Kahisu 日本の酢飲料パッケージ by Shinji Arashigawa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅賞 in パッケージデザイン Competition Category.

銅パッケージ· 2023

Kahisu 日本の酢飲料パッケージ

by Shinji Arashigawa

Client: Applied Kansei Center

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in パッケージ Category

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The Design

About Kahisu 日本の酢飲料パッケージ

カヒスは、エシカルなメッセージを込めた日本初の酢飲料です。搾汁後に廃棄されていたダイダイの皮から作られています。デザインコンセプトは「エシカルな選択のためのアーティスティックデザイン」。酢の酸味、フルーツの甘味、ダイダイの皮の苦味が調和した2つの新しいフレーバーと、それを飲む特別な瞬間を表現するため、シャンパンボトルを採用し、ゴーギャン（ブレンドG）とモネ（ブレンドM）という2人の偉大な芸術家の世界観を重ね合わせました。ギフトボックスは、最小限の段ボール素材を使用し、2本のボトルを美しく収納します。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Kahisu 日本の酢飲料パッケージは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Kahisu 日本の酢飲料パッケージは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Kahisu 日本の酢飲料パッケージは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Kahisu is a new Japanese vinegar drink with an ethical message, made from bitter orange peels, which was previously discarded after squeezing the juice. The design concept is Artistic Design for Ethical Choice, for the earth, for children 100 years from now. In order to express the novel taste and the artistic aspect common to the taste, a champagne-type bottle, a shape not generally used for Japanese vinegar drinks, was adopted, and the graphics were in the style of paintings.
Dimensions & Packaging: Bottle: Width 81mm x Depth 81mm x Height 241mm
Label: Width 247mm x Height 70mm
Box: Width 300mm x Depth 170mm x Height 85mm
Tags: Ethical, Food recycling, Japanese vinegar drinks, Artistic, Gauguin, Monet, Minimum
Production Technology: The technology to ferment bitter orange "peels" to produce vinegar was developed, and Japan's first "fruit peel vinegar drink " was born. In order to embody the ethical message, we used recycled materials for the bottle and label in consideration of the environment.
Design Challenge: A major challenge for the project team was to develop Japan's first vinegar drink with new values that would set it apart from existing vinegar drinks in both taste and packaging. Based on the concept formulated by the producer, researchers, manufacturers, and designers worked together as a team to arrive at the final form of new taste and design.
Research: A new vinegar drink was born, characterized by a "bittersweetness" like black coffee, as a result of research experiments using Kansei engineering using a large number of taste samples in which the proportions of taste components were subtly controlled. In order to convey its deep and artistic taste and ethical message, the shape and materials of the bottle, cap, and label were repeatedly examined to achieve a design that simultaneously expresses "Artistic Design" and "Ethical Choice".
Inspiration: Kahisu is a Japanese vinegar drink with new values. Two new flavors, blending the vinegary and sweetness, of conventional vinegar drinks with the bitterness of bitter orange peels, are expressed in the worlds of the works of two artists. The fruity flavor Blend G was inspired by Paul Gauguin's tropical landscapes and people, while the fresh and refreshing flavor Blend M was inspired by Claude Monet's landscape paintings of water lilies.
Project Duration: The project started in Hiroshima, Japan in September 2021 and has been on sale at the online store since August 2022. The client is a long-established vinegar manufacturer founded in 1582.
Operation Flow: The role of Kahisu is to deliver to your loved ones the excitement you experience when you drink it with sparkling water or spirits (whiskey, gin, rum, etc.), and the thoughts that will lead to the future 100 years from now as expressed in the design concept. Kahisu will be sold for gift use only to relay the ethical message of caring for the future of society and the earth.
Team Members: Producer/Product Director: Koichiro Kasio
Planner: Makiko Ozawa