Ucon Ka ʻŌmole Wai Mineala by Chi Forest

Ucon Ka ʻŌmole Wai Mineala by Chi Forest is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā ʻUhi Competition Category.

GulaʻUhi· 2022

Ucon Ka ʻŌmole Wai Mineala

by Chi Forest

Client: Ucon

A' Design Award Gula Winner in ʻUhi Category

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The Design

About Ucon Ka ʻŌmole Wai Mineala

He hoʻolālā ʻōmole ʻo Ucon no ka wai mineala kūlohelohe. Ma ka ʻaoʻao luna o ka ʻōmole, ʻo ka pōhaku ka hōʻailona ʻike maka nui, a ma ka ʻaoʻao lalo, hoʻohana ʻia ke ʻano o ka pōhaku minerala ʻaoʻao lehulehu i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o ka ʻili huinakolu parametric. Hana nā ʻāpana ʻelua i ka ʻokoʻa a mau nō ka lokahi ma ke ʻano he holoʻokoʻa. Mālama ʻia nā kihi i ʻoki ʻia i ka pahee i mea e ʻoluʻolu ai ka paʻa ʻana o ka lima. Paʻi ʻia ka lepili me ka ʻīnika wai e hōʻemi ai i nā haʻalele ʻea mai ke kaʻina paʻi ʻana, a hōʻike ka ʻili momi i nā ʻano o ka pōhaku ʻeleʻele, ke kiko keʻokeʻo, a me ke kaha gula. ʻO ke ana o ka ʻōmole he 64 ma ka 64 ma ka 220 milimika.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Ucon Ka ʻŌmole Wai Mineala i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Ucon Ka ʻŌmole Wai Mineala he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Ucon Ka ʻŌmole Wai Mineala i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It is the first high-quality drinking water brand featuring soft mineral water in China. The upper part of the bottle body takes "stone" as the super symbol, and the lower part uses the special ore bottle body design based on the parametric design of triangular plane. The overall design of the two parts shows harmony while having contrast.
Dimensions & Packaging: 64mm x 64mm x 220mm
Tags: Branding, Packaging, Can, 3D, Mineral Water
Production Technology: The label adopts advanced adagio printing technology, using environmentally friendly water-based ink. Greatly reduce the label production process of pollution emissions.
fully closed water source protection area, to ensure pollution-free water source.
The use of advanced blowing, filling and rotating production line, high cleanliness of the filling environment, to ensure that the filling process clean pollution-free.
Design Challenge: 1. Label
In order to visually best present the black rock texture, white dot texture and gold stripe texture, we finally chose the Pearlized BOPP. The upper part shows the brand visual symbol "stone", and the lower part shows the stone texture of the bottle body.
2. Bottle
Bottle design through the depiction of stone structure, based on the design of triangular surface, forming a contrast between the upper and lower . overall showing the harmony of the overall design, making the edge surface not too rough, while ensuring the aesthetic feeling and grip comfort.
Research: Memory come from the subtraction of visalization, the birth of label "stone".Minimalism is deep in Chinese culture. We found that the "stone" is not only meets the needs of identification, but also perfectly interprets the brand story of "Every drop of water is naturally filtered through underground deep ore". Subtraction could make memorisation, the white space is a powerful attitude. This attitude is reflected in the name of our product as well as in the new generation of consumers.
Inspiration: Purified water by stones,Ore is the best proof of good water The soft water is filtered through dense layers of hard ore After absorbing mineral ions from the ore, it gushes out of the ground. It becomes a real high quality natural mineral water.
In chinese fengshui theory, stone is naturally exist , absorb the essence of the sun and the moon In thousand years, people admire stone and obtained energy from the spiritual stone ,"Stone" also means avoid disasters , turn misfortune to lucky
Project Duration: The project started in OCT 2020, and completed in July, 2021. The design was completed in December, 2021. The production location is Dali and Laoshan.
Operation Flow: From the bottle design, the ore cutting design fully shows the aesthetic feeling, but also to ensure the user's comfortable grip. In addition, "UCON" in Chinese named with social constitution, is a natural "social currency", focusing on the young . There are stories, can quickly form a social topic among young people.
Patents: Patents number：2021308675699（Application has been submitted and is under review）
Trademark：42724486
Team Members: Shuo Qu, Yuxin Jia, Xiaolan Xiao, Qian Li, Kaiwen Zhang, Pu Han
Image Credits: Shuo Qu, Yuxin Jia, Xiaolan Xiao,Pu Han