Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Alpine Ancient Trees Dark Tea by Xiaobin Li, Xingguo Li and Shilin Huang
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Xiaobin Li, Xingguo Li and Shilin Huang for packaging design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Alpine Ancient Trees Dark Tea by Xiaobin Li, Xingguo Li and Shilin Huang, designed for Shenzhen YUTO Packaging Technology Co.,Ltd.. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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 assessed 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.
Regarding Alpine Ancient Trees Dark Tea
Alpine Ancient Trees is a packaging design for dark tea. The outer box is a clamshell form made in one piece from F-flute corrugated paper laminated with single-faced F-flute corrugated paper. Layers of corrugated paper are stacked to create a contour shape that recalls a tea mountain and the natural setting of ancient tea trees. The stacked base also holds the pressed tea in place. The box measures 284 by 226 by 94 millimetres and can be shipped flat to reduce transport costs. After use, the tray can hold a small bonsai on a desk. All materials are recyclable.
Award Record
This recognition makes Xiaobin Li, Xingguo Li and Shilin Huang 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/108338
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/108338
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!108338
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/280589
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.szyuto.com/cn
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Alpine Ancient Trees Dark Tea
- Function
- Dark Tea
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Light Gray, Tan, Gray, Gainsboro and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Shenzhen YUTO Packaging Technology Co.,Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xiaobin Li, Xingguo Li and Shilin Huang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #108338
Credits
- Team
- Xingguo Li, Xiaobin Li and Shilin Huang
- Image Credits
- Main image is Image #1,Photographer Xiaobin Li,designer：Xingguo Li,Packaging structure design：Shilin Huang 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The contour tea mountain shape of BC pit corrugated paper shows the growth environment of the original ecological landscape of the ancient tea tree.It serves as the base of the ancient tea tree. The outer box of contour tea tray is integrated into one shape,F-flute corrugated paper laminated with F-flute single face corrugated paper,Which can be reused as small bonsai in a corner of the desk to decorate the environment. The whole packaging material is environmental protection and recycling.
- Inspiration
- The original environment of tea mountain,advocating a kind of leisurely and slow life state of returning to nature and returning to the true,seeking for the true self and the unity of heaven and man.
- Research
- Project background: The packaging material is original ecological and environmental protection, which can convey the ecological environment of tea mountain,and the cost is 40% less than the old packaging. Our efforts: corrugated paper series material,coarse fiber special paper printing for plane patterns,to minimize large area printing and use of too much technology,corrugated superimposed tea plastic art and practical.This shape is well received by customers and consumers. Engineers have done a lot of model tests to achieve the real effect of tea.Tea mountain shape can be used for a second time,put small bonsai ornament office or tea room.
- Challenge
- The tea mountain is formed by the layer-by-layer superposition of the characteristics of corrugated paper.
- Realization and Technology
- The outer box of contour tea tray is integrated into one shape,F-flute corrugated paper laminated with F-flute single face corrugated paper.
- Operation and Interaction
- 1. The package is of clamshell box type, forming in one piece. The outer box can be compressed and shipped, saving logistics cost. 2. Seal the packaging to ensure that it is not opened to consumers. 3. Fixed drak tea with superimposed corrugated paper as backing, artistic and practical. 4. A small bonsai can be put on the bottom tray of tea mountain shape for secondary use to decorate the office space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began in Wuzhou, Guangxi province, in December 2019, was completed in Shenzhen in February 2020, and was exhibited at the Shenzhen Spring Tea Fair in May 2020.
- Specifications
- The outer size of the corrugated tea box is 284 mm×226 mm×94 mm, the inner structure of the paper carving for the tea mountain line, and the tea Tuo size is 72 mm×72 mm×50 mm.
- Keywords
- Recycling,Tea,Corrugated,Degradable,Food
