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Golden A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Li Beer Packaging by China Resources Snow Breweries

The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes China Resources Snow Breweries for packaging design

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Li Beer Packaging by China Resources Snow Breweries has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Golden A' Design Award

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

Regarding Li Beer Packaging

Li is a gift packaging design for beer. The glass bottle takes its shape from the Shuang-Er-Ni-Yu pottery bottle unearthed at the Yangshao cultural site. Carvings on the surface resemble traditional water ripples and fish stripes. An embossing technique is applied to the package, so the texture can be felt by touch. Elegant images and archaic fonts add a sense of history. The package is opened by tearing off the top seal. The design celebrates the early history of beer brewing in China and the traditional Chinese recipe used for the beer inside.

About China Resources Snow Breweries

Founded in 1993, China Resources Snow Breweries (China) Co., Ltd (CR Snow Breweries) is a nationwide professional beer company that brews and sells beer. Headquartered in Beijing, China, the company has a high-end brand matrix of "Chinese local brands + international brands ". From 2006 to 2014, the total sales volume of CR Snow Beer ranked the leading position in China's beer market for nine consecutive years. In 2013, the sales volume of Snow Beer single brand reached 10.62 million liters. In 2013, the total sales volume of China Resources Snow Beer reached 11.72 million liters. Become the first "double 10 million tons" enterprise in China's beer industry.

Award Record

With this recognition, China Resources Snow Breweries is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2021 - 2022 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Li Beer Packaging
Function
Packaging
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Black, Dark Gray, Silver, Maroon and Saddle Brown
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
China Resources Snow Breweries
Country
China
Recognition
Golden A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#136752

Design Details

Unique Properties
The package design of Li aims to celebrate the origin of Chinese beer brewing history found in Yangshao cultural site. Li adopts a traditional Chinese brewing recipe to convey traditional Chinese beer culture. The package in the form of Shuang-Er-Ni-Yu also salamander fish pattern pottery bottle instills the historical brewing recipe and the flavor to users. Elegant pictures and archaistic fonts enhance the essence and historical sense of Li.
Inspiration
The packaging design is inspired by the ancient liquor-making techniques discovered in Yangshao cultural site. The shape of the bottle draws on the Shuang-Er-Ni-Yu pattern pottery bottle unearthed in the site and the carvings on the bottle resemble traditional water ripples and fish stripes
Research
The recipe is derived from the archaeological findings about Mijiaya historic site in Shaanxi province, which belongs to Yangshao culture. On the pottery around 5,400 years ago, the fermentation trace of barley and other cereals were detected, serving as the earliest record of beer brewing in ancient times. It was in the Gangu county, Xiping historic site, which also belongs to Yaoshao culture, that the Shuang-Er-Ni-Yu pattern pottery bottle was unearthed.
Challenge
The challenge in the design process is to effectively convey the product concept and the traditional brewing recipe through the package design. To achieve this, the package design absorbs the bottle found in Yangshao cultural site and integrates traditional water ripples and fish stripes, thus endowing “Li” with an ancient aura. This is also a way to pay a tribute to Chinese liquor culture. The great value of beer is highlighted through the overall package, materials, brewing techniques and cultural connotation.
Realization and Technology
The bottle is made of glass.
Operation and Interaction
The gift package applies the embossing technique to its surface so that users can feel the texture when they touch the package. Users can enjoy the pleasing and mellow beer made by the traditional recipe as soon as they open the gift package and tear off the top seal.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in 2020 and finished in June, 2021.
Specifications
Specifications: 2x999ml eachbottle 350 mmx 120mm x330mm

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