Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Tsingtao 9 Degrees Beer Packaging by Jin Zhang

The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Jin Zhang for packaging design

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Tsingtao 9 Degrees Beer Packaging by Jin Zhang, designed for Tsingtao Beer, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About Tsingtao 9 Degrees Beer Packaging

Tsingtao Beer is one of the most famous beer brands in China. On the basis of highlighting the brand, the brand side needs to show the local characteristics of each province. The designer uses Hubei's most representative "Yellow Crane Tower" to show the local characteristics. In addition, Xiangyun, Crane, and the bottleneck "Phoenix Feather" (Hubei is very fond of Phoenix) make the whole picture more flexible; At the same time, highlight the "9 degree", the biggest selling point of the product, to effectively promote sales.

About Jin Zhang

Jin Zhang, also known as Sanbu, has been continuously engaged in brand strategy, design, and practice for 15 years. In 2020, he founded the Wuhan Sanbu brand design and also served as the chief designer, He is the most popular design force in central China. He also serves as Vice President of Wuhan Designer Salon, National Member of the Design Committee of the China Packaging Federation, Member of CDS Chinese Designer Salon, and Practical Mentor of Design Majors in Four Universities in China. Jin Zhang excels in creating brand and product packaging designs that combine aesthetic and commercial value by combining cultural and emotional elements to create core differences.

Award Record

This recognition makes Jin Zhang a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2021 - 2022 to 2022 - 2023 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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. Awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/144952
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/144952
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!144952
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/310228
Further Information from the Laureate: https://njxyn.zcool.com.cn/

Media Contact

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+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Tsingtao 9 Degrees Beer Packaging
Function: Beer Packaging
Category: Packaging Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors: Forest Green, Dark Green, Sea Green, Yellow Green and Dark Olive Green
Images: 5
Client: Tsingtao Beer

The Recognition

Laureate: Jin Zhang
Country: China
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #144952

Design Details

Unique Properties: This is a beer design that gives consideration to both the brand and local culture, with the brand name highlighted on the left side of the label; On the right side, the most representative "Yellow Crane Tower" in Hubei is used to show the local characteristics. In addition, auspicious clouds, cranes, and the bottleneck mark "Phoenix Feather" (Hubei highly advocates phoenix) make the whole picture more flexible; At the same time, the biggest selling point of the product is " 9 degrees".
Inspiration: The inspiration of the whole label design comes from the famous Chinese painting White Clouds and Yellow Cranes, which depicts the Yellow Crane Tower in Hubei Province. The elements of the Yellow Crane Tower, auspicious clouds and cranes are extracted from the painting and expressed in a more concise way; The "phoenix feather" on the bottle neck label is inspired by the place of Hubei, where people have always admired phoenix.
Research: The difficulty of this project is to highlight both the brand and the local culture. Qingdao Beer is one of the most famous beer brands in China, so the designers put the brand first in the vision to highlight, and the local characteristic culture is expressed in silver. From a distance, it will not steal the brand's spotlight, and from a close look, it has a sense of quality; The elements are the most familiar to the local people to obtain the most efficient transmission speed.
Challenge: The biggest adjustment of this project is to balance the brand and local culture, which requires designers to understand the logic of consumers' purchase of goods, and finally decide to highlight the brand in a limited way, because the brand itself has a very high reputation. When people get the product, they will find their familiar city landmarks and other elements, which will produce a sense of surprise and bring consumers a better sense of experience.
Realization and Technology: This beer has a very large sales volume. Considering the cost and production efficiency, the designer did not use any special materials, and the most commonly used silver sticker was used for labels.
Operation and Interaction: This beer is exclusively for sale in Hubei, China. The designer uses the most representative elements of architecture, cranes, phoenix, etc. in Hubei to make consumers feel familiar and friendly instantly, which can quickly shorten the distance between consumers and brands. At the same time, the left side of the label highlights the brand with a very large font, so that consumers can see it at first sight.
Project Duration and Location: The project will be started in Wuhan, China in December 2021, completed in Wuhan, China in May 2022, and sold in Hubei, China in August 2022.
Specifications: Width 65mm x Depth 65mm x Height 265mm
Keywords: Tsingtao, BEER, Jin Zhang, Wuhan SANBU, packing design, China