Bronze Packaging Design · 2021
Longnanchun Chinese Baijiu
by Manling Lin
- A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Diga Creative Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 11,222
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About Longnanchun Chinese Baijiu
Longnanchun is a packaging design for a series of Chinese baijiu spirits. The series has three products, named entrepreneur, founder and leader. Each bottle carries a mythical animal taken from the Dunhuang murals: the winged horse, the phoenix and the guardian dragon. The three animals reflect courage, rebirth and steady protection. The bottle form is drawn from the pipa played by the flying fairy of Dunhuang, and the colors are selected from the murals. The bottle and the lid are ceramic, and the box is acrylic.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Longnanchun is a brand of Jinhui baijiu Industry which has been put on hold for a long time. This time, we will restart the brand and make a theme series of baijiu "entrepreneur's baijiu", focusing on high-end income groups. Products classification is "entrepreneurs, founders, leaders" To awaken and continue the brand awareness of that year, it is necessary to add the flavor of the times to the existing brand genes, which is both innovative and without losing the original keynote.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 156mm×156mm×340mm
- Tags
- Dunhuang，Heavenly Fairy Bounces Pipa ， Entrepreneurs, founders, Leader
- Production Technology
- Ceramic bottle, ceramic lid, acrylic box
- Design Challenge
- In order to fit the three stages of entrepreneurs and pass the millennium of Chinese culture to the world, I consulted a large number of documentaries and Dunhuang culture. It took a lot of time to finally find the unique auspicious mythical animals in the murals to fit the theme. Also combined with flying ribbon elements to reflect.
- Project Duration
- 2020.05.15-2021.09.25
- Operation Flow
- Reading related Dunhuang documentaries and murals, looking for distinctive design elements, expressing historical heritage and high-level sense, and finally selected three beasts, Wing Horse, Phoenix and Shenlong, highlighting the three entrepreneurs Traits-Brave" Rebirth and Perseverance"
- Research
- The design and packaging needs to inherit the tonality of the past Longnanchun, and need to enhance the cultural attributes without losing the sense of dignity. Through reading a large number of Dunhuang documents to seek a breakthrough, the final effect is good. Traditional Chinese culture now needs more creative expression and more forms of carrying .
- Inspiration
- Longnanchun is a old chinese baijiu in Gansu. This is a series of baijju ,the name is entrepreneur, founder, and leader, and desig of Dunhuang murals around product gene. Three auspicious mythical animal in Dunhuang murals are selected as wing horse, phoenix and guardian dragon, The spiritual characteristics that fit the three stages of entrepreneurs, , from brave to rebirth to firm guard. The shape of the pipa of the bottle comes from the pipa played by the Flying Fairy of Dunhuang. The lid represents the three stages of entrepreneurship. The color matching is selected from the mural color to convey the millennium Chinese culture.