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Heng Luo and Yi Huang Is Honored with the Platinum A' Design Award for Moutai Dream Red Wine Packaging in Packaging Design
Heng Luo and Yi Huang honored for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Moutai Dream Red Wine Packaging by Heng Luo and Yi Huang, designed for Moutai Industrial Design Center, has been granted the Platinum A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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.
About the Platinum A' Design Award
The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.
More About Moutai Dream Red Wine Packaging
Moutai Dream Red is a packaging design created for a Chinese liquor product. The package measures 137 by 137 by 360 millimeters and uses a cinnabar red inspired by Han dynasty lacquerware, combined with black for a premium look. An illustration shows the brand mascot raising a glass in celebration. The structure applies a hollowing technique, hot stamping and ultraviolet printing on renewable specialty paper. About 95 percent of the package is environmentally friendly and biodegradable. The design is intended for gifts, collection and banquet use.
Award Record
This recognition makes Heng Luo and Yi Huang a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2024 - 2025 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/170889
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/170889
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!170889
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/356337
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Moutai Dream Red Wine Packaging
- Function
- Wine Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Black, Maroon, Saddle Brown, Brown and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Moutai Industrial Design Center
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Heng Luo and Yi Huang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Platinum A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #170889
Credits
- Team
- Heng Luo and Yi Huang
- Image Credits
- Moutai Industrial Design Center
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Regarding the color, a vibrant Chinese red, which embodies Chinese culture and integrates seamlessly with Moutai wine culture, reflects a fashionable Oriental aesthetic. Concerning the illustration, the image of Moutai's mascot, ‘Xiao Mao,’ invites the world to join in celebration by raising his glass. In terms of technology, the use of renewable and eco-friendly specialty paper, combined with hot stamping, UV printing, and other advanced techniques, promotes environmental sustainability while exuding a fashionable and high-end appeal.
- Inspiration
- The product is designed exclusively for the iMoutai app, targeting high-net-worth individuals and Moutai enthusiasts. It is positioned as a mid-to-high-end product, suitable for high-end banquets, collections, souvenirs, premium gifts, and business receptions. The design draws inspiration from the integration of Moutai wine and iMoutai elements, showcasing a style that emphasizes both fashion and collectible commemorative significance.
- Research
- The design of Moutai dream red starts from solving the problems of brand cognition, product cognition, price perception, channel communication, user experience, etc. Based on these, the creative design is carried out to give consumers the perception of the cultural nature of Moutai, the uniqueness of dream red, and the exclusivity of the iMoutai ip, which shows that the product is innovative, fashionable, and high-end.
- Challenge
- Due to its unique shape, the product design required a high level of material and craftsmanship, and limited by the cost of packaging materials, we did the best we could within the acceptable range, and ultimately presented the results to the customer's great satisfaction.
- Realization and Technology
- The product adopts the ultimate hollowing technique, using the unique oriental art of reality and fabrication to re-express the core cultural symbols of Moutai, giving Moutai Dream Red a new flavour of international Moutai. The entire package is 95% environmentally friendly and biodegradable, a perfect combination of technology and art, only for presenting Moutai's unique craftsmanship.
- Operation and Interaction
- The product is from Hebei Jieshi Mountain wine region, the birthplace of China's first dry red wine. Moutai dream red, adopts the Cinnabar Red, the colour of Han dynasty lacquerware, which is deeply engraved in the genes of the Chinese people, with the classic combination of black for a premium look.
- Project Duration and Location
- Renhuai city, 5 March 2024-19 April 2024
- Keywords
- Moutai, Wine, Chinese Red, Dream, Romance
