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Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Gui Ba Fang Baijiu Packaging by Yanhui Zhang

The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yanhui Zhang for packaging design

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Gui Ba Fang Baijiu Packaging by Yanhui Zhang, designed for Wuhan Pufine Creative Technology Co., Ltd.. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

More About Gui Ba Fang Baijiu Packaging

Gui Ba Fang is a packaging design for a Chinese baijiu spirit. The design draws on the art and history of the Tang Dynasty. The theme is inspired by the account of the Tang emperor welcoming guests from many lands. Traditional calligraphy, seal cutting and Dunhuang fresco motifs are applied to the gift box and the bottle. The octagonal ceramic bottle suggests a welcome from all directions. Inside the box, an illustration shows the emperor entertaining guests. The box and the bottle can be kept and reused as decorative objects.

About Yanhui Zhang

Pufine Design, established in 2012, is a comprehensive brand design agency with the core of "discovering brand opportunities to drive design". It adheres to the industry and consumer-oriented strategy and design to create higher value for the brand. He has won more than 20 professional awards at home and abroad. Pufine Design is composed of professional brand consulting and original design teams. It has complete and comprehensive creative output capabilities such as brand top consulting, brand gene shaping, brand image shaping, product packaging shaping, and commercial space shaping, providing enterprises and the market with complete and efficient solutions. Total brand building solutions.

Award Record

With this recognition, Yanhui Zhang is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2022 - 2023 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. 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Gui Ba Fang Baijiu Packaging
Function
Baijiu Packaging
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Saddle Brown, Sandy Brown, Dark Goldenrod, Goldenrod and Peru
Images
5
Client
Wuhan Pufine Creative Technology Co., Ltd.

The Recognition

Laureate
Yanhui Zhang
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2022 - 2023
Design ID
#141115

Credits

Team
Zhang Yanhui, Zhang Xintong, Illustration:Wang shijie and Zhou Xiaoli
Image Credits
Zhang Yanhui Zhang Xintong Wang shijie

Design Details

Unique Properties
In a theme of “Culture of The Great Tang Dynasty”, this Chinese Baijiu reflects a nice vision of harmonious development and national peace, expressing the artistic and cultural values of oriental aesthetics by applying a blend of the histories, art and culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty with the product in the form of Chinese traditional calligraphy, seal cutting, painting and art crafts. It combines the history, culture and social scenes tightly with the product and also represents the wishes of the company to inherit and carry forward the virtues of traditional culture.
Inspiration
Tang Dynasty, the most noticeable, prosperous and open dynasty in Chinese history. Inspired by the history of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty welcoming guests from all over the world, this product tights the culture of Baijiu closely with the history, cultural values, social scenes and emotional resonance in the form of Chinese traditional calligraphy, seal cutting and the Dunhuang frescoes to boost the connotation of the product and highlight its theme as well.
Research
Chinese Baijiu, in addition to its role in social occasion and emotional communication, it is also a key part of Chinese history and culture, this is why it is regarded as a consumer goods founded on the basis of history and culture. Nowadays, traditional culture is need a continuous protection and inheritance while the rest of liquors have begun to affect younger generation. It enriches the connotation and quality of the product, and also inherits cultural virtues and lifestyle when the traditional culture, history and art are merged in it.
Challenge
One of the hardest part of the whole design comes in the early stage, a large amount of information needs to be sorted and screened and then following a work of integration and refinement of the creativity which related to its theme, for instance, the drawing of illustrations requires a fusion of historical stories and Dunhuang frescoes. Another is in the process of communication and implementation of how to represent the sense of product quality on its packaging material and technological process.
Realization and Technology
The color of emperor's costume represents the highest rank. Inside the box, the exquisite picture of Emperor entertaining guests tells a story in cultural and artistic way. The octagonal ceramic bottle implies welcoming guests from all ways. Its cultural connotation is improved as the calligraphy with a meaning of harmonious coexistence is employed. A theme of “eight phoenixes worship the sun” indicates positive and harmonious development.
Operation and Interaction
The history, culture and art of Tang Dynasty are blended together in this product to spark the customers to research and adore the history, traditional culture and art. It can be propagated and promoted in a more widespread way when combined with commemorative activities, tourism, art exhibitions and museums. Both of the outer box and bottle can be used as a handicraft or collection with less discard or waste.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in Dec.,2021 in Wuhan and finished in June,2022 in Wuhan, and was launched in China in July,2022.
Specifications
Gift Box Size: L 280mm* W 155mm * H 110mm Bottle Size: D 78mm * H 233mm
Keywords
High-end gift, oriental aesthetic, Chinese ceramic, Chinese Baijiu, Baijiu Design

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