Bronze Packaging Design · 2020
DouChaSai Tea
- A' Design Award 2020 Bronze Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: 7654321 Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 11,939
- Verification code 36DF61EAAF · Verify this award
About DouChaSai Tea
DouChaSai is a packaging design created for a tea honoured at a folk tea competition held at Wuyi Mountain in 2018. The box measures 160 by 40 by 245 millimetres and is made of special paper, finished with screen spot colour printing, bronzing and transfer metal stickers. Chinese calligraphy covers the surface, following the meaning and structure of the words for tea competition. The strokes are thick and drawn with tension, so the writing also reads as a painting. Inside the box are a small tea box and a collection certificate.
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- Unique Properties
- A packaging designed for the 2018 "Zhuzi Cup" Wuyi Mountain Folk Tea Competition Gold Award Tea. The Chinese calligraphy in the work is based on the textual meaning and structure of the "Tea Competition", and it is domineeringly written, making it rich in rivers and lakes, like words and paintings, and rich in details. Combining elegant and heavy feelings to achieve its thick and chic strokes. In the design, the tension of calligraphy embodies "Yi Zhan Cheng Ming , Yan Ao Jiang Hu”.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 160*40*245mm
- Tags
- Tea, Tea Competition
- Production Technology
- Special paper, screen spot color printing, bronzing, transfer metal stickers
- Design Challenge
- Looking for design elements and techniques that match the temperament of the "Tea Competition", at last, calligraphy, which is unique to China as the "Tea Competition" event, was selected. Then, in many calligraphy, we looked for a font that looks like words and paintings and has tension.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2018 in Fuzhou, China and finished in December 2018 in Fuzhou, China and officially launched in January 2019.
- Operation Flow
- Get the package and admire the calligraphy on the surface. After opening, it contains a small tea box and a certificate of collection.
- Research
- Learn about the origin of the "Tea Competition". Tracing the history of "Tea Competition”, it has a strong color of victory and defeat, is a form of tea evaluation and social activities. In ancient times, it was an open outcry, but now it is an anonymous review, regardless of human feelings, so it is more fair and peaceful.
Looking for design elements and techniques that match the temperament of the "Tea Competition", at last, calligraphy, which is unique to China as the "Tea Competition" event, was selected. Then, in many calligraphy, we looked for a font that looks like words and paintings and has tension. - Inspiration
- According to research, tea competition began in the Tang Dynasty. Every spring after new tea was made, tea farmers and customers would hold an activity that compares the quality of new tea with its inferior quality. It is not only characterized by skill, winning and losing, but also full of fun and challenge.The victory or defeat of a tea match, just like the victory or defeat of a football match today.
Colors of DouChaSai Tea
Design Interview about DouChaSai Tea
The Chinese calligraphy in the work is based on the textual meaning and structure of the "Tea Competition", and it is domineeringly written, making it rich in rivers and lakes, like words and paintings, and rich in details. Combining elegant and heavy feelings to achieve its thick and chic strokes. In the design, the tension of calligraphy embodies "Yi Zhan Cheng Ming , Yan Ao Jiang Hu".
Looking for design elements and techniques that match the temperament of the "Tea Competition", at last, calligraphy, which is unique to China as the "Tea Competition" event, was selected. Then, in many calligraphy, we looked for a font that looks like words and paintings and has tension.
One month
I decide to pursuit an inspiration.
My design being produced and used by another company.
It is excellent customer demand, so I have room to play.
Design in all fields.
High-end people who are interested in tea.
The degree of fit between calligraphy and product and packaging.
The 2018 "Zhuzi Cup" Wuyi Mountain Folk Tea Competition Gold Award Tea.
The use of calligraphy.
My team and I like to study packaging box design and material technology everyday, and combine our design with suitable box shape and material technology to show what the product should look like and temperament.
Learn about the origin of the "Tea Competition". Tracing the history of "Tea Competition”, it has a strong color of victory and defeat, is a form of tea evaluation and social activities. In ancient times, it was an open outcry, but now it is an anonymous review, regardless of human feelings, so it is more fair and peaceful.
The text and materials and the way the box is opened are perfectly and cleverly combined. All elements work together.
On the one hand is self-confidence in the work, on the other hand is to spread traditional Chinese culture.
Communication with packaging production plants is more professional.