Wow Long Rice Crust Snackferpakking by Xiao Ma Song Strategic Consulting

Wow Long Rice Crust Snackferpakking by Xiao Ma Song Strategic Consulting is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Ferpakkingsûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsFerpakking· 2024

Wow Long Rice Crust Snackferpakking

by Xiao Ma Song Strategic Consulting

Client: Xiao Ma Song Strategic Consulting Co., Ltd

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Ferpakking Category

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The Design

About Wow Long Rice Crust Snackferpakking

Wow Long Rjistkorst is in ferpakkingsûntwerp foar in tradisjonele Sineeske rjistkorstsnack. It ûntwerp jout in antwurd op de gelikensens fan produkten en in ferâlderjend merkbyld yn dizze snackkategorij. De ferpakking lit de Sineeske histoaryske figuer Zhuge Liang sjen, waans bynamme de merknamme ynspireare hat, tekene yn in humoristyske stripstyl. In oerdreaune gesichtsútdrukking en it sprutsen wurd Wow ferwize nei de kauwerige textuer fan de snack. De merknamme Wo Long is bywurke ta Wow Long. Yllustreare ferhalen en produktfoto's binne kombinearre om jongere konsuminten oan te lûken.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

Wow Long Rice Crust Snackferpakking is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan Wow Long Rice Crust Snackferpakking wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. Wow Long Rice Crust Snackferpakking foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The brand name WOW LONG is also the nickname of Zhuge Liang. Innovation comes from the brand-new design of this Chinese historical figure. Zhuge Liang’s new comic image on the packaging removes his old serious impressions in people’s minds. Simultaneously, the surprising word “Wow” coming from his mouth brings the chewy taste and funny experience of this snack food to the extreme.
Dimensions & Packaging: 220mmX50mmX320mm
Tags: Chinese,Wowlong,Rice,Crust
Production Technology: With vivid illustrated stories and exaggerated expressions combined with appetizing product pictures, to attract the attention of consumers.
Design Challenge: How to make young people like traditional food, how to retain the visual assets of old packaging to the new packaging design
Research: Chinese traditional snacks - rice crust is facing the problem of product homogeneity and image ageing.
We use the language we can communicate with young people, the way they like to express, to give them a new understanding of wowlong, so that they can have an emotional resonance.
Inspiration: The brand name “WO LONG” is also the nickname of the famous Chinese historical figure Zhuge Liang. Inspired by this, the overall brand design is set to be younger while maintaining the portrait of Zhuge Liang. We redesigned his image with a humorous comic style and replaced the first word of the brand name “Wo” with the spoken word “Wow”. The rebranding of Wo Long is not only an upgrade of a traditional snack brand but also a new understanding of rice crust from the perspective of young consumers.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2022 in Beijing and finished in April 2023 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: we made three key design actions that allowed Wo Long to show a quite different brand personality. First, we used young people's favourite comic style to establish the visual tone of the product. Secondly, we exaggerated Zhuge Liang's facial expression to reflect the snack's unique taste of "chewy and funny". Finally, we updated the brand name “Wo Long” to “Wow Long”. Zhuge Liang’s funny facial expression with his surprising word “Wow” provides consumers with the emotional values of happiness, energy and humour.
Team Members: Design:Guan Zi ,Bai Lu,Wang Dianhe,Shi Ruoyu ,Zhu Xiaolin,Li Sitong
Illustration:Wang Dianhe
Strategic:Xiao Masong,Huang Zheng,Ying Yaojie,Li Huizi,Wang Yang,Sun Nan
Image Credits: Illustrator :Wang Dianhe