Joy To Go Packaging by Du Qingyu and Zhang Jun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award in Packaging Design Competition Category.
IronPackaging· 2025
Joy To Go Packaging
Client: Joy Studio
A' Design Award Winner in Packaging Category
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About Joy To Go Packaging
The Joy To Go fast food delivery packaging integrates the cute little character IP named Joy with food, creating a cohesive design throughout the package system. These playful elements are not only designed for fun but also hint at the packaging's opening mechanism. For example, a character with a hamburger on his head is shown on the hamburger's packaging. More hamburger ingredients can be gradually seen only after the users open the lid. Moreover, the packaging can be reused, as the patterns can be torn off to create bookmarks, which helps to promote environmental awareness.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Joy To Go 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. Joy To Go 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. Joy To Go Packaging is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
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Creative Brand, Packaging and IP Design Services
We transform brands through strategic design, specializing in packaging, brand identity, IP character development, and UI design. With over a decade of experience serving Fortune 500 companies including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Nestle, we deliver innovative solutions that connect brands with consumers through playful, memorable experiences.
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- Unique Properties
- The Joy To Go fast food delivery packaging cleverly integrates the cute little character IP named Joy with food, creating a cohesive design throughout the packaging. With its fun and colorful appearance, the design aims to bring joy to consumers, resonating with the brand name. The packaging boasts flat illustrations that brilliantly exhibit the brand's quality and playfulness, complemented by vibrant colors that captivate consumer attention and deliver a powerful visual impact. Moreover, the Joy patterns can be easily removed from the package and used as bookmarks, injecting joy into everyday life.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Burger box: 125mm x 60mm x 120mm
Fries box: 80mm x 50mm x 120mm
Paper cup: 90mm x 90mm x 150mm
Ketchup: 70mm x 62mm x 26mm - Tags
- Food packaging, illustration, fast food, takeout food, consumer products packaging, packaging concepts
- Production Technology
- For the packaging design, environmentally friendly and recyclable paper and paper-pulp materials have been selected to comply with environmental standards, minimize pollution, and preserve the environment. The structure is simple, effectively reducing material usage. Most components can be flattened, resulting in a smaller volume during transportation. Non-toxic, low-VOC, eco-friendly inks are applied to ensure vibrant colors while adhering to food safety standards and safeguarding consumer health. Moreover, the packaging can be reused, as the patterns can be torn off to create bookmarks, which helps to promote environmental awareness.
- Design Challenge
- Initially, we wanted to design a complex and interesting structure similar to a pop-up book, combining packaging, IP, and food. But as the design progressed, we changed our design strategy, considering the categories, transportation, cost, and environmental protection of fast-moving consumer goods. We followed the concept of less is more and hoped to present creativity in the simplest and most direct form. It is presented in the form you see now through continuous attempts and optimization.
- Research
- We study how to cleverly integrate brands, IP, and food to reflect their brand personality and differentiation. We combine packaging structure and materials selection with concepts such as practicality, convenience, safety, and environmental protection. Through market research, network, and book research on fast food packaging, we analyze consumer preferences, refine brand characteristics, conceive design plans, and promote the execution of the entire design.
- Inspiration
- To embody the "Joy" in the brand name, we created a character IP named Joy, integrating this character with food throughout the packaging design, resulting in a visually playful and innocent effect. We aim for this fun and colorful design to allow consumers to take home not only food but also happiness, enabling them to enjoy a unique atmosphere while savoring their meals. This approach encourages customers to leave with delicious food, smiles on their faces, and a lasting positive impression of the brand.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2024 in Beijing and finished in October 2024 in Beijing
- Operation Flow
- We combine food with the IP character through flat illustrations, integrating them into the packaging structure. For example, We designed a character with a hamburger on his head. After the user opens the lid, more hamburger ingredients can be gradually seen. When the user drinks, a diving figure can be seen on the top of the lid. When the user opens the lid of the French fries, it seems that a tomato French fry man is taking off his hat to show respect. The eyes hidden in the ketchup reveal a mischievous and interesting temperament. These playful elements showcase the brand's funny quality and hint at the packaging's opening mechanism.
- Team Members
- Du Qingyu
Zhang Jun - Image Credits
- Du Qingyu
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