Press Release
Li Zuo Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Moutai Group's - Taiyuan ZHI Yuanyi Packing Design in Packaging Design
Li Zuo honored 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 Moutai Group's - Taiyuan ZHI Yuanyi Packing Design by Li Zuo, designed for Wendao WD Creativity, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The award was conferred within 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.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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 Moutai Group's - Taiyuan ZHI Yuanyi Packing Design
Taiyuan ZHI Yuanyi is a liquor bottle packaging design created for the Moutai Group. The design departs from the established Moutai style and keeps only the familiar bottle shape, which is enlarged and made taller. Water is the central theme, since liquor is described as a water that carries emotion. The surface shows a seawater and cliff pattern drawn from ancient official robes, together with traditional auspicious motifs. Waves, standing stones and clouds suggest happiness and long life. The decoration is baked onto the glass bottle.
Award Record
Li Zuo 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/86638
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/86638
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!86638
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/250078
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Moutai Group's - Taiyuan ZHI Yuanyi Packing Design
- Function
- Packing Design
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Wendao WD Creativity
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Li Zuo
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #86638
Credits
- Team
- Creative Design：lizuo
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Moutai Group's products have ingrained imprints of Moutai, such as the type of Moutai's bottle, the pattern of flying, italic letter and a series of other brand elements. The products of “ZHI”subvert the previous imprint of Moutai, only the elements of Moutai bottle shape is reserved, and then increased and heightened on the basis of the Moutai bottle.
- Inspiration
- the packaging concept of "ZHI" is the element of water. Liquor is a kind of "water" that can bring emotions to people. It uses the pattern of seawater and the cliff on the ancient official robe 09and traditional auspicious decorations.The patterns made of water are called water feet. There are waves above the water feet, standing stones in the water, and auspicious clouds embellished symbolize the meaning of happiness and longevity. It contains the spirit of the unification, life is like water
- Research
- Breakthrough the consistent style design of Maotai
- Challenge
- Breakthrough the consistent style design of Maotai
- Realization and Technology
- Baked Flowers in Glass Bottles
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Maotai in April 2017 and completed in Maotai in August 2017.
- Keywords
- Maotai Group, Maotai Bottles, Emotional Water, Packaging Design
