Family Series Baijiu Packaging by Mason Wang

Family Series Baijiu Packaging by Mason Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design Competition Category.

BronzePackaging· 2021

Family Series Baijiu Packaging

by Mason Wang

Client: Gui Brewery Co., Ltd.

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Packaging Category

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The Design

About Family Series Baijiu Packaging

Family Series is a packaging design for maotai flavor Baijiu, created for four major life events in traditional Chinese culture: marriage, birth, birthday and promotion. Each package uses red and gold, colors linked to celebration and nobility. The patterns include luan and feng for marriage, kylin for children, carp and golden dragon for career promotion, and pine and white crane for longevity. The decorative bottle parts are die-cast zinc alloy with a relief effect and gold plating. The two-part cap is damaged when opened, which helps prevent forgery.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Family Series Baijiu Packaging is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Family Series Baijiu Packaging is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Family Series Baijiu Packaging splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: NeutralSymmetry: PartialBackground: Left and Right

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Family Series are based on the big life events in traditional Chinese culture, including marriage, birth, birthday and promotion. From the changes of colors, pictures and patterns, the package of maotai flavor Baijiu can not only arouse empathy of liquor-using scenarios, but also enjoys high collection value and good quality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 105mm x Depth 105mm x Height 260mm
Tags: Baijiu Packaging, Family Series, Chinese Culture, Kylin, Maotao Town
Production Technology: 1. The decorative parts of the bottle are made of high-precision die-casting zinc alloy, with relief effect and gold plating on the surface;
2. The bottle is equipped with environmentally-friendly food grade plastic parts and down-pressure assembly structure. The bottle cap is divided into two parts, the teeth of which will be damaged when opened so as to prevent forgery.
Design Challenge: The porcelain jar of family series is hand-made under several processes. The firing process is quite strict. A slight flaw will make the jar discarded, with a rejection rate as high as 40%.
Research: When researching the scenarios of liquor-using, Guijiu group found that many customers prefer to purchase more expensive Baijiu on some important occasions. What's more, the more precious liquor they offer or get, the more respect they show or receive from their friends and relatives. At current liquor market, Baijiu with high cost-efficiency and collection value has a few competitors, which enjoys a promising future.
Inspiration: The entire series adopt red and golden, which respectively represent marriage and nobleness in traditional Chinese culture and embody Chinese-style happiness and auspiciousness. In terms of pictures, the package applies luan and feng, which symbolize marriage in traditional Chinese culture, as well as kylin representing more children, carp and golden dragon representing promotion and calamus, pine and white crane standing for longevity.
Project Duration: This series was kicked off in Shanghai in December 2019 and was finished in December 2020 and put on sale in Shanghai in the same month.
Operation Flow: Both Luan and Feng pattern and Lang-Kiln Red of Guihe series are common festive elements in traditional Chinese wedding; according to legend, kylin on Guizi package will bring children to the family; carp and golden dragon on Guilu series represent the rapid promotion in career; while the pine and white crane on Guishou series symbolize longevity and nobleness in traditional culture.
Team Members: Wuhan Pufan Advertising Co., Ltd