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Fortune Express Baijiu Packaging by Yao Wu Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design
The international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yao Wu for packaging design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Fortune Express Baijiu Packaging by Yao Wu, designed for Guizhou Jinsha Liquor Wine Cellar Co., Ltd.. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 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 assessed 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 Fortune Express Baijiu Packaging
Fortune Express is a packaging design for baijiu. The gable roof box measures 280 by 150 by 230 millimetres and is opened from the bottom. Lifting each interior flap reveals five bottles, and each bottle shows a different God of Wealth in a Five Elements colour. Below the bottles are five plush blind boxes that are torn open to reveal small stylised figures. The outer box is finished with foil stamping, and the labels are digitally printed. The plush dolls are made of soft polyester fibre with embroidered details.
About Yao Wu
I'm Wu Yao，In 2019, Beijing Satellite TV invited the designer of the second season of the National Palace Museum, the official cultural and creative designer of Wudang Mountain, the designer recommended by Zhan Ku, the annual cooperative designer of shede liquor industry, and the special designer of the culture and Tourism Bureau of Xi'an Qujiang Management Committee.
Award Record
Yao Wu is a winner of 17 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2022 - 2023 and the 2025 - 2026 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/182337
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/182337
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!182337
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/325136
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Fortune Express Baijiu Packaging
- Function
- Baijiu Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Burly Wood, Sandy Brown, Peru, Khaki and Dark Turquoise
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Guizhou Jinsha Liquor Wine Cellar Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yao Wu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #182337
Credits
- Team
- Wu Yao , llustration designer: Zhang Yuchen, Illustration designer: Xie Boxing, Illustration designer: Tan Zhen, Graphic designer: Zheng Ziyang, Graphic designer: Tang Wenhu, 3D Designer: Liao Hao and Copywriting: Xu Xiaohui
- Image Credits
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Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This design injects youthful energy into traditional Baijiu creating a social currency that can be played with shown off and used for wish making The entire user journey Unbox Discover Resonate Share is crafted as an immersive experience bringing Baijiu from the traditional banquet table into the trendy lifestyle of young consumers
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the collision between traditional wealth deities and contemporary youth culture. Young generations seek lighter interaction with tradition: chibi images dissolve cultural distance, Five Elements colors endow modern aesthetics, blind boxes activate collection and sharing desires. The product becomes "social currency" carrying young people's small joys.
- Research
- This project explores how traditional Baijiu can engage young consumers by blending cultural heritage with interactive experiences Research focused on youth culture trends social currency blind box mechanics and emotional resonance to identify opportunities for reimagining the Five Wealth Gods motif through modern aesthetics and gamified unboxing rituals
- Challenge
- The key challenge was balancing heritage symbolism with youthful appeal. Translating the Five Wealth Gods and Five Elements philosophy into a cute, stylized visual language without losing cultural authenticity, while integrating a blind box mechanism and a ceremonial unboxing structure that feels both playful and premium.
- Realization and Technology
- The outer box features foil stamping. The interior uses a layered lifting flap structure. Bottle labels are digitally printed with the Five Elements color palette. Plush dolls are crafted from soft polyester fibers with embroidered details.
- Operation and Interaction
- User lifts the bottom-opening gable roof box to reveal the interior. Lifting each flap reveals five bottles, each with a different God of Wealth and Five Elements color. Below the bottles, five plush blind boxes are torn open to discover Q gods. The dolls encourage social media sharing.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Beijing in November 2025 and was completed in Beijing in January 2026.
- Specifications
- Length 280mm x Width 150mm x Height 230mm
- Keywords
- Youth Marketing, Baijiu Packaging, Blind Box Design, Crossover Product,
