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Dragon Spirit Chinese Baijiu Packaging by Yingsong Chen Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design

Yingsong Chen recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Dragon Spirit Chinese Baijiu Packaging by Yingsong Chen, designed for Long Hun Liquor Industry (China) Co., Ltd, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 scored 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.

Regarding Dragon Spirit Chinese Baijiu Packaging

Dragon Spirit Chinese Baijiu is a packaging design for a Chinese liquor. The design is inspired by the Southern Song Dynasty brush painting Nine Dragons. A dragon from the painting appears on the bottle, and the dragon head is formed in metal, moving the image from two dimensions into three dimensions. The metal head is combined with a golden depiction of the Chishui River below, suggesting a dragon pouring water from the sky. The lid recalls an imperial seal and carries seven seals. Paper, PMMA, glass and metal are used.

Award Record

This recognition makes Yingsong Chen a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

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
Dragon Spirit Chinese Baijiu Packaging
Function
Packaging
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Black, Saddle Brown, Dim Gray and Gray
Images
5
Client
Long Hun Liquor Industry (China) Co., Ltd

The Recognition

Laureate
Yingsong Chen
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2022 - 2023
Design ID
#149693

Credits

Team
Huandi Li, Wei Hu and Huandi Li, Pan Wang

Design Details

Unique Properties
The dragon from the "Nine Dragons" is used on the bottle. The dragon's head are made of stereometallic material. The combination of ancient paintings and metal dragons, the dragon from the two-dimensional space of ancient paintings to three-dimensional space which feels like the dragon has flown out of an ancient painting and leaped onto the paper. The head of the dragon and the golden "Chishui River" below are cleverly combined, just like a dragon spitting water in the sky.
Inspiration
Inspired by the Chinese brush painting "Nine Dragons" of the Southern Song Dynasty. The metal dragon's head was flying from the ancient painting. Combination of 2D and 3D space. The lid of the bottle is like Qianlong's imperial seal. 7 seals on it, including the 6 seals Qianlong put on the Nine Dragons.The other one is the seal of "Chen Rong",which pays tribute to this great artist. Chinese liquors are also the masterpieces of Chinese brewers, paying tribute to the spirit of the craftsman.
Realization and Technology
Paper, PMMA, glass, metal

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