Bamboo Slips Gwirod by Qianying Niu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Gwobr Arian A' Design Award in Dylunio Pecynnu Competition Category.

ArianPecynnu· 2023

Bamboo Slips Gwirod

by Qianying Niu

Client: Qianying Niu

Gwobr Arian A' Design Award Winner in Pecynnu Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Slips Gwirod

Mae dyluniad potel gwirod Tsieineaidd wedi'i ysbrydoli gan slipiau bambŵ hynafol a ddefnyddir i ddogfennu diwylliant Tsieineaidd a phroses distyllu hylif Cang-Shan wedi'i ddadorchuddio. Mae'r tu allan du yn amlygu purdeb a dyfnder, tra bod cerdd Tsieineaidd wedi'i cherfio ar lithriadau bambŵ y tu mewn yn ychwanegu soffistigedigrwydd. Mae'r holl ddeunyddiau a ddefnyddir yn gynaliadwy ac yn ailddefnyddiadwy, gan gyflwyno ateb i'r cyfyng-gyngor ailgylchu yn y diwydiant gwirodydd. Mae'r dyluniad hwn yn cyfuno caligraffeg, slipiau bambŵ, a photel siâp cywrain i adfywio'r diwylliannau darllen ac yfed sy'n ganolog i gymdeithas Asiaidd.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Arian A' Design Award

Mae Bamboo Slips Gwirod yn enillydd Gwobr Arian A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau o'r radd uchaf, hardd a thrawiadol. Mae enillwyr Arian yn weithiau tra disglair a hynod greadigol sydd yn darlunio arbenigedd, dawn a chraffter rhagorol eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Bamboo Slips Gwirod fod yn waith gwych ac esiampl, yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac yn ddwfn arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Arian A' Design Award yn ddyfais hynod nodedig a edmygir sydd yn elwa ac yn symud ymlaen ffiniau celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg. Mae Bamboo Slips Gwirod yn greadigaeth y cenfigennir wrthi yn eang, sydd yn deffro dyheadau, yn cyflwyno teimladau cadarnhaol ac yn cynnau rhyfeddod a syndod.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design. All the materials of the design are sustainable and reusable, which solves the recycling dilemma common to the liquor industry. Blending bamboo slips, calligraphy, and carefully orchestrated bottle shape, the design aims to bring back both reading and drinking cultures central to Asian people. The design connects history, ancient Chinese calligraphy, sustainable material, and zen culture together.
Dimensions & Packaging: 150mm*120mm*300mm
Tags: Liquor, Packaging, Liquor Packaging, Creative Packaging, Chinese Bamboo Slips, No-Label Design
Production Technology: This design uses bamboo slips wrapped around a delicately created Chinese liquor bottle to blend culture, zen, and sustainability together. This is also the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design.
Design Challenge: This is the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design. All the materials of the design are sustainable and reusable, which solves the recycling dilemma common to the liquor industry. The creative challenge in this design is using bamboo slips wrapped around a delicately created Chinese liquor bottle to blend culture, zen, and sustainability together.
Research: This design is based on two motifs: the bamboo slips were used by ancestors to document and spread Chinese musical and ritual culture in a paper-lacking era. Second, originated from a small town Cang-Shan, the liquor requires years to distill, echoing the ancient philosophy that rewards come with patience.
Inspiration: This design centers around Zen, using black as the main product color to emphasize purity and profoundness. The package uses bamboo slips as material. Opening the liquor package is like opening a bamboo slip in ancient China. Inside the package is a Chinese poem, The Decree of Wine, which is carved on bamboo slips. The design blends the cultural reading experience with the purity and excellence of the liquor together, uncovering the rich story which blossoms at every sip of the liquor.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2022 in Paris and finished in November 2022 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: Opening the liquor package is like opening a bamboo slip in ancient China. Inside the package is a Chinese poem, The Decree of Wine, which is carved on bamboo slips. The design blends the cultural reading experience with the purity and excellence of the liquor together, uncovering the rich story which blossoms at every sip of the liquor.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.