Underforest: Select Primary Function: Tuakiri Waitohu by Yi-Jen Tu

Underforest: Select Primary Function: Tuakiri Waitohu by Yi-Jen Tu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Whakairoiro, Whakaahua Ringa me te Whakawhitiwhiti Ataata Competition Category.

HiriwaWhakairoiro· 2021

Underforest: Select Primary Function: Tuakiri Waitohu

by Yi-Jen Tu

Client: Chiayi Forest District Office - Forestry Bureau

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Whakairoiro Category

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The Design

About Underforest: Select Primary Function: Tuakiri Waitohu

Underforest: Select he tuakiri waitohu i hangaia mō ngā hua o te ōhanga raro-ngahere i Taiwan. Ka hangaia te moko e ngā tapatoru kōwhai-ngahere e whā, e tohu ana i te pū tuhi Hainamana mō te ngahere, ā, e whakaputa ana i te whakaaro o te noho tahi me te ngahere. Ko te kōwhai-ngahere e tū ana mō ngā rawa taiao, ā, ko te koura tāhinga e tū ana mō te pito mata ōhanga. Ka whakamahia e te takai te pepa simili hei whakatairite i te kakano ki te rākau, ā, ka whakaotia ki te tāmau kōpaki wera koura tāhinga. Mā te whakakotahitanga o te āhua me ngā paerewa takai tiritahi, ka whakaitihia ngā utu rawa, ā, ka tautoko i ngā kaimahi ngahere o te rohe.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Underforest: Select Primary Function: Tuakiri Waitohu te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Underforest: Select Primary Function: Tuakiri Waitohu he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Underforest: Select Primary Function: Tuakiri Waitohu he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project, in hand with the government, built the leading brand of "Underforest: Select" for the under-forest economy. Through image integration and packaging specification, designers reduce material costs without compromising quality, strengthen the brand identity and raise the values for their products.
Dimensions & Packaging: UNDERFOREST:SELECT GIFT BOX: 270mm x 80mm x 185mm
Tags: #Taiwan #ChiayiForestDistrictOfficeForestryBureau #UNDERFOREST:SELECT #BrandIdentity #UnderForestEconomy #CoexistwithForests #SocialImpact #Sustainableconsumptionawareness
Production Technology: The logo consists of four forest-green triangles, representing the Chinese Character "林 (Forest)." The logo conveys the idea of coexistence with the forests. The packaging uses simili paper to create the sense of touching the woods and is decorated with hot foil stamping in matte gold, which represents "the economic potential in the forests."
Design Challenge: The concept of "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" integrates three conditions:

A. Be eco-friendly and coexist with the forests
B. Revitalize the agricultural economy
C. Raise the green awareness among the consumers through the brand identity and visual design and change their consumption habits
Research: The government started promoting the "Under-forest Economy" because of the favorable climate conditions and the diversity of honey plants in the forest. After thinning, the woods were cut into logs with high carbohydrate content and high lignin. The foresters comply with the rule of not using any pesticides or chemicals in the process of planting. They develop natural and safe under-forest products such as "forest honey," "log-based mushrooms," and "Taiwan jewel orchid." Through "UNDERFOREST:SELECT," the foresters began to understand the idea of branding concept and marketing. The cooperation between the government, the foresters, and the brand "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" promotes the idea that productive economic activity and ecology can co-exist.
Inspiration: For decades, Taiwan's government forbade the logging of primeval forests and encouraged afforestation. However, it is difficult for forest owners to maintain their livelihood through forest management. Thus, in 2020, the Forestry Bureau launched the policy of "Under Forest Economy," with the coexistence of forest ecologies, to let foresters cultivate plants and livestock to increase their income. In 2020, we united with the government around the same goal and put out the brand "UNDERFOREST: SELECT," being of assistance to local foresters in South Taiwan.
Project Duration: The project started in Taichung, Taiwan in October 2020 and ended in Chiayi, Taiwan, in January 2021. The "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" brand launch event was held in Chiayi Chukou Nature Center on January 22, 2021.
Operation Flow: Our branding colors are forest-green and matte gold. Forest-green portrays the abundant natural resources in the woods, and the matte gold represents the economic potential of the under-forest economy. We shape the brand identity with layers of woods and the silhouettes of the under-forest economy's products as an epitome of the sustainable cycle of life between forest ecologies and economy.
Team Members: Creative Director: YI-JEN, TU
Project Manager: HSIANG-YI, HO
Design Guidance: MENG-HAN, LIU
Designer: YI-CHIN, CHUNG
Designer: CHIAO-WEI, YANG
Designer: YU-CHAN, LIN
Designer: HSUAN-YING, CHIANG
Designer: CHANG-YU-CHEN
Designer: CHING- YU, YEN
Space Designer: TZU-HAO, KUO