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Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design Goes to Jinlongquan Beer Packaging by Jin Zhang
Jin Zhang recognized 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 Jinlongquan Beer Packaging by Jin Zhang, designed for InBev jinlongquan beer (Hubei) Co., Ltd, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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 Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Jinlongquan Beer Packaging
Jinlongquan beer hopes to launch a medium and high end product that can not only convey the long history of the brand, but also make consumers feel good quality; designers use rich illustrations to depict hops, ears of wheat, wooden wine barrels, beer, water sources and other elements, so that the packaging has a strong beer industry attribute; more importantly, the illustrations include the brand image symbol of Chinese dragon sculpture in the former site of Jinlongquan distillery in 1978, as well as the redesign of logo font and brand red, forming a strong brand recognition.
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
This recognition makes Jin Zhang a winner of 5 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/138718
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138718
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138718
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/310228
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://njxyn.zcool.com.cn/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Jinlongquan Beer Packaging
- Function
- Beer Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Silver, Dark Gray and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- InBev jinlongquan beer (Hubei) Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jin Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #138718
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Rich illustrations are used to express the spirit of brand craftsmen. The illustrations are inspired by the Chinese dragon sculpture in jinlongquan distillery in 1978. The Chinese dragon is a mascot and the spiritual symbol of the brand; The illustrations also include hops, ears of wheat, wooden wine barrels, beer, water sources and other elements, reflecting the attributes of the beer industry; The redesign of logo font and brand red form a strong brand recognition.
- Inspiration
- The illustration is inspired by the Chinese dragon sculpture in the former site of jinlongquan distillery in 1978. The Chinese dragon is a mascot and the spiritual symbol of the brand; The illustrations also include hops, ears of wheat, wooden wine barrels, beer, water source Zhanghe Reservoir and other elements, making the packaging have strong beer industry attributes; The redesign of logo font and brand red form a strong brand recognition.
- Research
- Jinlongquan beer began to produce beer in 1978, with an annual beer production capacity of 600000 tons. It is one of the largest beer brewing bases in Central China. Jinlongquan draft beer is a medium and high-end beer product. It is brewed with more high-end raw materials, which is fresher and mellower.
- Challenge
- As the largest beer manufacturer in Hubei, China, jinlongquan hopes to launch a medium and high-end product that can improve the brand image, which can not only convey the long history of jinlongquan brand, but also make consumers feel the good quality of the product. We should have the unique spiritual symbol of the brand and show the pure product attribute of beer.
- Realization and Technology
- The bottle is made of iron
- Operation and Interaction
- 1L large tank has better display area, black-and-white illustrations depict rich details, and convey the spiritual symbol of the brand (Chinese dragon) and the product attributes of beer (hops, ears of wheat, wooden barrel, beer and water); The combination of red and gold can better highlight the brand and product information and form a rich and hierarchical packaging design scheme.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was launched in Hubei, China in January 2022 and completed in Wuhan, China in February. It is expected to be listed and sold in China in April.
- Keywords
- Beer, Jinlongquan, SANBU, Wuhan packaging design
