Hei Hu Hall Envàs per a Encens by Jing-Yi Li

Hei Hu Hall Envàs per a Encens by Jing-Yi Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny d'Embalatge Competition Category.

ArgentEmbalatge· 2023

Hei Hu Hall Envàs per a Encens

by Jing-Yi Li

Client: Hei Hu Hall Incense

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Embalatge Category

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The Design

About Hei Hu Hall Envàs per a Encens

Hei Hu Hall és un conjunt de dissenys d'envasos per a encens creat per a un productor d'encens taiwanès. Els dotze dissenys d'envasos s'agrupen en tres sèries: Culte als Déus, Memorial als Avantpassats i Gust de l'Encens. Les il·lustracions es basen en cinc bèsties auspicioses presents als temples tradicionals de Taiwan, incloent-hi el Kylin, el Fènix Xinès, la Tortuga Espiritual, el Drac i el Tigre Blanc. Línies abstractes i caràcters geomètrics formen els patrons. Les mides de les caixes varien segons l'encens que contenen. El disseny té com a objectiu renovar una indústria tradicional i compartir la cultura auspiciosa taiwanesa amb les generacions més joves.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Hei Hu Hall Envàs per a Encens és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Hei Hu Hall Envàs per a Encens sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Hei Hu Hall Envàs per a Encens és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Parting from the traditional sales mode found in a factory, the business changes to a self-owned brand, releasing twelve special package designs, based on five auspicious beasts in the religious belief in Taiwan. There are three series in the package—Worship to Gods, Memorial to Ancestors, and Taste of Incense. By fusing arts into traditional Taiwanese incense products, we hope to folster people’s understanding of Taiwanese auspicious culture.
Dimensions & Packaging: Worship to Gods Series L6.5*W5.5*H49.5cm (Incense Stick), L14.5*W14.5*H5cm (Incense Coil); Memorial to Ancestors Series L6.5*W5.5*H39.5cm (Incense Stick); Taste of Incense Series L3*W2.7*H22.7cm (Lying down Incense), L16.7*W8*H4.5cm (Small Incense Coil)
Tags: Taiwan, Hei Hu Hall Incense, Taiwanese culture, Wu Xing, Five Auspicious Animals of Ancient China, Book of Changes, I Ching, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism
Production Technology: We are good at using emblems to embody the meanings in Taiwanese culture. On the package, one can see combination of symbolic emblems and unique auspicious symbols. With a variety of box dimensions and their inner contents, each box implies the blessing of religious culture in Taiwan.
Design Challenge: Our challenges is to deeply folster the native industry and the religious belief culture. We infuse new artistic form and designs into the package and attract the young generation to get involved with this traditional industry in Taiwan.
Research: We studied into the cultural trace of the hundred-year religious beliefs in Taiwan, covering from the Chinese cultural classic Book of Change, a variety of decorations of folk temples in Taiwan, to varied auspicious folk blessing catchphrases over the past century. In addition to the worship of the five auspicious beasts, the ancient ancestors believe in the varied auspicious symbols. For example, the vase frequently appears in the painting of ancient artists. The Chinese word “vase” carries a homophone with the word “peace” and therefore is regarded as a symbol of peace. In temples or folk arts, the Diospyros Kaki often appears to embody the message “Everything goes well,” because the word “Diospyros Kaki” carries a homophone with the word “things” in Chinese characters. The ancient ancestors call spiders as “happy spiders”. When encountering a spider hanging from a web silk, it means “Happiness comes from the heaven.” Inspired by these blessing phrases, we infuse these elements into the package and pass down the cultural knowledge.
Inspiration: The design of the incense package was inspired by the ancient auspicious beasts found in traditional temples in Taiwan—including the Kylin (a hooved chimeric creature), the Chinese Phoenix, the Spirit Turtle, the Dragon and the White Tiger—together with catchphrases of folklore blessings. The artwork adopts the designs of abstract lines and geometrical characters. When combined together, the artwork forges a unique pattern that is very different from the traditional incense packaging. Creating a new image for the traditional industry, we expect to foster the culture of religious beliefs in Taiwan and help the young to change the stereotype of this traditional industry.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2021 and finished in September 2022 in Taiwan Changhua.
Operation Flow: Hei Hu Hall Incense comes from a factory in Changhua, Taiwan. Over 30 years of establishment, the industry has been facing competing pressure from online markets and chosen to transfer into a private-owned brand and continue to cultivate the culture of religious belief.