Ocean Blue Hana Nui: Waihona Mea Inu ʻOna by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan

Ocean Blue Hana Nui: Waihona Mea Inu ʻOna by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā ʻUhi Competition Category.

KeleaweʻUhi· 2023

Ocean Blue Hana Nui: Waihona Mea Inu ʻOna

by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan

Client: Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery Co., Ltd

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in ʻUhi Category

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The Design

About Ocean Blue Hana Nui: Waihona Mea Inu ʻOna

Kikokikona Puke: ʻO Ocean Blue kahi hoʻolālā waihona no kahi waiʻona baijiu. Hahai ka hue i nā ana o ka spiral Fibonacci, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻano kaulike a ikaika kona hana, e maʻalahi ai ka paʻa lima ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻaoʻao luna me nā ʻōnaehana gula e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ke one kahakai, ʻoiai ua hoʻolaʻi ʻia ka ʻaoʻao lalo i ke kala uliuli kai. Hoʻohana ʻia ke kaha kope keleawe (copper plate lithography), ka hana maka pōpoki (cat-eye), a me ke kāʻei kiʻi (embossing) e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke ʻano o ka ʻili. Hana ʻia ka pahu waho i ka pepa papa ʻāhinahina me kahi loko papa keʻokeʻo, kahi pale huna, a me kahi ʻie ʻulaʻula (woven blister). Hoʻopili ʻia kēlā me kēia hue, pahu, a me pahu nui i kahi ʻōnaehana helu i mea e pale ai i ka huahana mai ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Ocean Blue Hana Nui: Waihona Mea Inu ʻOna i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Ocean Blue Hana Nui: Waihona Mea Inu ʻOna he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Ocean Blue Hana Nui: Waihona Mea Inu ʻOna i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The bottle is so exquisite that the liquor inside feels like a vast ocean. The bottle body remains in the golden ratio shape of waves. The shape of the bottle is flexible and smooth, following the principles of rational aesthetics. The golden rule of "Fibonacci spiral" is used to modify the ratio of the wine bottle to create a more balanced, elegant and dynamic super golden ratio of "point, line and surface", which is convenient for users to hold and open, and meets the ergonomics design.The industry's first copper plate lithography in designing baijiu bottles. Other techniques like cat-eye making and embossing are also adopted in the design to give the bottle a better texture. It will give customers a brand-new experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: 140mmx115mmx320mm，
Tags: crafts, Baijiu, spirit, packaging, art
Production Technology: Bottle: blue material, weight 510g
Cap: The materials used for the various parts of the cap contain PS, ABS, PC, PE or EPE.
Box: The outer box is grey board paper containing positioned photo-engraved paper with a blister top; the interior is mounted on white board paper; with a foam pad and woven blister.
Design Challenge: Nearly 100 million bottles of the product are sold annually with its shoddy knock-offs rife in the market. This design is focused on anti-counterfeiting. The newly designed product includes a utility model patent for a composite buckle, which consists of an assembly part, a cross-linking part, and a connecting part. The buckle is made of plastic injection molding, with a hole set on its cross-linking part and a metal insert rod in the hole.
Research: In-depth market research through online questionnaires and offline seminars to analyse the memory points and shortcomings of Ocean Blue packaging. Memorable points such as the "Ocean Blue main visual symbol and its classic streamlined bottle" should be continued; But the box material is soft, the colour gradation is quite grey and dull, and the bottle label lacks details and texture.
The upgrade of Ocean Blue inherits the memory points, improves the deficiencies and combines modern and stylish design, to enhance the overall quality and grade. The focus is on upgrading the outer boxes, bottle labels, handbags and outer cases.
Inspiration: The elements of sea and beach are highlighted in the design of the bottle. The upper part is painted with golden sparks, an association with beach sand. The sparks symbolize ideals. The lower part is colored in sea blue. It symbolizes fights for hope. The overall design demonstrates a "youth, vigor, optimism and ambition" image, demonstrating the consistency of quality and brand appeal.
Project Duration: 2021-May.2022,Nanjing,Jiangsu
The project started in August 2021 in Nanjing,Jiangsu and finished in May 2019, Nanjing, Jiangsu.
Operation Flow: The four codes of 1+6+6+6 are used to digitally correlate the inner and outer cap , box and case. 1 case code to 6 bottle codes + 6 box codes, each bottle code and box code corresponds to the other.
Team Members: Creative Director：Liandong Zhang；
Creative Director：Huashuang Liu；
Creative Director：Zhaoxin Zhu；
Designer：Jingzhang Xiao；
Designer：Ru Li；
Designer：Aizong Lin