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DesignNewswire · COMO, Italy ·

Chic Della Cream Gift Package by Jiayi Lu Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Packaging Design

Jiayi Lu honored for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Chic Della Cream Gift Package by Jiayi Lu, designed for Chic Della, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 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.

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.

Regarding Chic Della Cream Gift Package

Chic Della is a gift package for face cream, created together with Suzhou Taohuawu woodblock printing. The peony motifs of the Ming Dynasty woodblock print Flowers Bloom in Wealth and Prosperity are deconstructed and rearranged in a modern geometric style, while the sharp lines and textures of the original print are kept. The gift box is made of art paper with gold foil stamping and measures 250 by 90 by 250 millimetres. The set is named The Secret of Flower Beauty and reflects the Eastern idea of nourishing the skin with flowers.

About Jiayi Lu

SoFeng Design Studio is a comprehensive Design studio established in Italy in 2016. In March 2018, Suzhou SoFeng Culture Media Co.,Ltd. was registered in suzhou,China. The company focuses on all creation related to art design and is committed to creating beautiful and comfortable business experience and life aesthetics for customers and the public with our inspiration and design.

Award Record

Jiayi Lu is a winner of 12 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2025 - 2026 editions 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Chic Della Cream Gift Package
Function
Cream Gift Package
Category
Packaging Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors
Tan, Gainsboro, Tomato, Crimson and Deep Pink
Images
5
Client
Chic Della

The Recognition

Laureate
Jiayi Lu
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2025 - 2026
Design ID
#182118

Credits

Team
Jiayi Lu and Graphic Design: Jiayi Lu, Photographer:Jiayi Lu
Image Credits
Image #1, Image #2, Image #3, Image #4; Photographer Jiayi Lu, 2025.

Design Details

Unique Properties
CHIC DELLA has partnered with Suzhou Taohuawu woodblock prints to launch a co-branded face cream gift set. The set deconstructs and reassembles the magnificent scene of peonies in the Ming Dynasty Taohuawu woodblock print "Flowers Bloom in Wealth and Prosperity," using contemporary design techniques to reconstruct traditional auspicious patterns. This allows century-old intangible cultural heritage to be revitalized through a beauty medium.
Inspiration
The gift set, named "Floral Beauty Secrets," subtly reflects the Eastern aesthetic wisdom of "nourishing the skin with flowers" and constructs a complete cultural narrative from visual appeal to efficacy.
Research
Suzhou local brands × Suzhou intangible cultural heritage, strengthen the locality of "Suzhou aesthetics", and integrate symbols such as Taohuawu, peony, and Pingjiang misty rain into products, making them a mobile business card of Gusu culture.
Challenge
The packaging, with its auspicious meaning of "flowers blooming and wealth," echoes the traditional Chinese people's wishes for wealth, peace, longevity, and fulfillment. It combines modern design with daily skincare products to bring classical auspicious culture back into everyday life.
Realization and Technology
The gift box is made using art paper and a gold foil stamping process.
Operation and Interaction
The packaging design features peony patterns inspired by the Ming Dynasty Taohuawu woodblock print "Flowers Bloom in Wealth and Prosperity," which are deconstructed in a modern geometric style while retaining the sharp lines and textures of the woodblock print. The gift box is named "The Secret of Flower Beauty," echoing the Eastern skincare philosophy of "nourishing the skin with flowers."
Project Duration and Location
The project started in February 2025 in Suzhou, China and finished in May 2024 in Suzhou, China.
Specifications
Gift box size, length 250mm x width 90mm x Height 250mm, Cream box 1, length 80mm x width 80mm x Height 80mm,Cream box 1, length 45mm x width 35mm x Height 130mm.
Keywords
Branding, Packaging, Gift

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