Guo Nian Hao Packaging by Xiaohongshu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Packaging Design Competition Category.

IronPackaging· 2023

Guo Nian Hao Packaging

by Xiaohongshu

Client: Xiaohongshu

A' Design Award Winner in Packaging Category

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The Design

About Guo Nian Hao Packaging

Xiaohongshu's 2022 New Year gift box comes from a legend about the Spring Festival. Continuing the tradition of ancestors, Xiaohongshu has prepared a different set of Light, Sound, and Red. The gifts include a camping night light, Halli Galli, red envelopes, and a red calendar book representing Xiaohongshu. This gift box combines the legend stories with three kinds of gifts, generating a new design method from the traditional culture. It hopes to express good wishes for the Chinese New Year and pass down a cultural inheritance to the new generation.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Guo Nian Hao Packaging is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Guo Nian Hao Packaging is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Guo Nian Hao Packaging is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: PartialBackground: Top and Bottom

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Continuing the tradition of our ancestors, Xiaohongshu have prepared a different set of "Light", "Sound", and "Red".
The gifts include a camping night light, Halli Galli, red envelopes and a red calendar book representing Xiaohongshu.
According to the records of "Nian" 's appearance, Xiaohongshu have designed a new recognizable "Nian" character for the gift box, which appears in different forms throughout the package.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 345mm* Depth 285mm* Height 100mm
Tags: Packaging Design, Chinese new year, Gift box, Nian, Recyclable material
Production Technology: Xiaohongshu have tried our best to pick recyclable material and lightweight paper for the package. In particular, the molded trays use a natural and environment-friendly material made from bagasse.
Design Challenge: The most challenging part is to propose a young and creative concept combined with a traditional story. The packaging material and structure have been repeatedly tested to ensure they are lightweight and eco-friendly.
Research: According to the legend, there was a monster called "Nian". Every year on Lunar New Year's Eve it would come out and attack livestock and villagers. Later, people found that "Nian" was afraid of three things, namely light, sound, and red. Therefore, they prepared lanterns, firecrackers, and spring couplets on New Year's Eve, and they drove away "Nian" successfully. To celebrate a safe year, people happily went out to the streets and greeted each other with the phrase: "Guo Nian Hao(Happy New Year)!"
Inspiration: Xiaohongshu 2022 New Year gift box comes from a legend about the Spring Festival.
This Gift box passes on New Year traditions to the younger generation through an innovative combination of legends and stories.
Project Duration: The project was launched in Shanghai in JAN 2022.
Operation Flow: Gifts could only be found after tearing off the riddle sealed on the cover.
Team Members: Mengchao Lu
Chenjing Zhang
Zijian Chen
Hui Li
Tao Wen
Yiwen Xiao
Image Credits: REDstudio@Xiaohongshu,Shanghai
Ya Li, Yuqi Wang, Xiaocheng Liu