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The Taste of Heritage El Café Instantáneo by Shawn Goh Chin Siang

The Taste of Heritage El Café Instantáneo by Shawn Goh Chin Siang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Envases Competition Category.


PlataEnvases· 2021

The Taste of Heritage El Café Instantáneo

by Shawn Goh Chin Siang

Client: Hai Soon Leong Sdn. Bhd

A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Envases Category

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The Design

About The Taste of Heritage El Café Instantáneo

El diseño se inspiró en los antecedentes del cliente: una empresa familiar, de generación en generación. Para preservar y transmitir el sabor, se lanzó el producto 'El Sabor del Patrimonio'. También sirve como símbolo del turismo de Malasia, por lo que al diseñador se le ocurrió el concepto de preservar el patrimonio cultural, incorporando las ideas del cliente, integró las culturas ancestrales de varios grupos étnicos en el diseño para que más personas entiendan la cultura de Malasia y Entusiasmese con el arte de Malasia.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Plata

The Taste of Heritage El Café Instantáneo ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que The Taste of Heritage El Café Instantáneo sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. The Taste of Heritage El Café Instantáneo es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The packaging designs vary for its 3 flavours. The designer wants to present the vanishing local heritage in the designs. Different images are on both sides of the package: Peking Opera for Chinese culture; peacock for Indian and Wayang kulit for Malay. Each package shows precious cultural arts of respective ethnic groups with multicultural integration on the left.
The unique Malaysian batik pattern is cleverly tied in with the overall design to complete its exclusive local taste.
Dimensions & Packaging
The big packaging measures 24.9cm x 17.9cm x 7cm and the small one measures 4cm x 16.2cm
Tags
Malaysia, Malaysia Culture, Branding, Packaging Design, Coffee
Production Technology
The net weight of the 3 packaging is 450g. In consideration of the uniqueness of the style, the designer chose aluminum foil matt to match with the pantone colour used on the package. In order to reserve the aroma of coffee and to avoid the direct sunshine, aluminum foil glossy was used for the inner package.
Design Challenge
Since the design concept of this project is about the Malaysian cultural heritage, plenty of vibrant colours would be applied and that had imposed difficulty on printing. However, as the saying goes, ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way.’ The designer managed to find a solution with the help of his partner.
Research
The designer discovered that certain precious cultural heritages of various ethnic groups are gradually vanishing. Arts that could be found everywhere are now nowhere to be found. For the sake of our future generations, he decided to preserve these cultural heritages so that the future generations can enjoy, benefit and learn from the legacy of the past. While searching for the information, he kept recalling his previous experience and restore it with drawings.
Inspiration
After having a deep understanding of the product, the designer instinctively associates the taste with the 3 main races, and realizes that it’s hard and rare to find any product which can perfectly represent Malaysia. We are experiencing the vanishing of cultural heritage. In order to preserve local cultural heritage, the designer combines the culture and art of each ethnic group with its authentic ethnic styles.
Project Duration
Project began in June 2020 and completed in August 2020, exhibited at Malaysia on first quarter in 2020.
Operation Flow
The product is a collaboration between the company and Pulau Langkawi Tourism Bureau, to promote the development of the local tourism. The designer hopes to make the place more well-known through the introduction of this aromatic local product to the international markets.
Patents
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Team Members
Creative Director : Shawn Goh
Copywriter : Eric Liyao
Packaging :Jayce Hee
Image Credits
Image #1: Shawn Goh Design Lab. Sdn Bhd., 2020.
Image #2: Shawn Goh Design Lab. Sdn Bhd., 2020.
Image #3: Shawn Goh Design Lab. Sdn Bhd., 2020.
Image #4: Shawn Goh Design Lab. Sdn Bhd., 2020.
Image #5: Shawn Goh Design Lab. Sdn Bhd., 2020.

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