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Carp Leap The Tea by Xiang Qian, Deng Zhehao and Yao Wenliang Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design

Xiang Qian, Deng Zhehao and Yao Wenliang acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Carp Leap The Tea by Xiang Qian, Deng Zhehao and Yao Wenliang, designed for Rufy design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 scored 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.

More About Carp Leap The Tea

Carp Leap is a packaging design for black tea, created as a business gift. The design tells a story with traditional Oriental elements such as the fish, the dragon and the pine tree. Three stages are shown: leaping over the dragon gate, surpassing oneself and enjoying life. The illustrations refer to the memory of struggle shared by entrepreneurs. The box has a hard mounted shell with embossing and gold foil stamping, an origami paper bag and a sponge insert that holds each item in place. A cup with crystal glaze is included.

Award Record

With this recognition, Xiang Qian, Deng Zhehao and Yao Wenliang is 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Carp Leap The Tea
Function
The Tea
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black, Gray and Dark Gray
Images
5
Client
Rufy design

The Recognition

Laureate
Xiang Qian, Deng Zhehao and Yao Wenliang
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#87586

Credits

Team
Liu Jun,, Xiang Qian, Xiang Qian,, Xue Dengke,, Yao Wenliang, and Li Sai, Zhang Longyuan, Cao Xin, Guo Xianglong, Wang Qijun, Wang Xin, Zeng Ling
Image Credits
creative planning: Liu Jun, designer: Xiang Qian effect present:Xiang Qian, Printing docking: Xue Dengke, finishing: Yao Wenliang,Others: Li Sai, Zhang Longyuan, Cao Xin, Guo Xianglong, Wang Qijun, Wang Xin, Zeng Ling,; creative planning: Liu Jun , designer: Xiang Qian effect present:Xiang Qian, Printing docking: Xue Dengke, finishing: Yao Wenliang,Others: Li Sai, Zhang Longyuan, Cao Xin, Guo Xianglong, Wang Qijun, Wang Xin, Zeng Ling,; creative planning: Liu Jun , designer: Xiang Qian effect present:Xiang Qian, Printing docking: Xue Dengke, finishing: Yao Wenliang,Others: Li Sai, Zhang Longyuan, Cao Xin, Guo Xianglong, Wang Qijun, Wang Xin, Zeng LingPhoto # 5: creative planning: Liu Jun , designer: Xiang Qian effect present:Xiang Qian, Printing docking: Xue Dengke, finishing: Yao Wenliang,Others: Li Sai, Zhang Longyuan, Cao Xin, Guo Xianglong, Wang Qijun, Wang Xin, Zeng Ling

Design Details

Unique Properties
Architecture by joint target population story content, combines the traditional elements in the appropriate symbolic meaning, reorganized the story and the traditional elements of the visual structure of perfect of symbolic significance to conform to the standard to carry on the design of contemporary visual aesthetic, abandoned the simple element adornment gimmick is commonly used on the market, from the depth of the connotation of the need to connect to the target population.
Inspiration
Black tea is a kind of traditional Oriental tea, which has a deep impression in people's mind for a long time. How to integrate this ancient and lasting impression with modern aesthetic principles, and how to establish a visual communication that both has a sense of history and conforms to the aesthetic characteristics of contemporary young target groups. In the in-depth study, we found that the development of traditional Oriental elements with modern aesthetic standards is an extremely accurate and effective means.
Research
1. Research type: business gift products 2. Research objectives and methods: to find the essential demand behind business gift products, conduct research, simulation, inquiry and analysis 3. Data collection and research tools: inspiration board, mind map, database 4. Research effects of participants or real life phenomena such as experiments, results, insights and influences, business, society and design itself: through data research, simulation of gift sites, and search for experimental participants who meet the characteristics without informing them to buy finished products and send them to friends and then inquire.
Challenge
The challenge of business gift product development comes from how to satisfy the preferences of buyers with different industry backgrounds, majors and preferences, with a strong sense of ceremony and profound cultural heritage.
Realization and Technology
Bronzing process three-dimensional embossing bronzing embossing version, mounted plate hard box shell, shell cover concave and convex indentation texture process, skin paper material origami handbag, internal quiet shock absorbing sponge fixed position. Crystal glaze builds cup
Operation and Interaction
Business between the design target for entrepreneurs ", Chinese elements illustration, lamp and the experience accumulated similar stories is the starting point of the design, with the tea set a comfort for the product story illustrations and tea, soothe business difficult, with similar life story of the entrepreneur appearance under the scenery of life difficult, echo soothing story illustrations, the need for tea, light, and the final buyers mutual interaction ". Creating the gift for the buyer should have a value that penetrates the heart.
Project Duration and Location
2018.6-2018.8 changsha, hunan province, China
Specifications
Overall size x35.5cm * y25.5cm * z6.75cm
Keywords
Tea packaging design, gift box packaging design, illustration, narrative design

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