Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Mi Band 3 Sport Band Packaging by Xiaomi

The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Xiaomi of Mi Xiaomi for packaging design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Mi Band 3 Sport Band Packaging 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 determined 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.

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 Band 3 Sport Band Packaging

Mi Band 3 is a packaging design for a sports band. The packaging uses a simple figure 3 as the main visual point, surrounded by a pattern inspired by an athletics track. The pattern extends over the whole box and conveys the movement of sport through simple lines. The box is die cut and folded from paper, and it measures 108 millimeters in height, 75 millimeters in length and 32 millimeters in width. Different colors mark the different versions. The series keeps a uniform design to remain visible on retail shelves.

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

With this recognition, Xiaomi of Mi Xiaomi is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2019 - 2020 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/90017
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/90017
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!90017
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 Band 3 Sport Band Packaging
Function: Sport Band Packaging
Category: Packaging Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors: Snow, Dark Slate Blue, Brown, Orange Red and Tomato
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: Xiaomi
Country: China
Brand: Mi Xiaomi
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2019 - 2020
Design ID: #90017

Credits

Team: Lu Chen, Jiangpeng Su and Zhizhuang Song
Image Credits: Creative Director Lu Chen, Illustrator Jiangpeng Su, 3D Rendering Artist Tong Ge

Design Details

Unique Properties: Mi Band 3 is a low profile product that targets the lower end of the sports headset market. The design task is to add some attractive elements to the packaging and make an outstanding look from the shelves. The whole series of packaging maintains a uniform design to draw attention from the consumers, thus creating new possibilities for display in an offline setting.
Inspiration: Mi Band 3 packaging emphasizes the youth and energy frequently associated with this group of users, so the packaging uses a simple figure of 3 as the visual point, surrounded by a pattern design that draws inspiration from the athletics track. This pattern extends over the entire package, conveying the dynamicity of sports using simple lines. The Mi Band 3 series features several versions in different colors.
Research: Mi Band 3 is a low profile product that targets the lower end of the sports headset market. The retail price for the product is 22.22 Euro in China. The overall packaging budget was limited to about 0.6 Euro. So it is the designers' task to add some attractive elements to its packaging and make it outstanding from the shelves.
Challenge: For a low-profile product that targets the lower end of the sports headset market, the whole series of products maintains a uniform design with rich colors to draw attention from the consumers, thus creating new possibilities for display in an offline setting.
Realization and Technology: material: Paper Structure: paper die cut and fold to box.
Operation and Interaction: In China, the electronic sport product packaging has the same feelings, which are cold, distant, and serious. The design hopes to bring energetic, color, and warm feelings to the product. The packaging delivers that the low-profit products also could have the best design.
Project Duration and Location: The project stared in July 2018 in Beijing China, finished in May 2019 in Beijing China
Specifications: dimension height 108, Length 75, width 32mm
Keywords: Sport, band, electronic, packaging, colorful