Bamboo Slips Toaka by Qianying Niu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Volafotsy in Famolavolana Fonosana Competition Category.

VolafotsyFonosana· 2023

Bamboo Slips Toaka

by Qianying Niu

Client: Qianying Niu

A' Design Award Volafotsy Winner in Fonosana Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Slips Toaka

Famolavolana tavoahangy misy toaka sinoa aingam-panahy avy amin'ny tsipika volotsangana tranainy ampiasaina amin'ny fandraketana ny kolontsaina sinoa ary ny dingan'ny distillation toaka Cang-Shan dia naseho. Ny ivelany ivelany mainty dia mampiseho fahadiovana sy halaliny, raha tononkalo sinoa voasokitra amin'ny solaitra volotsangana kosa no manampy be pitsiny. Ny fitaovana rehetra ampiasaina dia maharitra sy azo ampiasaina indray, manolotra vahaolana amin'ny olana amin'ny fanodinana amin'ny indostrian'ny toaka. Ity endrika ity dia mampifangaro ny calligraphy, ny bamboo slips, ary ny tavoahangy miendrika saro-takarina mba hamelomana indray ny kolontsaina mamaky teny sy misotro toaka afovoan'ny fiarahamonina Aziatika.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Volafotsy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ny famolavolana Bamboo Slips Toaka, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana ambaratonga ambony, tsara tarehy ary mahavariana. Ny mpandresy Volafotsy dia asa mamirapiratra dia mamirapiratra ary mamorona dia mamorona izay maneho ny fahaizana, ny talenta ary ny fahamaotinan-tsain'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho asa mahagaga, ohatra tsara, mahay amin'ny asa ary vaovao amin'ny halalin-tsaina ny famolavolana Bamboo Slips Toaka. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ity dia fikarohana miavaka be ary ankafizina izay mahasoa ary mampandroso ny sisintanin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia. Ny famolavolana Bamboo Slips Toaka dia famoronana mahazo fitaka be izay mamaly ny faniriana, mitondra fihetseham-po tsara ary mamelona fahagagana sy fahatalanjonana.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design. All the materials of the design are sustainable and reusable, which solves the recycling dilemma common to the liquor industry. Blending bamboo slips, calligraphy, and carefully orchestrated bottle shape, the design aims to bring back both reading and drinking cultures central to Asian people. The design connects history, ancient Chinese calligraphy, sustainable material, and zen culture together.
Dimensions & Packaging: 150mm*120mm*300mm
Tags: Liquor, Packaging, Liquor Packaging, Creative Packaging, Chinese Bamboo Slips, No-Label Design
Production Technology: This design uses bamboo slips wrapped around a delicately created Chinese liquor bottle to blend culture, zen, and sustainability together. This is also the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design.
Design Challenge: This is the first Chinese liquor to use a non-label design. All the materials of the design are sustainable and reusable, which solves the recycling dilemma common to the liquor industry. The creative challenge in this design is using bamboo slips wrapped around a delicately created Chinese liquor bottle to blend culture, zen, and sustainability together.
Research: This design is based on two motifs: the bamboo slips were used by ancestors to document and spread Chinese musical and ritual culture in a paper-lacking era. Second, originated from a small town Cang-Shan, the liquor requires years to distill, echoing the ancient philosophy that rewards come with patience.
Inspiration: This design centers around Zen, using black as the main product color to emphasize purity and profoundness. The package uses bamboo slips as material. Opening the liquor package is like opening a bamboo slip in ancient China. Inside the package is a Chinese poem, The Decree of Wine, which is carved on bamboo slips. The design blends the cultural reading experience with the purity and excellence of the liquor together, uncovering the rich story which blossoms at every sip of the liquor.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2022 in Paris and finished in November 2022 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: Opening the liquor package is like opening a bamboo slip in ancient China. Inside the package is a Chinese poem, The Decree of Wine, which is carved on bamboo slips. The design blends the cultural reading experience with the purity and excellence of the liquor together, uncovering the rich story which blossoms at every sip of the liquor.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Qianying Niu, Bamboo Slips Liquor, 2022.