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Sheng Ming Yue Mooncake Gift Box by Hu Wan, Li Jianpeng and Shi Xiaoxia Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design
Hu Wan, Li Jianpeng and Shi Xiaoxia recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Sheng Ming Yue Mooncake Gift Box by Hu Wan, Li Jianpeng and Shi Xiaoxia, designed for Netease Yanxuan Trading Co. Ltd, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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 Sheng Ming Yue Mooncake Gift Box
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncakes for gifting and personal consumption. However, as packaging becomes increasingly luxurious and wasteful, the team consciously designed a more compact and eco-friendly mooncake gift box. Sheng Ming Yue depicts a bright moon rising over the sea, expressing the Chinese people's yearning for reunion and beautiful things, maintains high-quality gifting properties while embodying the quality and depth of Chinese traditional culture. The goal is to offer a high quality and affordable way to celebrate the festival while promoting a sustainable lifestyle.
About Hu Wan, Li Jianpeng and Shi Xiaoxia
NetEase Yanxuan is a lifestyle brand under NetEase that is favored by the new middle class in China. IDC Innovation Design Center the design team is that covers all categories (include home, clothing, shoes, food, beverages, personal care, pets, sports, travel and eletronic products) of research and design, focusing on cultural research and innovative design, achieving differentiation through people-oriented design and brand strategy. Relying on the power of design, creating value through design. Design services include brand design, packaging design, product design, and industrial design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Hu Wan, Li Jianpeng and Shi Xiaoxia is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2023 - 2024 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/154809
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154809
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154809
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/347823
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sheng Ming Yue Mooncake Gift Box
- Function
- Mooncake Gift Box
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Light Gray, Dark Slate Blue and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Netease Yanxuan Trading Co. Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hu Wan, Li Jianpeng and Shi Xiaoxia
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #154809
Credits
- Team
- Hu Wan, Li Jianpeng and Shi xiaoxia
- Image Credits
- Creative Director Hu Wan Designer Li Jianpeng
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- During the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, consumers purchase mooncake gift boxes for gifting and personal consumption. However, as packaging becomes increasingly luxurious and wasteful, designers consciously designed a more compact and eco-friendly mooncake gift box. It maintains high-quality gifting properties while embodying the quality and depth of Chinese traditional culture. The goal is to offer a high quality and affordable way to celebrate the festival while promoting a sustainable lifestyle.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the ancient poem "As the bright moon shines over the sea, From far away you share this moment with me", the design depicts a bright moon rising over the sea under the vast starry sky, expressing the Chinese people's yearning for reunion and beautiful things, as well as the emotions and artistic conception of missing distant relatives and friends on a quiet night.
- Research
- Due to the intense competition in the Mid-Autumn mooncake gift box market, more and more products are adding luxurious decorations and additional gifts to increase competitiveness. However, in the face of excessive waste and neglect of the festival culture itself, designers hope to prioritize the sense of ritual and appropriate packaging by comparing multiple similar products. This approach encourages consumers to focus on the traditional meaning of the festival and the essence of life, free from distractions.
- Challenge
- The structure has always been the biggest challenge in presenting the overall effect. To create a feeling of the rising moon when the folding fan is opened with the box, while ensuring the stability and rationality of the connection between the paper fan and the box to maximize the use of space inside the box, higher requirements have been proposed. After structural verification and three rounds of prototype testing, the team have found the current structural solution.
- Realization and Technology
- As the gift box unfolds on both sides, a bright moon slowly rises with people's thoughts of reunion. The starry sky design makes one feel the insignificance of the individual and further enhances the longing for togetherness. The combination of the Chinese folding fan and the bright moon highlights the festive atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival and showcases traditional Chinese culture.
- Operation and Interaction
- The team established a creative concept and conducted structural research to achieve the desired effect. Simultaneously, designer began graphic design and explored several structural options before selecting the final box structure. Then applied the internal and external graphic design to the chosen structure. After three rounds of structural prototypes and two rounds of exterior design prototypes, design team confirmed the product.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2023 in Hangzhou and finished in August 2023 in Guangzhou, and was exhibited in September 2023.
- Specifications
- Width：200mm x Depth:110mm x Height：255mm
- Keywords
- Oriental Aesthetics, Package Design
