Mi Bluetooth Headset Mini Bluetooth Headset by Xiaomi Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design

Xiaomi of Mi Xiaomi honored 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 Mi Bluetooth Headset Mini Bluetooth Headset by Xiaomi of Mi Xiaomi has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.

About the Silver A' Design Award

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.

Regarding Mi Bluetooth Headset Mini Bluetooth Headset

Mi Bluetooth Headset Mini is packaging created for a compact sports headset. The headset shell is minimal and carries a single circular button. The packaging uses images of famous musicians, so the oval shell reads as a head and the button as an open mouth. The result suggests a singer or a conductor, and gives character to a simple product. A PET tray holds the headset and the controller at the front, while the wires remain hidden. A paper cover keeps the structure firm. The design aims to appeal to users between 18 and 29 years old.

About Mi Xiaomi

Xiaomi Corporation was founded in April 2010 and listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 9, 2018 (1810.HK). Xiaomi is an internet company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform at its core.

Award Record

This recognition makes Xiaomi of Mi Xiaomi 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. 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/89158
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/89158
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!89158
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/249515

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Mi Bluetooth Headset Mini Bluetooth Headset
Function: Bluetooth Headset
Category: Packaging Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors: Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Black, Dim Gray and Indian Red
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: Xiaomi
Country: China
Brand: Mi Xiaomi
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2019 - 2020
Design ID: #89158

Credits

Team: Lu Chen, Yan Ni and Zhizhuang Song
Image Credits: Creative Director Lu Chen, Illustrator Yan NI, 3D Rendering Artist Tong Ge

Design Details

Unique Properties: The design of the product is quite minimalistic, with only a circular button on the shell. To make it more interesting, the design use images of famous musicians in the packaging, contributing to a personification of the product: the oval shape becomes the head, and the button becomes an open mouth. This creates the image of a composer passionately singing or vigorously conducting an orchestra, giving voice to an otherwise low-profile product, at the same time highlighting its design element.
Inspiration: In current China, the young generation has a rage for animation, comics, and games. They spontaneously create a lot of trending content that personified objects into lively characters. To make this low-profit product easier to approach the young generation, our design strategy is to imbue a product with personality and to visually personify the product.
Research: Mi Bluetooth headset is a low profile product that targets the lower end of the sports headset market. The retail price for the product is 10 Euro in China. The overall packaging budget was limited to about 0.6 Euro. So it is the design task to add some attractive elements to its packaging and make it outstanding from the shelves.
Challenge: As the target audiences are 18 to 29 year-olds, the design should make the products most close to the trendy of young's culture.
Realization and Technology: The visual design require to hide the wires, only leave the headset and controller out. Therefore the packaging structure design must consider how to hide the wires and still keep the whole packaging structure solidly. By using PET tray inside and a paper cover outside, the front of the packaging only shows the handset and controller. material: Paper, PET
Operation and Interaction: The design of the product is quite minimalistic, with only a circular button on the shell. To make it more interesting, designers use images of famous musicians in the packaging, contributing to a personification of the product: the oval shape becomes the head, and the button becomes an open mouth. This creates the image of a composer passionately singing or vigorously conducting an orchestra, giving voice to an otherwise low-profile product, at the same time highlighting its design element.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in April 2018 and finished in April 2019 in Beijing, China
Specifications: dimension: height 79mm, Length 110mm, width 28mm
Keywords: Handset, electronic, packaging, colorful, musician