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Bamboo Slips Likè by Qianying Niu

Bamboo Slips Likè by Qianying Niu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Ajan in Dezayn Anbalaj Competition Category.


AjanAnbalaj· 2023

Bamboo Slips Likè

by Qianying Niu

Client: Qianying Niu

A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Anbalaj Category

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Verified Award Winner

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The Design

About Bamboo Slips Likè

Yon konsepsyon boutèy likè Chinwa enspire pa ansyen glise banbou yo te itilize nan dokimante kilti Chinwa ak pwosesis la distilasyon likè Cang-Shan te revele. Eksteryè nwa a gaye pite ak pwofondè, pandan y ap yon powèm Chinwa fè mete pòtre sou glise banbou andedan ajoute bagay konplike. Tout materyèl yo itilize yo dirab ak reutilizabl, prezante yon solisyon a dilèm nan resiklaj nan endistri a likè. Konsepsyon sa a melanje kaligrafi, glise banbou, ak yon boutèy ki gen fòm konplèks pou fè reviv kilti lekti ak bwè ki santral nan sosyete Azyatik la.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ajan

Bamboo Slips Likè se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann Bamboo Slips Likè pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Bamboo Slips Likè se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.

Behind the Design

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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.

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