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Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Shangfang Large Seal Script Building Block Packaging in Packaging Design
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology for packaging design
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Shangfang Large Seal Script Building Block Packaging by Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology, designed for Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology Co., Ltd. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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 Shangfang Large Seal Script Building Block Packaging
Shangfang Large Seal Script is a gift box package designed for a building block toy. The form is inspired by the jade seal of ancient China, so the package is shaped as a square tray with a lid. The lid is made of acrylic with gold stamped letters, and the tray is made of red touch paper with an EVA lining and a velvet backing. Internal grids store each component separately, so a required piece can be found easily. A transparent inner box of frosted PVC allows the assembled work to be displayed, giving the package a second use.
About Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology
Beijing Star Thousand Technology Co., Ltd. mainly focuses on the research and development of building block toys, and is committed to creating a building block toy market with the connotation of Chinese traditional culture. Mainly for the user group age is 7 years old + older children. Education and entertainment are integrated into one, so that users can be educated in entertainment while increasing their knowledge and understanding of traditional Chinese culture.
Award Record
Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2023 - 2024 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/154807
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154807
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154807
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/348956
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shangfang Large Seal Script Building Block Packaging
- Function
- Building Block Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Brown, Maroon, Dim Gray, Saddle Brown and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Beijing Xingchen Wanqian Technology
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #154807
Credits
- Team
- Huang Zhong, Li Jiuzhou, Ren Shengyuan, Wang Mingling
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This case is a gift box package designed for the building block toy Shangfang Large Seal Script. To visualize the deep heritage and charm of traditional Chinese culture, it is intended to reveal the multipurpose of the package for building block toy and more reasonable storage of components. Inspired from the jade seal, or the emperor’s seal symbolizing the supreme power in ancient times of China, it is designed as a square tray and lid box conferring a deep meaning.
- Inspiration
- Internal grids store components separately, a design inspired by the thought investigating things and probing into principles proposed by the Ming thinker Zhu Xi, where investigating things is construed as an analysis of things as implied by the categorized storage of components. Probing into things means an understanding of the logic of how things develop. This l motivates users to think about Chinese philosophical thoughts and wise words, and pays a tribute to ancient thinkers.
- Research
- The packages of most block toys purely pack components which are unfriendly to use and loses the reuse value. Given this, the designer tailors a gridded box for different components, and each grid is a space that permits users to readily find the desired component without mistake. In addition, the outer packaging with the transparent PVC components set inside can function as a display box for the real product, a design tapping into the multipurpose and sustainable value of the toy package.
- Challenge
- Size fitting is considered a challenge of design. With a plurality of materials combined, the fabrication processes and size errors are different, so it is required to verify and tune up repeatedly until the right components are obtained. It might take 4-5 revisions and improvements to transit from prototype to finished product. The sustainable design of the package is also a critical factor, including the sustainability of the materials and the reuse value of the package.
- Realization and Technology
- The lid of the gift box is made of acrylic with gold stamped letters. The tray is made of red touch paper, EVA-lined and velvet-backed. The inner box is made from frosted PVC and also velvet-backed. The cover of the Instruction Book is cotton with gold stamped letters and patterns.
- Operation and Interaction
- Opening the acrylic lid on top of the box, you will first see two transparent components which are used to fix the assembled words. Then you will see the instruction book in the grooved EVA liner box, a ribbon is attached besides the book for ease of removal and opening the next layer. The component box disposed in the lower part also embedded in the grooved liner box. Each component is neatly stored in a grid with photo shows and dimensional information marked on the top and sides of the box.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project commenced in March 2023 in Beijing. It is projected to be completed in September 2023 and released to market in June 2024.
- Keywords
- Building blocks, packaging, philosophy, education, culture
