Xijiu Liquor Alcoholic Beverage Packaging by Yamin Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award in Packaging Design Competition Category.
IronPackaging· 2024
Xijiu Liquor Alcoholic Beverage Packaging
by Yamin Zhu
Client: Forty-Nine Union Design Department
A' Design Award Winner in Packaging Category
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About Xijiu Liquor Alcoholic Beverage Packaging
The intricately designed bottle, adorned with the Chinese character "Xi" from four perspectives, symbolizes happiness and delight. Its vibrant Chinese red hue makes it fitting for celebratory occasions. The harmonious blend of round cap and square body reflects ancient Chinese philosophies. When paired, the bottles evoke the cherished symbol of double happiness, representative of traditional wedding customs. This design not only honors cultural heritage but also enhances user experience, providing a uniquely ergonomic structure for effortless handling.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Xijiu Liquor Alcoholic Beverage 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. Xijiu Liquor Alcoholic Beverage 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. Xijiu Liquor Alcoholic Beverage Packaging is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The design inspiration is the jade Cong, a ritual instrument that respects heaven and earth from the Neolithic Age to the present. This Jiang flavor liquor package is specially designed to celebrate their happy events of monumental significance.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
I focus on whether the product's use cases and design creativity can cleverly intertwine, accurately conveying its underlying cultural connotations.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
Sell it in the market, leveraging both its cultural and commercial value.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The bottle is shaped with Chinese character “Xi” from four angles that the meaning of happiness and delight. The cap and body are all Chinese red. It can appear on occasions when Chinese people celebrate. The cap is round and the body is square, which represents the ancient Chinese philosophy.When the two bottles are put together, the character of double happiness will appear, representing the traditional Chinese folk wedding customs.The unique and ingenious structure is more convenient for users to grasp.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Box: W120mm x D120mm x H260mm
Bottle: W75mm x D75mm x H192mm - Tags
- Chinese Baijiu, Oriental Aesthetics, Packaging design, Forty-nine Union
- Production Technology
- The traditional flower pattern on box body is holographic positioning printing technology and cat eye finishing. The bottle body concretely is glass spraying painting technology and the bottle cap is electroplated and red sprayed.
- Design Challenge
- The difficulty of this design is to cleverly combine the shape of the bottle with Chinese characters, and reflect the traditional festive atmosphere of the Chinese nation to keep it minimalist and full of cultural. It has been revised for many times.
- Research
- There are four happy things in one's life in Chinese culture: when there's rain after a long drought, when one runs into a friend out of his hometown, when one lights the candle at the wedding night,and when one finds his name on the royal enrollment list. It's worth to be highlight every memorable moment. Chinese character “Xi” should be seen obviously and Chinese culture should be passed on.
- Inspiration
- The design inspiration is the jade Cong, a ritual instrument that respects heaven and earth from the Neolithic Age to the present. This Jiang flavor liquor package is specially designed to celebrate their happy events of monumental significance.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2023 in Shanxi,China and finished in May 2023.
- Operation Flow
- One bottle shows single ；“Xi” and when two bottles are put together, the character of double “Xi” will appear, representing the traditional Chinese folk wedding customs. When four bottles together, it means eight “Xi” to wealth in Chinese auspicious culture.
- Patents
- 202330190867.8
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