Press Release
Xi Jiu Hanmi Liquor Packaging by Heng Luo Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Packaging Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Heng Luo for packaging design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Xi Jiu Hanmi Liquor Packaging by Heng Luo, designed for Laboratory and Hopeful, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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 Golden A' Design Award
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.
About Xi Jiu Hanmi Liquor Packaging
Xi Jiu Hanmi is a packaging design for a Chinese liquor. The bottle uses an octagonal structure instead of the common round bottle. The cap shape is drawn from a Han dynasty palace tower, and the body refers to a Shuang Mao jade ornament. The bottle shoulder carries illustrations of four sacred animals: the azure dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird and the black tortoise. The bottle is made of high grade matte sprayed glass. The box is embossed and hot stamped in black, gold and dark red. The design reflects Han dynasty court culture.
About Heng Luo
I am a designer specializing in wine packaging for the wine industry.
Award Record
Heng Luo 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/133901
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/133901
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!133901
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/322788
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Xi Jiu Hanmi Liquor Packaging
- Function
- Liquor Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Black, Maroon, Dark Slate Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Laboratory and Hopeful
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Heng Luo
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #133901
Credits
- Team
- Luo Heng
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Xijiu·Hanmi bottle is based on oriental aesthetics to inherit the secret recipe of Han dynasty royal court. The design uses the graph implication to give people mental hint, such as the elements of ShuangMao, four sacred animals in Han dynasty, Han dynasty palace tower, royal palace decoration, etc. to express the nobleness of Han dynasty. Combined with the dark red and luxurious gold color, it expresses the comprehension and explanation to the best Chinese Baijiu of Han dynasty.
- Inspiration
- The bottle cap design is from Han dynasty palace tower, the bottle body design is from ShuangMao jade ornament, with the patterns of 4 sacred animals in Han dynasty. The surface choose black and gold color as main color with dark red and luxurious gold color as decoration, the whole appearance is classic and graceful.
- Research
- Research type: visual packaging design; Research goal: to better present the efficacy of Hanmi Jiu; Research direction: the integration of liquor culture and palace culture of Han Dynasty; Research methods: online data, classics book, fieldwork and interview; Social influence: It not only conveys the charm of oriental aesthetics, but also inherits the court culture of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time better explains the efficacy of Hanmi Jiu.
- Challenge
- The bottle-shoulder of the Hanmi bottle is designed with classic Han Dynasty illustrations: left Azure Dragon, right White Tiger, front Vermilion Bird, and back Black Tortoise and patterns of four Chinese medicinal material to inherit and continue the secret recipe of the Han Dynasty.
- Realization and Technology
- The bottle body is made of high-grade matte sprayed glass, and the box packaging adopts the typical lacquerware color scheme of the Han Dynasty and hot stamping and concave-convex craftsmanship, which highlights its magnificence and elegance.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Hanmi bottle fully expresses the sense of time and mystery of Han dynasty through its design element, color matching and craftsmanship. The box body is embossed with the Han Dynasty’s palace patterns and the word HANMI is well integrated into the bottle shape pattern. The whole package box is like a treasure box of the Han Dynasty, bringing a wonderful visual experience to users.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2020 in Jingdezhen and finished.
- Specifications
- The bottle abandons the packing way of circle bottle for Chinese Baijiu but using octagon structure and Han dynasty element for better interpretation of the royal palace culture of Han dynasty and the efficacy of Hanmi Jiu.
- Keywords
- Liquor packaging, oriental aesthetics, royal secret recipe, packaging design
