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Chilled Milk Karton by Kazuo Fukushima and Haruka Takeuchi

Chilled Milk Karton by Kazuo Fukushima and Haruka Takeuchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Eisen in Verpackungsdesign Competition Category.


EisenVerpackung· 2023

Chilled Milk Karton

by Kazuo Fukushima and Haruka Takeuchi

Client: Meiji China Investment Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award in Eisen Winner in Verpackung Category

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The Design

About Chilled Milk Karton

Leckere frische Milch können nur Kühe liefern, die in einer guten Umgebung aufgezogen werden. Und Kühe haben freien Zugang zu Mischrationen, die ausgewogene Nährstoffe enthalten. Inspiration sind die hochwertigen Kühe dieses Produkts. Die hohe Qualität kommt im Goldfarbdruck zum Ausdruck und die handgezeichneten Illustrationen bringen den Geschmack der Natur zum Ausdruck. Darüber hinaus drückt das Gras im Maul der Kuh die gute Brutumgebung aus. Das goldene Kuhzeichen ist ein Symbol für dieses Produkt. Und es ist für den chinesischen Markt geeignet.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Eisen

Chilled Milk Karton ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Eisen, einer prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für gute Designs, die die beruflichen und industriellen Anforderungen erfüllen, die an gut gestaltete Schöpfungen gestellt werden. Eisen-Gewinner zeigen großes Können, hohe Spezialisierung, fachkundiges Verständnis und die kreative Kapazität ihrer Schöpfer. Von Chilled Milk Karton wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgeschätzte, bewunderte und geliebte Schöpfung ist, die praktisch und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Eisen prämierte Design integriert bewährte Branchenverfahren und weist kompetente technische Merkmale in Verbindung mit Know-how und Talent auf. Chilled Milk Karton wird für seine Gründlichkeit geschätzt und ist darauf ausgelegt, Verbesserungen der Lebensqualität zu liefern, die dazu beitragen, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Meiji Investment select the world high level farm and raw milk strictly. Dairy cows are comfortably raised in free range cowsheds. In order to prevent the cows from summer heat, heatstroke prevention measures such as electric fans are implemented. Cows are free to access to mixed rations contain well balanced nutrients. So, they can provide reliable, safe and high quality fresh milk. This is a project to express these carefully raised dairy cows in the design. And it is suitable for the Chinese market situation.
Dimensions & Packaging
950ml: Width 70mm x Depth 70mm x Height 232mm
450ml: Width 70mm x Depth 70mm x Height 140mm
200ml: Width 70mm x Depth 70mm x Height 87mm
Carton material: recyclable paper
Cap material: recyclable plastic
Tags
China, Chilled Milk, Logo, Japan, Cow, Low fat, Fat free, Milk crown
Production Technology
Method of pouring milk to the cap type. It has been improved to be fresher, cleaner and easier to pour.
Under the management of quality strictly, equipment cleaning and machine sterilization has been improved in each step, completely prevented secondary pollution. The expiry date on shelf could be extended due to the ESL (Extended Shelf Life) during the manufacturing process.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge is that consumers could intuitively understand as fresh milk. And designed for a tasty and high quality. Iconized milk crown to express good taste. An original logo is created to express high grade. In addition, three types of taste are classified in three colors for easy understanding. This is a design format that can correspond to 3 sizes and 3 tastes.
Research
Analysis of luxury supermarkets where products are sold.
Competitive analysis in internet sales.
Analysis of consumer in the market.
Packaging design analysis of the Japanese market.
Inspiration
Inspired by the high quality cows. Tasty fresh milk can only be provided by cows raised in good breeding environment, so this design focused on that cows. The high quality is expressed in gold color printing, and the hand drawn illustrations express the tasty of nature. In addition, the grass in the mouth of the cow expresses the good breeding environment. The gold cow mark is placed in the center of the carton, making it stand out on the sales floor. This mark is a symbol of this product.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2022 in Shanghai and finished in August 2022, and sales started in China in October 2023.
Operation Flow
First, analyze the market and understand the current situation
Next, perform target analysis to verify what kind of design consumers want.
Third, brand analysis, analyze how it has advantages over competing products.
Fourth, develop creative ideas.
Fifth, Start the design. Make it an original design.
Sixth, sample check, color check, etc.
Finally, check the finished product.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Meiji China Investment Co.,Ltd. 2022.
Team Members
Creative Director: Kazuo Fukushima
Graphic Designer: Haruka Takeuchi
Illustrator: Mai Senoo
Account Director: Xu Xuehua
Image Credits
Photographer: Zhu Jie

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