Golden Seasons Brick Envase para té by Chushan Design

Golden Seasons Brick Envase para té by Chushan Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Envases Competition Category.

PlataEnvases· 2025

Golden Seasons Brick Envase para té

by Chushan Design

Client: Shenzhen Chushan Design Culture Group Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Envases Category

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The Design

About Golden Seasons Brick Envase para té

Golden Seasons Brick es un diseño de envase para ladrillos de té Pu-erh comprimido. La funda exterior está elaborada con papel especial de textura envejecida, con motivos de sello grabados en bajorrelieve y estampación en pan de oro. En su interior, una caja tipo cajón de doble capa, confeccionada en cartulina dorada y cartón gris, alberga dieciocho ladrillos envueltos en lámina dorada, nueve por bandeja. Unas ranuras antichoque protegen los ladrillos durante el transporte. Cada ladrillo pesa cuatro gramos, cifra que evoca la expresión "cuatro estaciones" en chino. Las bandejas son reemplazables, de modo que la caja puede rellenarse y reutilizarse.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Plata

Golden Seasons Brick Envase para té 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 Golden Seasons Brick Envase para té 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. Golden Seasons Brick Envase para té 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: Golden Seasons Brick Cultural narratives empower functionality. The name vintage (homophone for "cultural relics" ) embodies temporal depth through three imprints: mountain veins, tea leaves, and fingerprints. The 4g brick (phonetically "Four Seasons" ) is gold-foil sealed as a time capsule. Imperial seal engravings elevate tea brewing into a collectible ritual, redefining Guochao (China's cultural renaissance) tea experiences for modern mobility.
Dimensions & Packaging: 80mmx80mmx40mm box with dual-layer structure (2 trays x 9 bricks). The 9x2 configuration mirrors the Eastern philosophy of (9x9 returning to unity), symbolizing cyclical renewal.
Tags: Modular, Travel-friendly, Tea Brick, Cultural Relic, Imperial Seal, Biophilic, Travel Essentials
Production Technology: Outer Sleeve Antique-textured specialty paper with debossed imperial seals. Gold foil stamps highlight the Vintage brand and tea brick details.
Inner Structure Dual-layer drawer box (gold cardstock + eco greyboard) holds 9 gold-foil-wrapped tea bricks per layer. Anti-shock slots prevent breakage during travel. Refillable design reduces packaging waste.
Design Challenge: Vintage resolves the ritual-portability paradox through a threefold symbolic system (mountain/tea/fingerprint textures). We translated imperial seals into tactile geometric patterns, paired with a 4g brick (phonetic "Four Seasons" in Chinese) that bridges nature, tea, and human craft.
Research: Vintage addresses tea-drinking challenges for mobile youth by reinterpreting Qing emperors’ seal motifs (Qianlong/Yongzheng) into minimalist icons. The 4g brick, phonetically echoing “Four Seasons” in Chinese, is gold-foil wrapped as a cultural time capsule. Its modular system (replaceable FSC-certified trays) enables 20-second brewing anywhere, boosting reorders by 300% while educating sustainable habits through packaging reusability and material circularity.
Inspiration: In fast paced urban life and frequent travel, modern individuals seek moments of respite through natural rituals that soothe the body and mind.
Vintage embraces "Tea Accompanies the Seasons," distilling the rich flavor of Yunnan ancient tree Pu-erh and the serene aesthetics of Eastern artifacts into a 4g portable "Four Seasons Gold Brick." The "4g" cleverly symbolizes the seasons, allowing the tea’s aroma to flow with nature’s rhythms, seamlessly integrating into work, home, and travel.
Project Duration: Project Timeline: Initiated in Shenzhen, China (September 2024) and delivered as a market-ready packaging system by January 2025
Operation Flow: Ritual Reboot Removing the belly band becomes a ceremonial unboxing act, mirroring Gen-Z's cultural pride in China's heritage.
Functional Luxury 18 golden bricks arranged in vault-like precision. 20-second brew ritual balances extravagance and efficiency.
Team Members: Yin Peng
Image Credits: Image : Photographer Vintage Tea Co., Golden Seasons Brick, 2024.