Have a Nice Can Food Packaging by Kaoru Mizuno - Mother Inc. Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Packaging Design

Kaoru Mizuno - Mother Inc. recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Have a Nice Can Food Packaging by Kaoru Mizuno - Mother Inc., designed for Irom Inc, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Golden A' Design Award Means

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

Regarding Have a Nice Can Food Packaging

Have a Nice Can is a packaging design for a handmade canned seafood brand. The range includes an individual sleeve, a gift bag for three cans and gift boxes for six, nine and twelve cans. The gift bag handle uses a rope that recalls a fishing port. The gift boxes combine bright orange for the sun and blue for the sea. Fish illustrations are printed on both sides of the sleeve, so the pattern continues when packs are placed side by side to form a store display. Environmentally friendly certified paper is used, and the cans are left unlabeled so they can be recycled easily.

About Kaoru Mizuno - Mother Inc.

He places great importance on “The thought in a process.” In each project, He think its intrinsic value and seek an answer that expresses client’s intention with creative design. His works are based on “Usual life”. Ideas inspired by experiences are linked to present and future.By this approach, aim to propose “New Standard”.

Award Record

Kaoru Mizuno - Mother Inc. is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.

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

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/127324
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/127324
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!127324
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/279140
Further Information from the Laureate: https://mo-ther.jp

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Have a Nice Can Food Packaging
Function: Food Packaging
Category: Packaging Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors: Goldenrod, Sandy Brown, Gainsboro, Peru and Sienna
Images: 5
Client: Irom Inc

The Recognition

Laureate: Kaoru Mizuno - Mother Inc.
Country: Japan
Recognition: Golden A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #127324

Credits

Team: Kaoru Mizuno
Image Credits: MOTHER Inc.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Since fish illustrations are placed in both side of package sleeve, they can be connected the patterns endlessly by arranging them side by side. So this arrangement can be used not only for package, but also as a store display which direct the boundless sea.
Inspiration: Package design for handmade craft canning brand which is created by Japanese seafood restaurant. The handle of the gift bag uses a rope that resembles a fishing port. The gift box is made up of bright orange (sun) and blue (sea).Since fish illustrations are placed in both side of package sleeve, they can be connected the patterns endlessly by arranging them side by side. So this arrangement can be used as a store display which direct the boundless sea.
Research: The client runs a restaurant, and the corona pandemic is affecting store sales. We aim to regain sales by providing new services in the style of canning that suits the new lifestyle of stay home. When the store is open, 3cans of package is available so that customers who come to the store can easily take it home, and when it is difficult to visit the store, 9 cans or 12 cans of packages can be purchased online as a gift for yourself or your friends without worrying about cans weight and infection. They are currently keeping strong sales.
Challenge: The appearance, paper and texture of the package that conveys the brand's high-quality ingredients and careful work.
Realization and Technology: The package consists of an individual packaging sleeve, a gift bag of 3 cans, a gift box of 6 cans, 9 cans and12 cans, and environmentally friendly paper is used for them as much as possible. For example, a packaging sleeve and gift bag use paper made of FSC material certified, and paper of box uses the "Green Aid Paper Series," which is originally set by a Japanese paper manufacturer for the purpose of reducing the environmental burden.
Operation and Interaction: The package consists of individual packaging sleeve, gift bag of 3 , gift box of 6, 9 and12. A Handle of gift bag uses a rope that resembles a fishing port. Gift boxes are made up of bright orange (sun) and blue (sea). Can body has no decorations and labelling so that it can be used over direct heat at home or camping. Since fish illustrations are placed in both side of package sleeve, they can be connected the patterns endlessly by arranging them side by side so they can use as a store display which direct the boundless sea.
Project Duration and Location: The project lasts about 1 year, designed and produced in Japan.
Specifications: Environmentally friendly paper is used for the packaging. The cans are unlabeled so that they can be easily recycled and can be directly cooked.
Keywords: canned food, packaging,