Iron Packaging Design · 2022
Nestle Mr. Banana Ice Cream
- A' Design Award 2022 Iron Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Nestle (China) Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 14,373
- Verification code E853046A73 · Verify this award
About Nestle Mr. Banana Ice Cream
Mr. Banana is a packaging design created for an ice cream product sold in China. The design returns a heritage brand to the market with a new visual identity based on rap music instead of rock music. A large pair of sunglasses is printed on each pack, so the product stands out inside crowded freezer cabinets. Nine sunglasses versions carry different phrases, allowing consumers to choose a pack that matches their personality or to collect all of them. The ice cream is wrapped in aluminum foil, and the outer box is made of eco-friendly paper with a gold stamped logo.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- In ice-cream fridges, most packaging present product shot to convey its flavor. Consumers purchase ice-cream based on their taste preference. To make a difference, we enlarged the ice-cream and made the sunglasses become a unique element in the fridge. The sunglasses create an interaction between consumers and packaging. Besides, consumers can hold it, take a selfie and upload to social media since social marketing is a big trend in China.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Ice-cream packaging: Width 218mm x Depth 10mm x Height 76mm
Paper box: Width 40mm x Depth 60mm x Height 85mm - Tags
- Packaging, ice-cream, banana, China, interaction, social media
- Production Technology
- Aluminum Foil for ice-cream packaging.
Eco-friendly paper for box with gold stamp for Nestle logo. - Design Challenge
- The main challenge is how to modernize a brand with heritage and make it match the trend today. Consumers like to share the product experience on social media, which leads to the idea of entrusting the packaging with the ability of creating social buzz, which is not often seen in ice-cream category
- Project Duration
- The project started in Aug, 2020 and the product is launched in April, 2021.
- Operation Flow
- The traditional ice-cream packaging communicates the taste. When consumers purchase ice-cream, their buying behavior is based on flavor preference. To stand out among competitors, Mr.Banana uses the packaging to convey different personalities to draw different consumers' attention, which can devote to the popularity on social media eventually.
- Research
- After observing the shopping scenario, the team found out that ice-cream is placed disorderly in the fridge and the environment is dull. It is essential to have something attractive and memorable if Mr.Banana wants to jump out of the shelf. From consumer side, the team also learned that young consumers prefer Hip-Hop rather than Rock n Roll to express their individuality and attitude. So blackandgold went beyond the brief and create something closer to the youth.
- Inspiration
- 20 years ago, Mr.Banana was born a Rockstar. After retreating from market for 10 years, Mr.Banana is coming back. In order to get closer to young consumers, we redefine Mr.Banana as a Rapstar inspired by the rising of Chinese Hip-Hop music shows. Young consumers don't want to be defined, to answer that, blackandgold provides 9 sunglasses with different copy to deliver different personalities. Consumers can choose the one that fit their personalities the most or collect all the packaging.
- Image Credits
- All photos credits to blackandgold Shanghai, 2021.