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Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Gjafaumbúðir by Ofen Hu

Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Gjafaumbúðir by Ofen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award í gulli in Umbúðahönnun Competition Category.


GullUmbúðir· 2022

Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Gjafaumbúðir

by Ofen Hu

Client: Diageo Foreign Wine Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

A' Design Award í gulli Winner in Umbúðir Category

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The Design

About Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Gjafaumbúðir

Johnnie Walker Limited Edition er gjafaumbúðahönnun fyrir viskíflösku sem gefin var út í tilefni af Miðhaustshátíðinni í Kína. Miðhaustshátíðin er mikilvægur tími fyrir endurfundi fjölskyldunnar og því eru þemun heimili, endurfundir og tilfinningar. Hönnunin sækir innblástur í hurðir og glugga hefðbundins kínversks byggingarlistar. Ytri askjan opnast eins og tvöfaldar dyr, sem haldast lokaðar með segulhnappi í miðjunni, og afhjúpar flöskuna innan í. Brönugrös, fiðrildi og heillaský eru sýnd á umbúðunum. Gylling og leysiskurður eru notuð á öskjuna og sandblástur er beitt á flöskuna.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award í gulli

Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Gjafaumbúðir vann A' Design Award í gulli, óendanlega virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er fyrsta flokks, dásamlegum og framúrskarandi hönnunarverkum. Sigurvegarar í gulli eru afar nýstárleg, framsýn og töfrandi glæsileg sköpunarverk sem endurspegla snilld, visku og hæfni hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Gjafaumbúðir sé mjög lofuð, brautryðjandi og stórfengleg uppfinning sem skilar fordæmislausu virði. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í gulli er stórbrotið, virt verkefni sem gagnast mörkum listar, vísinda, hönnunar og tækni mjög vel og færir þau fram á við. Johnnie Walker Limited Edition Gjafaumbúðir skapar sterkar þráartilfinningar, vekur ástríðu, hvetur til sköpunar og heillar okkur.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This is a Johnnie Walker Blue Label 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival Limited Edition gift. The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival for family reunion in China. The key words are home, reunion and emotion. Slogan is "EMOTIONS COME FROM BLUE". The design inspiration comes from the door and window in traditional Chinese architecture. The outer packaging design adopts double-door opening box, when the door is opened, you can see the home directly, expressing reunion and emotion. When the lid opened, the picture of orchids blooming in the courtyard is also similar to the "Chinese Pingfeng".
Dimensions & Packaging
Length 15cm width 11.5cm height 36cm
Tags
Whisky, Packaging, Packaging Design, JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE Lab, Mid-Autumn Festival, China, Art, Painting
Production Technology
The packaging uses gilding and excitation techniques, as well as laser cutout technology to handle the visual senses of the packaging. Sandblasting technology was used on the bottle
Design Challenge
The most difficult parts of this packaging design are the size of the windows and the hardness of the paper, which needs to be aesthetic while taking supporting and protecting function that is critical during shipping into account. During the design process, the design of the windows was repeatedly adjusted and packaging production attempts were made.
Research
In the packaging design, traditional Chinese wooden windows are used as the main vision of the outer packaging. Orchids, butterflies and Chinese auspicious clouds are the main depicting objects. Towering pavilions are built near the moon. The designer wishes to combine the auspicious cloud patterns with the lines of cake rolls, providing an unique visual experience. Blue is the brand symbol of JOHNNIE WALKER. Blue and orchids have the same pronunciation in Chinese, and are equated in the depiction. Orchids also symbolize “gentlemen” in Chinese culture since The Book of Songs is created.
Inspiration
"EMOTIONS COME FROM BLUE" comes from the Chinese idiom “blue is extracted from the indigo plant, but is bluer than it”. By creating through such themes, and adopting the culture of Mid-Autumn Festival, the designer temps to reflect how the people are becoming better and better by generation. The scene of the moonlight flattering some orchids in a courtyard is observed by looking through the gaps of the wooden windows that are traditionally built in Chinese courtyards. This helps presenting an intriguing experience of the traditional Chinese festival.
Project Duration
Started on March 17, 2021, completed in Shenzhen on April 30, 2021, entered the market in October 2021
Operation Flow
The package is opened to the left and right. There is a magnet button in the middle, which lets the package open after it is unbuttoned. Expanding the outer package reveals the inner bottle design.
Team Members
Designer: Ofen Hu
Illustrator: Chushan Chan
Curator: Aha Chan
Image Credits
Image:Diageo Foreign Wine Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

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