Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu Emballage de spiritueux by Zhaoxin Zhu and Dongyan Ruan

Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu Emballage de spiritueux by Zhaoxin Zhu and Dongyan Ruan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design d'Emballage Competition Category.

BronzeEmballage· 2021

Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu Emballage de spiritueux

by Zhaoxin Zhu and Dongyan Ruan

Client: Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery Co., Ltd

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Emballage Category

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The Design

About Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu Emballage de spiritueux

Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu est un emballage conçu pour un alcool chinois produit à Suqian, dans la province du Jiangsu, une région réputée pour sa production de spiritueux. Le design met en scène la calligraphie des lettrés chinois sous la forme de lettres manuscrites, tandis qu'une carte locale révèle les rivières, les lacs et les zones humides qui entourent la distillerie. La bouteille est en céramique recouverte d'un émail blanc mat, et son bouchon peut servir de coupe à boire. Le coffret extérieur est réalisé en carton ondulé écologique habillé d'une couverture en papier, et s'ouvre avec facilité.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu Emballage de spiritueux est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu Emballage de spiritueux est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu Emballage de spiritueux satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This Baijiu made in Suqian, Jiangsu province, which is famous for being the city of Chinese Liquors. The city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and this excellent ecological environment brings a Baijiu with unique taste. The product expresses the calligraphy of these literati in the form of handwritten letters, while using the local map to present the great ecological environment of Yanghe Distillery. The outer packaging uses green corrugated paper.
Dimensions & Packaging: 280mm x85 mm x200mm x 1.55kg Width x Depth x Height x Weight
Tags: Three rivers、two lakes and one wetland; literati and calligraphy; handwork; environmental; recycle
Production Technology: 1.Bottle: ceramic bottle, applying matte white glaze, and the bottle cap can be used as a Baijiu cup.
2.Box：Adopting environmental corrugated paper and wrapped with paper cover.
Design Challenge: "Personal letter" refer to an article written by hand, since the writer usually sends the letter to a friend, it always adopts a free writing style, which gets the true interest of calligraphy. It not only has a certain historical value, but also has a high artistic value in calligraphy.For representative personal letters, like calligrapher of Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing's "In Memory of My Nephew",which is written for mourn his newphew, and this article is known as one of the "three major running hands in the world". As for Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu, it expresses literati's calligraphy in a special form, which provides assurance to not only internal quality but also external packaging, creating a precedent for Baijiu design.
Research: This product takes into account about Chinese people's healthy drinking volume. The box of this Baijiu is easy to open, also the bottle is ergonomic. Each bottle of Baijiu comes with a match glass, and you can drink as long as you want whether you are alone or not.
Inspiration: The core idea of this Baijiu is closely related to the lasting prosperity of Jiangnan. Perfect natural environment creates an exquisite background and a land flowing milk and honey. The artistic techniques of Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu fully incorporate the advanced knowledge of traditional calligraphy and painting. It also interprets the spirits of the literati into the strong and mellow life. The background of the times and the heritage of the culture fall on the scrolls and fine Baijiu.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2017 in Suqian, Jiangsu and finished in December 2019, Suqian, Jiangsu.
Operation Flow: Yanghe is famous because of its water, abundant water sources, excellent wetland environment, and high-quality underground water sources have jointly achieved the ultimate soft texture of Yanghe. It has also made Yanghe famous at home and abroad and become one of the representatives of Chinese liquor.The Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu combines the blessed natural environment and the literati's praise in this unique Baijiu, also attracts consumers to spontaneously participate in the care of the environment, reminds them the respect for spirit, and the most important one is to enjoy the pleasant experience of the Baijiu in a more rational and healthy way.
Team Members: Designer: Dongyan Ruan
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Dongyan Ruan, Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu, 2020.