Press Release
Jingyang Brick Tea Packaging by Litete Brand Design Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Packaging Design
Litete Brand Design acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Jingyang Brick Tea Packaging by Litete Brand Design. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
About Jingyang Brick Tea Packaging
Jingyang Brick Tea is a packaging design for compressed tea bricks. The package measures 100 mm by 100 mm by 40 mm and is made of handmade rice paper, which is moisture proof. The decoration is applied by hand with wood block printing, a traditional Chinese craft. The illustrations show merchant life and local customs of the late Qing dynasty, and three traditional Chinese colors are used across the range. The bottom is closed with a paper label. A straw rope knot seals the package and also serves as a handle for carrying.
About Litete Brand Design
LITETE brand design founder, Tianjin University of Science and Technology teacher; CDS Chinese designer salon member; armed brand design for many years, many trips to Asia, Europe, Australia and other regions for research and training; Pentawards, iF Design Award, Golden Point Award, TOPAWARDS ASIA, CGDA, GBDO DESIGN AWARD, ZCOOL AWARDS and other winners; works included "Asia-Pacific Design Yearbook" "Gutian Road · Creative Presentation" "Packaging Design Yearbook" "ZCOOL Award Yearbook" "Asian Elements"
Award Record
Litete Brand Design is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/89381
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/89381
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!89381
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/254320
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Jingyang Brick Tea Packaging
- Function
- Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Silver, Lavender, Dark Gray, Rosy Brown and Light Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Litete Brand Design
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #89381
Credits
- Team
- Langcer Lee, Yang Jie, Guo LinWei, Riso Guo, Limo Pan, Zhang Fan and Jiang Tao
- Image Credits
- #1: Photographer Jiang Tao，Jingyang Brick Tea，2018 #2: Photographer Jiang Tao，Jingyang Brick Tea，2018 #3: Photographer Jiang Tao，Jingyang Brick Tea，2018 #4: Photographer Jiang Tao，Jingyang Brick Tea，2018
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The uniqueness of this package is that we use traditional Chinese engraving technology. The craftsman is hand-carved and has a more traditional feel. The packaging material is made of hand-made rice paper, which is environmentally friendly and moisture-proof.
- Inspiration
- The design concept reflects the late Qing Dynasty merchant culture and local customs. The various of life such as merchants riding horses around downtown and countryside, vendors selling the local snacks, folk artists performing Chinese operas, students preparing for exam, mother and kids.Line drawing techniques and tea receipts that circulated during the late Qing Dynasty will be used to seal the bottom of the brick tea. The design uses three Chinese traditional colors on different packaging.
- Research
- Jingyang Brick Tea has a history of more than 600 years. It was also known as ‘Black Gold' on the ancient Silk Road. Due to regional economic underdevelopment and a lack of brand awareness, it faces difficulties with sales and communication. This time, the local tea merchants are jointly engaged in brand packaging of Jingyang Brick Tea to solve the above problems of local tea merchants and tea farmers.
- Challenge
- In the process of packaging design, in order to conform to the traditional Chinese design style, the packaging materials should be selected to consider the moisture-proof and insect-proof properties of the packaging, and finally the rice paper was selected. Decoration did not choose digital printing, but the choice of China's intangible cultural heritage block printing. Although this craft has been protected by the state, it has not been widely spread, and it has experienced many difficulties in the process of searching for intangible cultural heritage inheritors.
- Realization and Technology
- The final implementation of the packaging will use handmade rice paper and wood-block prints for inscription rubbing, which can promote the inheritance of China’s intangible cultural heritage. In addition, in order to reflect the packaging's original appearance and environment-friendly, its rubbing pigment, bonding glue and bundled straw ropes will all be made with natural materials. This design will also use portable straw rope to replace the original handles in order to save resources. Finally, local women will hand-package and decorate the tea bricks, which can solve their problem of a need for employment and will also stimulate economic growth.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this product, the sealing method adopts the traditional Chinese ancient rope knot to prevent the goods from being scattered during transportation, and is also convenient for consumers to open and carry.The bottom is sealed by sticking labels, which is more traditional in Chinese style.The materials used are naturally environmentally friendly.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2018 in TianJin and finished in February 2019 in TianJin, and was officially launched for sale in March 2019.
- Specifications
- 100 mm x 100 mm x 40 mm
- Keywords
- Engraving,Tea Packaging,Packaging design
