so two bottles form a new infinity symbol. Aluminum cans and glass bottles are used.
About China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd.
Founded in 1993, China Resources Snow Breweries (China) Co., Ltd (CR Snow Breweries) is a nationwide professional beer company that brews and sells beer. Headquartered in Beijing, China, the company has a high-end brand matrix of "Chinese local brands + international brands ". From 2006 to 2014, the total sales volume of CR Snow Beer ranked the leading position in China's beer market for nine consecutive years. In 2013, the sales volume of Snow Beer single brand reached 10.62 million liters. In 2013, the total sales volume of China Resources Snow Beer reached 11.72 million liters. Become the first "double 10 million tons" enterprise in China's beer industry.
Award Record
China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd. is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2021 - 2022 and the 2022 - 2023 editions 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/144346
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/144346
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!144346
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/327890
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Snow Zero Packaging
- Function
- Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Gold, Light Sky Blue, Light Salmon, Gainsboro and Cornflower Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- China Resources Snow Breweries
The Recognition
- Laureate
- China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd.
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #144346
Credits
- Team
- Dong Yan, Weixi Zhou and Yu Zhai
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Zero is the low alcohol and low calorie hard sparkling water dedicated to the z generation. Its package design features the infinity symbol, which vividly interprets the endless happy hours consumers can get when savoring the hard sparkling water. Additionally, the illustrations on bottles are elaborately designed based on pioneer visual art such as Expressionism and Memphis, creating strong aesthetic appeal to the z generation who have a fancy for pretty things.
- Inspiration
- The hard sparkling water is subtly named as Zero to symbolize the midnight, a time to enjoy revelry and welcome a new day. The continuation Zero implies is encapsulated and visualized by the infinity symbol, to connote the endless enjoyment offered by the hard sparkling water. For stronger aesthetic appeal, the figure 0 takes on the font effect of 3D liquid metal, which exudes a striking futuristic style to make the package design match the consumption scenariosmore closely.
- Research
- In light of the preferences of the z generation, the design team labeled the hard sparkling water as ZERO to denote the infinite enjoyment it brings and the midnight for people to indulge in revelry. The ZERO is expected to create a mental habitat for the z generation to take their stress and disguise off and to show their true personalities in the leisure moments.
- Challenge
- The challenge of the project laid in how to stand out in the crowded market of essentially identical products and to catch eyes of consumers in the consumption scenarios. For this end, the package design applies the font effect of 3D liquid metal on the figure 0 to visually convey the low calorie and refreshing taste of the product, quite striking and impressive. The illustrations of various art styles are also adopted to reinterpret what the ZERO can be, exuding a coherent vibe of futurism.
- Realization and Technology
- aluminum can and glass bottle
- Operation and Interaction
- With the uniquely designed water drop shape, any two bottles can be connected mouth to mouth to form a new infinity symbol. This subtle shape design boasts much playfulness, and offers every consumer a new approach to socializing and interacting with others.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design and development of ZERO started in Beijing, in September 2021. It will be introduced to the market in China, in August 2023.
- Specifications
- Bottle: 288 ml height- 222 mm Can: 330 ml height- 145 mm
- Keywords
- Alcohol Packaging, Gen Z, Hard Sparkling Water, Pioneer Visual Art, Font Effect of 3D Liquid Metal
