Xiaoxiancao Tea Bag by Jin Zhang Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design

Jin Zhang honored for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Xiaoxiancao Tea Bag by Jin Zhang, designed for Xiao xian cao, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

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.

More About Xiaoxiancao Tea Bag

Through the study of the origin of tea bags, the designer determined the story in the Tang Dynasty, and took the tea drinking with the sleeves covering the mouth as the main visual expression to let more people know and love tea in a more interesting way. On the back, the easy to understand "tea" is used to convey the category and enhance the sense of quality. The small tea bag uses the aluminum foil bag with independent small package, which is convenient for consumers to carry and drink.

About Jin Zhang

Jin Zhang, also known as Sanbu, has been continuously engaged in brand strategy, design, and practice for 15 years. In 2020, he founded the Wuhan Sanbu brand design and also served as the chief designer, He is the most popular design force in central China. He also serves as Vice President of Wuhan Designer Salon, National Member of the Design Committee of the China Packaging Federation, Member of CDS Chinese Designer Salon, and Practical Mentor of Design Majors in Four Universities in China. Jin Zhang excels in creating brand and product packaging designs that combine aesthetic and commercial value by combining cultural and emotional elements to create core differences.

Award Record

With this recognition, Jin Zhang is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2021 - 2022 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/packaging

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/126463
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/126463
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!126463
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/310228

Media Contact

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Xiaoxiancao Tea Bag
Function: Tea Bag
Category: Packaging Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors: White Smoke, Crimson, Goldenrod, Khaki and Light Pink
Images: 5
Client: Xiao xian cao

The Recognition

Laureate: Jin Zhang
Country: China
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #126463

Design Details

Unique Properties: Xiaoxiancao is a kind of tea bag. In order to design a sense of ceremony, mystery, interest and international quality, the designer selected the tea drinking of palace ladies' sleeves covering their mouths in the Tang Dynasty as the main visual expression to let more people know and love tea in a more interesting way. On the back, the easy to understand "tea" is used to convey the category and enhance the sense of quality. The small tea bag uses the aluminum foil bag with independent small package, which is convenient for consumers to carry and drink.
Inspiration: In order to create a more popular product, the designer tried to find an interactive and storytelling visual expression that could arouse consumers' interest. Finally, he found that Lu Yu's "tea classic" was the earliest and most complete record of tea in the Tang Dynasty. So he determined the story in the Tang Dynasty and found a famous painting about tea drinking by Zhou Fang, a painter of the Tang Dynasty, Combined with these historical materials, it is transformed into a modern and brief visual expression.
Research: Through the research on the origin of tea bags, the consumption level of tea bags in the world, the data growth of China's tea market in recent five years, and the ratio of male and female tea consumers, the designer concluded that China's tea market still has great potential. At the same time, the growth rate of female tea consumers has surpassed that of male tea consumers, and young tea consumers have gradually become the main force of consumption, They need younger, fashionable, storytelling, ceremonial and interesting products.
Challenge: Compared with the traditional tea, tea bag products have no very high profit, so the packaging cost control is relatively strict. It is the biggest challenge for designers to make more creative, more interesting and more environmentally friendly packaging in the limited production cost.
Realization and Technology: The package is made of recyclable cardboard. The simple envelope and pull-out inner box are combined. The inner box has no printing, which is more convenient for recycling. The small tea bag is made of aluminum foil bag with independent small package, which is moisture-proof and durable, and more convenient for consumers to carry and drink.
Operation and Interaction: The overall packaging is simple and clean, and the positive characters have elegant expressions but no mouth. These two points will arouse the interest of consumers. With the explanation of tea artists in Tang Dynasty clothes, the story will be unfolded, and more people will understand and love tea in a more interesting way.
Project Duration and Location: It will be designed in August 2020 and put on the market in September 2020
Specifications: Box size285mm*100mm*35mmPackage content3g*10
Keywords: Tea bag, Tang Dynasty, tea, China, packaging, illustration