Akimbo Coffee Beer Drankferpakking by Wen Liu and Kaichen Xie

Akimbo Coffee Beer Drankferpakking by Wen Liu and Kaichen Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Ferpakkingsûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsFerpakking· 2020

Akimbo Coffee Beer Drankferpakking

by Wen Liu and Kaichen Xie

Client: Shenzhen Akimbo Brand Operation Management Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Ferpakking Category

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The Design

About Akimbo Coffee Beer Drankferpakking

Akimbo Coffee Beer is in ferpakkingsûntwerp foar twa ambachtlike kofjebieren dy't ta stân kaam is troch in gearwurking tusken in kofjemerk en in brouwerij. De bieren wurde ferkocht yn aluminium blikjes, en de bûtenste doaze mjit 115 millimeter yn lingte, 66 millimeter yn breedte en 66 millimeter yn hichte. In mei de hân skildere yllustraasje en in retro mei de hân tekene lettertype jouwe de blikjes in ûntspannen en frisse karakter. De yllustraasje lit de mascottes fan beide merken sjen dy't oan see surfe. It ûntwerp rjochtet him op jonge konsuminten en jout dúdlik oan dat de drank alkoholholdend is.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

Akimbo Coffee Beer Drankferpakking 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 Akimbo Coffee Beer Drankferpakking 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. Akimbo Coffee Beer Drankferpakking 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: In the summer of 2018, Akimbo Cafe has a partnership with E.T. Brewery to launch two craft coffee beers. They are namely as Colombian milk porter and Yirgacheffe Snowfield Berlin sour wheat. This packaging design combines two brands' characteristics. The design uses a lively illustration and a hand-painted font on the common aluminum cans is to create a refreshing effect.
Dimensions & Packaging: The outside packaging box size is 115mm in length, 66mm in width and 66mm in height.
Tags: Coffee,Beer, Coffee Beer, Illustration Packaging, Art
Production Technology: The material of the packaging is an aluminum can.
Design Challenge: We have spent a lot of time to design the illustration and font style. Besides, we have to maintain the main visual style of the product. We also need to tell clearly to the consumer that this design is for an alcoholic beverage. The design is not to use cartoon image style to disguised as a soft drink.
Research: The background of the project is about Akimbo's cafe expects to launch a special coffee craft beer with E.T.Brewery in the summer. The product focus on the young consumer. After confirming the way of cooperation on both sides, we found that there is no packaging design of coffee or beer on the market uses a hand illustration drawing. That is a surprise for designing Akimbo Coffee Beer. The hand drawing illustration is an advantage style for Akimbo Coffee Beer. The unique hand drawing illustration style also attracts lots of fans for Akimbo Coffee Beer. We decided to develop a relaxed and lively effect on the design except for the necessary information. As we expected, and once the product launched, it immediately becomes popular in the young generation in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Inspiration: The idea of the project is inspired by a summer trip to the seaside. In addition, a lot of previous liquor labels brought out a lot of design inspiration for this project. The design combines a relaxed and lively illustration style with the retro font design. The result of the packaging design seems retro and fashionable.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2018 and finished in October 2018 Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: Although the launch date of the co-branded beverages is approach ending of the summer. However Shenzhen is still under high temperature. We would like to design a refreshing effect on the packaging. The design tries to continue the relaxed experience effect as the moment as drinking ice beer in summer. The story of the illustration design is about the icon of Akimbo, Leonardo da Vinci and E.T.Brewery’s alien who went to the beach to surf and play.
Team Members: Designer: Wen Liu
Designer: Kaichen Xie
Designer: Weijie Kang
Image Credits: Image#1: Creator Wen Liu, Akimbo Coffee Beer, 2018
Image#1: Illustration Kaichen Xie, Akimbo Coffee Beer, 2018
Image#1: Illustration Yawen Dai, Akimbo Coffee Beer, 2018
Image#1: Creator Weijie Kang, Akimbo Coffee Beer, 2018