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Tiger Pan Is Honored with the Golden A' Design Award for Yi Xin Distillation Chinese Highend Spirits in Packaging Design
Tiger Pan of Tigerpan Design Lab. honored 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 confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Yi Xin Distillation Chinese Highend Spirits by Tiger Pan of Tigerpan Design Lab., designed for Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Holding Co., Ltd.. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Yi Xin Distillation Chinese Highend Spirits
Yi Xin Distillation is a packaging design for a Chinese spirits brand. The bottle is made of glass, which raises the gloss and texture of the surface and sets the product apart from similar spirits sold in ceramic containers. A dragon, drawn in an ancient Chinese manner, clings to the bottleneck and serves as the main identifier, so no printed label is required. The outer box is simple and follows the symmetry of traditional Chinese design. The bottle measures 180 by 130 by 285 millimeters. The aim is to present a long heritage in a contemporary form.
About Tiger Pan
Tiger Pan, renowned designer and founder of Tiger Pan Design Lab, currently serves as the Jury President for D&AD 2024 in Packaging Design. He is also a contracted artist for the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), a collaborative artist with the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), a partner artist with the Liechtenstein Postal Service, and a co-branded artist with BVLGARI. Additionally, he holds the role of Vice Chairman of the Shenzhen Illustration Association and serves as a guest professor at 18 prestigious design academies across China. Over the past 28 years, Tiger Pan has been deeply engaged in product and packaging design research and practice.
Award Record
With this recognition, Tiger Pan of Tigerpan Design Lab. is a winner of 48 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 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/145831
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145831
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145831
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/187530
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/tigerpan
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Yi Xin Distillation Chinese Highend Spirits
- Function
- Chinese Highend Spirits
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Sienna and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Holding Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tiger Pan
- Country
- China
- Brand
- Tigerpan Design Lab.
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145831
Credits
- Team
- Jingwen Xiang, Juanjuan Wu, Zhangkun Xie, Miaorong Lu and Hua You
- Image Credits
- Tiger Pan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- There is no label needed as the dragon on top is telling people how exalted is the spirits itself. To match the sophisticated bottle, the outer box is made into a simple but exquisite one, where the symmetry aesthetics from ancient Chinese culture is applied. With this, the brand wishes to bring the heritage of history into modern use and to share with all.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration is from the noble life of Chinese ancient dynasties, where dragon is a vital element to represent sovereign power and greatest quality.
- Research
- While it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it also makes it difficult for new changes. Today, the brand image of Yi Xin Distillation needs to be presented to consumers in a contemporary aesthetic.
- Challenge
- The dragon is a challenging part when realizing the design as the shape is quite complicated.
- Realization and Technology
- The glass material will differentiate the wine from its competitive brands, who are normally packed in ceramics. Bottled in glass, the gloss and texture is upgraded on the surface. Drawn in ancient Chinese way, The dragon at the bottleneck clings to the bottle.
- Operation and Interaction
- How to save consumer's effort to look for an ideal product is the key challenge of this case. A distinctive symbol will help Wellmind to solve the problem, where consumers are able to recognize and pick up the products from far away.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project lasts 2 months, designed in Shenzhen and produced in Beijing.
- Specifications
- Bottle size: 180mm x 130mm x 285mm
- Keywords
- Chinese Baijiu, dragon, bottle, spirits, Tiger Pan
