Challenger Ka Hoʻopili ʻIa o nā Mea Inu ʻAwaʻawa by Yao Wu

Challenger Ka Hoʻopili ʻIa o nā Mea Inu ʻAwaʻawa by Yao Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā ʻUhi Competition Category.

KalaʻUhi· 2024

Challenger Ka Hoʻopili ʻIa o nā Mea Inu ʻAwaʻawa

by Yao Wu

Client: Beijing Wuyao Cultural and Creative Co. Ltd.

A' Design Award Kala Winner in ʻUhi Category

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The Design

About Challenger Ka Hoʻopili ʻIa o nā Mea Inu ʻAwaʻawa

He hoʻolālā hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Challenger no ʻelua ʻōmole waiʻona. Huki ka hoʻolālā i ʻelua moʻolelo kaʻao Kina kaulana, ʻo Nezha ma ka Hale Aliʻi Kelekona a me Wukong ma ka Hale Aliʻi Lani, a hōʻike i ka ʻuhane o ka ʻaʻa ʻana e hoʻokūkū. He ʻalani a me ka polū nā ʻōmole a lawe lākou i nā kiʻi kuhikuhi o ke kumuhana. He polū uliuli ka pahu me nā kihi gula, a ua paʻi ʻia nā mea e hōʻike ana iā Wukong lāua ʻo Nezha ma ka ʻaoʻao mua me ka paʻi kiʻekiʻe a me ke kāpili gula. Wehe ka pahu e like me ka puka pālua ma ka huina hiō o 60 kekelē a laila kū pololei ma luna o kahi ʻili pālahalaha.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Challenger Ka Hoʻopili ʻIa o nā Mea Inu ʻAwaʻawa 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 Challenger Ka Hoʻopili ʻIa o nā Mea Inu ʻAwaʻawa 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 Challenger Ka Hoʻopili ʻIa o nā Mea Inu ʻAwaʻawa 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 a spirits packaging design which uses two classic mythological stories Wukong and Nezha. The color of the illustrated bottle on the bottle orange and blue and the packaging box is dark blue with gold rims The front of the packaging box is printed with elements representing Wukong and Nezha and the craftsmanship is embossed with gold stamping.
Dimensions & Packaging: Packaging box 30cm*12cm*22cm.
Tags: Challenger, Package design, Chinese Mythology, Chinese spirits
Production Technology: The main color of the bottle is orange and blue, and the bottle has themed illustrations printed on it. The theme color of the packaging box is dark blue, with embossed hot stamping technology on the edges, elemental symbols representing Wukong and Nezha printed on the front, and embossing technology to show gold and red decorative patterns. The packaging box adopts a double-door box opening method. The inside of the packaging box is printed with dark blue dark patterns corresponding to the theme, and Chinese poems are printed in hot stamping.
Design Challenge: The main challenge of this design is how to present these two classic mythological stories in a unique form on the bottle body and how to choose the material and craftsmanship of the external packaging box The painting form should fit the product and the craftsmanship selection should not be too complex but also reflect delicacy
Research: This is a double bottle spirits packaging design based on the Chinese mythological stories. The protagonists of the two stories have a spirit of courage to challenge and this spirit coincides with Shede spirits industry myth series . The bottle color of this design is orange and blue and the process adopts the way of gold stamping . This packaging box is opened in a different way . Packaging box is also made of dark blue with gold trim and the gilded Shed logo is printed on elements with two classic mythological stories making the design more integrated while reflecting the quality of Shede spirits industry over the years
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from the classic Chinese mythological stories of Nezha causing havoc in the Dragon Palace and Wukong causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace . The spirit of daring to challenge conveyed by it coincides with the concept of Shede brand this time. Drawing two stories into illustrations and printing them on the bottle not only looks beautiful but also gives deeper meaning to the bottle, and better reflects the charm of mythological stories.
Project Duration: The project began in May 2022 in Beijing and was completed in July 2022.
Operation Flow: The packaging box adopts a double-door opening method. Different from the traditional forward opening angle, it adopts an oblique 60-degree opening method. After the packaging box is opened, it can stand upright on a flat surface.
Team Members: Original designer：Wu Yao
Illustration designer:Zhang yuchen
Illustration designer:Xie boxing
Graphic designer:Zheng ziyang
Graphic designer:Shi huafeng
Graphic designer:Tan zhen
3D designer:Liao hao