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Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Alienergy Electrolyte Water Functional Beverages by Genki Forest

Genki Forest recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Alienergy Electrolyte Water Functional Beverages by Genki Forest, designed for Genki Forest (Beijing) Food Technology Group Co., Ltd.. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About Alienergy Electrolyte Water Functional Beverages

Alienergy Electrolyte Water is a packaging design for a sugar free and calorie free functional beverage. The bottle has a straight form with clean cut edges, giving a modern and sporty appearance. The label is made of a semi transparent material that reveals the clear liquid inside and expresses the hydrating character of the drink. Wide areas of negative space and a limited set of colors convey a minimalist and pure concept. The label material is OPS, a recyclable substitute for PVC. The beverage itself contains no food coloring.

Award Record

With this recognition, Genki Forest is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Packaging Design Award

The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. Awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Alienergy Electrolyte Water Functional Beverages
Function
Functional Beverages
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Lavender, Gainsboro, Silver, Light Gray and Dark Slate Gray
Images
5
Client
Genki Forest (Beijing) Food Technology Group Co., Ltd.

The Recognition

Laureate
Genki Forest
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#119775

Credits

Team
Renkun Zhang, Logo type design: Gang Wang, Jiaqi Liu, Xiaolan Xiao and Rui Yang
Image Credits
Creator: Gang Wang

Design Details

Unique Properties
Alienergy is a brand that focuses on functional beverages, aiming to serve the need of the ever growing health-conscious population. Unlike the current designs on the market, the Electrolyte Water is designed upon the minimalist philosophy to demonstrate its product concept of healthy, pure, and reviving. Combined with the sugar free, calorie free formula, and clear water body, the customers can be hydrated and refreshed with zero pressure or health concerns.
Inspiration
Since the primary function of the Alienergy Electrolyte Water is to refresh and hydrate, the inspiration of the visual design is water. The straight clean-cut bottle shape, the semi-transparent body print material, and the negative space proportion all serve to compose a modern, sporty, and fresh design.
Research
In the current market especially after the pandemic, the trend of health consciousness is rising. We wanted to create a revolutionary product that meets this demand. We conducted surveys both online and offline for the importance of sugar free and the preference of aesthetics in designs after the preliminary stage. Each question were designed to test out our design or unique product features against real competitors in the market side by side, thus be more grounded in our analysis and results. We have more confidence to have science back up our product and packaging design.
Challenge
The label design is minimalistic with an abundance of negative space, thus the packaging material is crucial to the final product to convey our design philosophy. How to achieve the semi-transparent effect that showcasing the ultra-hydrating and water features of the electrolyte water is our main challenge during the printing process. Our designer worked together with the factory on location to fine tune the oil percentage of the colors, after numerous tries the final product can show the body and movement of our electrolyte water under the packaging in a subtle way.
Realization and Technology
The label is designed with semi transparent material showcasing the ultra hydrating and near water features of the electrolyte water. And the material we chose is OPS, a sustainable substitute for PVC. It can not only be recycled for further use, but can also be burned for fuel even after printing. The burning process won't emit any toxic gas, therefore no pollution created.
Operation and Interaction
Most functional beverages on shelves today are colorful because they use food colorings for eye catching effects. Our product however, is proudly clear in color with zero food coloring, building more trust in the health conscious customers, more importantly, gives all consumers a refreshing and fruitful hydration experience with no sugar or calorie pressure.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in June,2020 and completed on November 2020. The design was completed in Beijing, China. The production location is Shanghai, China.
Specifications
Width 65mm x Depth 65mm x Height 185mm
Keywords
Branding, Packaging, bottle, 3D, water

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