Bamboo Slips Waiʻona by Qianying Niu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā ʻUhi Competition Category.

KalaʻUhi· 2023

Bamboo Slips Waiʻona

by Qianying Niu

Client: Qianying Niu

A' Design Award Kala Winner in ʻUhi Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Slips Waiʻona

ʻO kahi hoʻolālā omole waiʻona Kina i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā ʻōpala ʻohe kahiko i hoʻohana ʻia i ka palapala moʻomeheu Kina a ua wehe ʻia ke kaʻina hana hoʻoheheʻe wai ʻo Cang-Shan. Hōʻike ka ʻeleʻele i ka maʻemaʻe a me ka hohonu, ʻoiai ʻo kahi mele Kina i kālai ʻia ma ka ʻohe i paheʻe i loko. ʻO nā mea a pau i hoʻohana ʻia he kūpaʻa a hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia, e hōʻike ana i kahi hopena i ka dilemma recycling i ka ʻoihana ʻona. Hoʻohui ʻia kēia hoʻolālā i ka calligraphy, nā ʻōpala ʻohe, a me kahi ʻōmole ʻano paʻakikī e hoʻōla i ka moʻomeheu heluhelu a me ka inu ʻana i waena o ka nohona ʻĀsia.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Bamboo Slips Waiʻona i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Bamboo Slips Waiʻona he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Bamboo Slips Waiʻona e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design. All the materials of the design are sustainable and reusable, which solves the recycling dilemma common to the liquor industry. Blending bamboo slips, calligraphy, and carefully orchestrated bottle shape, the design aims to bring back both reading and drinking cultures central to Asian people. The design connects history, ancient Chinese calligraphy, sustainable material, and zen culture together.
Dimensions & Packaging: 150mm*120mm*300mm
Tags: Liquor, Packaging, Liquor Packaging, Creative Packaging, Chinese Bamboo Slips, No-Label Design
Production Technology: This design uses bamboo slips wrapped around a delicately created Chinese liquor bottle to blend culture, zen, and sustainability together. This is also the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design.
Design Challenge: This is the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design. All the materials of the design are sustainable and reusable, which solves the recycling dilemma common to the liquor industry. The creative challenge in this design is using bamboo slips wrapped around a delicately created Chinese liquor bottle to blend culture, zen, and sustainability together.
Research: This design is based on two motifs: the bamboo slips were used by ancestors to document and spread Chinese musical and ritual culture in a paper-lacking era. Second, originated from a small town Cang-Shan, the liquor requires years to distill, echoing the ancient philosophy that rewards come with patience.
Inspiration: This design centers around Zen, using black as the main product color to emphasize purity and profoundness. The package uses bamboo slips as material. Opening the liquor package is like opening a bamboo slip in ancient China. Inside the package is a Chinese poem, The Decree of Wine, which is carved on bamboo slips. The design blends the cultural reading experience with the purity and excellence of the liquor together, uncovering the rich story which blossoms at every sip of the liquor.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2022 in Paris and finished in November 2022 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: Opening the liquor package is like opening a bamboo slip in ancient China. Inside the package is a Chinese poem, The Decree of Wine, which is carved on bamboo slips. The design blends the cultural reading experience with the purity and excellence of the liquor together, uncovering the rich story which blossoms at every sip of the liquor.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.