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Zhen Hao E Dog Food Packaging by Yuchen Han Is Granted the A' Design Award in Packaging Design
Yuchen Han acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Zhen Hao E Dog Food Packaging by Yuchen Han, designed for Ningbo Xuanmengzhi Trading Company Ltd.. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Zhen Hao E Dog Food Packaging
Zhen Hao E is a packaging series for dog food and dog snacks. The design draws on Chinese culture by presenting dogs as ancient emperors of different ages. In China, dog owners are often described as officials who serve their pets, and this idea shapes the illustrations. Cartoon dog characters indicate the size group, separating small dogs from medium and large dogs. Different colors separate dog food from snacks, so the range is easy to understand. Recycled paper, corrugated paper and aluminium foil bags are used.
About Yuchen Han
Han Yuchen has been engaged in brand design since he graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2012. In 2015, he co founded th3brand design studio with two friends. It mainly serves many well-known domestic brands. Also help local personal brand development design
Award Record
This recognition makes Yuchen Han 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/126938
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/126938
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!126938
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/295897
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://ttth3.cn/case3/185.html
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Zhen Hao E Dog Food Packaging
- Function
- Dog Food Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Black, Light Gray, Dark Slate Gray and White Smoke
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ningbo Xuanmengzhi Trading Company Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yuchen Han
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #126938
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In China, usually call dog owners Chan shi guan, which Chan shi means shoveling dog excrement and Guan indicates the officials who serve the kings. This analogy inspires us to personify the dogs into the ancient emperors of different ages, and built the brand Zhen hao e. The Zhen in the brand means an emperor and the Hao e means hungriness. Zhen hao e is vivid because it distinguishes the sizes of dogs by caricaturing the dogs, and use various color to differentiate dog food and snacks to make the product packaging more intuitive.
- Inspiration
- This is a series of packaging designs with Chinese cultural characteristics regarding dog food and snacks. In China, the dog owners are always compared to 'Excrement Shovelling Officials', which means serving the kings. It inspired designer to compare the dogs to Chinese ancient emperors in order to reflect the wonderful relationship between the owners and their dogs. Through the personification and cartoonishment of the dog, classified the packaging and related visual images by turning the dogs into emperors of different ages along with the creative combination between Chinese culture and functional categories.
- Research
- The type of research we applied is basic research, we assumed that to cleaning up dog excrement correlates with government officals at ancient times. Our research objective is to verify if the correlation exists. We communicated with Chinese elders about the ancient stories regarding dog excrement shoveling officials. The result from the conversations indicates the possible existance of the correlation. Nowadays, the name of dog excrement shoveling official has already been kinda popular online as we anticipate.
- Challenge
- Nowadays, people always claim that their dogs are acutally the masters at home because of meticulous treatment to the dogs. Therefore, the hardest part from designing process is to find a way to let the package design instantly resonate with potential consumers while 'Zhen hao e' also want to include Chinese cultural features.
- Realization and Technology
- Recycled paper, corrugated paper, aluminium foil bag.
- Operation and Interaction
- Compared with other similar brands, 'Zhen hao e' is vivid and interesting because it distinguishes medium/large dogs from small ones by caricaturing the dogs. Furthermore, designer use various color to differentiate dog food and dog snacks in order to make the product packaging more intuitive, resonating with consumers.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Hangzhou, China and Dalian China from November 2018 to April 2019.
- Specifications
- 28.5*21cm 20*30cm 20*36cm 23*40cm
- Keywords
- Dog food, Oriental style, Package Design, Cartoon Dog
