Dingding Li Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for China Qing Tea Beverage Packaging in Packaging Design

Dingding Li acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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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 China Qing Tea Beverage Packaging by Dingding Li, designed for The Soloist. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.

What the Bronze A' Design Award Means

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.

About China Qing Tea Beverage Packaging

Oolong Tea is also named Qing Tea in China, so it was named China Qing. The smooth and round tea bottle, white bottle cap and turquoise-orange bottle are engraved with the subtle Chinese and English marks of China Qing. When the labels are given, they are two explicit tea drinks; when the labels are hidden, they are two limpid drinks. When you open the bottle cap and take the first sip, the long-lost clear and sweet tea rolls up the taste of light or thick oolong tea, which instantly evokes richness, and slowly returns to the originality, maybe it is the taste of life.

About Dingding Li

Li is the founder of The Soloist Studio, as an experienced designer and art scholar, the works of Li are rational, infectious, concise, vivid, and impressive. The Soloist is a Shanghai based design studio creative in the summer of 2020, focusing on branding, packaging and related design. It aims at providing customers with new brand creation or original brand project upgrading.

Award Record

This recognition makes Dingding Li a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2022 - 2023 editions 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/143327
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/143327
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!143327
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/292482

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: China Qing Tea Beverage Packaging
Function: Tea Beverage Packaging
Category: Packaging Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors: Chocolate, Goldenrod, Dark Goldenrod, Silver and Dark Gray
Images: 5
Client: The Soloist

The Recognition

Laureate: Dingding Li
Country: China
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #143327

Credits

Team: Li Dingding
Image Credits: Designer: Li Dingding

Design Details

Unique Properties: Oolong Tea is also known as Qing Tea in China. It is a kind of tea unique to China. The smooth and round tea bottle, white bottle cap and turquoise-orange bottle are engraved with the subtle Chinese and English marks of China Qing. The transparent bottle bottom shows two kinds of tea colors: Mild and Concentrated. When the labels are given, there are two explicit and elegant tea drinks; when the labels are hidden, there are two mysterious and limpid drinks.
Inspiration: "Bodhi is fundamentally without any tree, the bright mirror is also not a stand. Fundamentally there is not a single thing, where could any dust be attracted?" This poem is from the "Bodhi Buddhist Hymn" of the Tang Dynasty in China. You can gently remove the label and faithfully keep the high light. The mild and concentrated fragrances are all in the artistic mood. These are the inspirations for China Qing.
Research: All the creative elements of China Qing strive to provide a new visual presentation method and more cultural integration for the market of similar products, further thinking about the phenomena existing in modern society, relying on the traditional tea culture, integrating into a new visual language and way of experience, and hoping to have new inspiration.
Challenge: China Qing was defined as a intellectual and minimalist style at the beginning of its creation, but most of the bottled tea in the market already has a stereotyped image, which requires more accurate creative extraction and visual expression to present a simple and refreshing design. Finally, after constant speculation and repeated practice, this effect was achieved.
Realization and Technology: PET polyester bottle cap and bottle body, partial spot color screen printing and laser engraving. Environmentally friendly art paper, spot color printing, partial hot silver process.
Operation and Interaction: Round and smooth bottle body, whilst exquisite to the touch. Delicate details of printing and laser engraving, reflect the strict quality requirements of brands and products. Removable labels provide consumers with a new experience and visual presentation, thereby deepening the memory of the product.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in May 2022 and completed on June 2020, Shanghai.
Specifications: Bottle size: Diameter 60mm x Height 180mm Single label size: Length 220mm x Width 60mm Gift box size: Length 41mm x Width 26mm x Height 63mm
Keywords: tea, packaging, Chinese, beverage, branding