Kristina Asvice Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Post Herbum Packaging in Packaging Design

Kristina Asvice acknowledged for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Post Herbum Packaging by Kristina Asvice, designed for Vilnius College of Technologies and Design. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.

Regarding Post Herbum Packaging

Whole herbs grown in Lithuania became as an inspiration for creating an exclusive packaging, as well as the desire to visually express the organic and refined product. The unusual and at the same time simple shape of the triangle allows to reveal a simple product in a more interesting packaging. Мilky white and brown colors indicate ecology and naturalness of herbs. Slender illustrations and restraint in style emphasizes the value of herbs that are collected by hand. Gently and accurately as the fragile product itself.

About Kristina Asvice

Kristina Asvice is an enthusiastic graphic designer who is fascinated by branding and packaging design. For the past few years she has been deepening her knowledge in the packaging design. Making a design has been always a challenge for her in creating the main channel of communication between the manufacturer and the consumer. To achieve the desired results she is passionately searching for new ideas and fully engages herself in the process.

Award Record

With this recognition, Kristina Asvice is 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. 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/97378
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/97378
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!97378
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/268311
Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/kristina-asvice

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Post Herbum Packaging
Function: Packaging
Category: Packaging Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
Colors: Light Gray, Rosy Brown, Silver, Gray and Dark Gray
Images: 5
Client: Vilnius College of Technologies and Design

The Recognition

Laureate: Kristina Asvice
Country: Lithuania
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2019 - 2020
Design ID: #97378

Credits

Team: Kristina Asvice. and Petras Petkevičius.

Design Details

Unique Properties: The box was made for whole herbal tea. The tea box has an unusual triangular shape with sleeve. To pack two types of herbs, the packaging takes on a diamond shape as the style continues. Since the product is natural, the packaging was designed to be environmentally friendly, organic. Die cut of the boxes was invented in a such way that the boxes are folded in a simple way, without gluing or fixing parts. Sleeves are also folded without gluing. Design includes the solution of such tasks as usability, functionality and environmental friendliness.
Inspiration: Herbalism is one of the many cultural heritage of Lithuania. Whole herbs by their purity and fragility inspired to create a unique packaging for them. The main aim was to create an attractive and convenient package for whole herbs grown in Lithuania.
Research: The main aim was to create an attractive and convenient package for whole herbs. Such packaging should competitive on the shelf. Based on the theoretical part and the research, it was observed that box-shaped packages are the most popular, pastel colors and subtle illustrations prevail. Triangular box was chosen, which would comply with the principles of organic packaging and suitable for secondary use. The natural color palette and lightweight design are also maintained. The unique brand was created that addresses the user and sends a message about product features through special inserts in packaging.
Challenge: The main obstacle was to create an unique shape for packaging, which should be organic and convenient for use.
Realization and Technology: The basic box designs are selected with eco-friendly double-sided brown paper (Ecoline Brown Duo, 290 gsm), which in color and material corresponds to the intended purpose of eco-packaging. For the pockets paper is selected paper (Scandia Natural 240 gsm) with a light milky-white color that fits brown color tone.
Operation and Interaction: All parts of the boxes are folded without glue.
Project Duration and Location: Vilnius College of Technologies and Design thesis project. The project started in February 2019 in Vilnius and finished in Juni 2019.
Specifications: Small packaging dimensions: 155 x 50 x 135 mm Big packaging dimension: 235 x 50 x 135 mm
Keywords: Paper box, herbs, organic, triangular box, rhomb