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Zhang Zhipeng Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Shiwanyubingshao Liquor in Packaging Design

Zhang Zhipeng acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Shiwanyubingshao Liquor by Zhang Zhipeng, designed for Guangdong Shiwan Baijiu Group Co., Ltd, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Silver A' Design Award

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

Regarding Shiwanyubingshao Liquor

Shiwanyubingshao is a packaging design for a Chinese liquor. The design uses the lion dance, a traditional Chinese performance, as its main visual theme. The bottle is made of glass with a black transparent sprayed finish, and the bottle shape is based on ancient Chinese wine containers, with gilded details. The outer box is made of black special paper with a stamping process. An illustrated lion head is placed on the top of the box. Opening the box reveals the lion head color and adds a sense of ceremony to the act of drinking.

About Zhang Zhipeng

I am a post-80s designer, engaged in this industry for 9 years, I love design because I think it can bring me happiness! I will keep on growing! Make a little contribution to the society.

Award Record

Zhang Zhipeng is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

About the A' Packaging Design Award

The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Shiwanyubingshao Liquor
Function
Liquor
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Light Gray and Dark Olive Green
Images
5
Client
Guangdong Shiwan Baijiu Group Co., Ltd

The Recognition

Laureate
Zhang Zhipeng
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#100378

Credits

Team
Zhang Zhipeng, designer: Zhang Zhipeng
Image Credits
Zhang Zhipeng

Design Details

Unique Properties
Creative elements is given priority to with lion dance adopt green visual symbols, let consumer get attracted by the rich delicate graphics and can realize that its product features, to apply Chinese traditional elements with modern design and visual performance have different feelings, let the product itself characteristic, let the consumer in the same product can have a new choice, thus promote sales.
Inspiration
The creative inspiration comes from Collect green, a traditional Chinese culture lion dance. In addition to the Spring Festival, it is also often performed on festive days. It explains the cultural heritage and quality pursuit of people in the era of consumption upgrading, as well as the demand for the sense of life ceremony.
Research
This a new design of liquor, its purpose is to better liquor culture combining with local traditional culture, the lion dance this tradition is the Chinese for thousands of years culture heritage, it has its own story always has a long history, it can let the consumer feel better experience two different culture, and promote our Chinese traditional culture, let the young consumers understand their own culture, also let the world know China.
Challenge
The color belt link processing between the box and the box will be a little tedious in the post-processing, but I believe that the design comes from life, so we should add the life elements, so as to reflect the product value and attract consumers to drive sales.
Realization and Technology
The bottle body is designed as a black transparent bottle by glass spraying. The bottle type is made of ancient Chinese wine containers and gilded. Black special paper stamping process is used for outer packaging.
Operation and Interaction
The illustration lion head is used on the top of the box, combined with the dynamic form of lion dance and picking. The "opening the box and uncovering the head color" increases the ritual sense of drinking, and has a good interaction with consumers in the product. Through three-dimensional thinking on products, let "tradition" become a new attraction.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in November 2019 and completed the design in Shenzhen, the proofing in Shenzhen and the production in Guangzhou in December 2019
Specifications
The bottle has a capacity of 500ml,a height of 22.5cm,a diameter of 9cm,a front height 26.5cm,a width of 15cm and a side width of 15cm
Keywords
Liquor,packaging design,graphic design,lion dance,Collect green,The lottery,illustration

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