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The Pompadour Te Pūhera Kakara by Ivie China

The Pompadour Te Pūhera Kakara by Ivie China is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Takai Competition Category.


KouraTakai· 2022

The Pompadour Te Pūhera Kakara

by Ivie China

Client: Ivie

A' Design Award Koura Winner in Takai Category

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The Design

About The Pompadour Te Pūhera Kakara

He hoahoa pūhera kakara a te Pompadour i whakaaweawetia e te toa kuti makawe rongonui o Ingarangi. Ka whakamahi te pouaka o waho i te tauira taparau i tangohia mai i ngā papa o ngā toa kuti makawe, ā, ka tuwhera te pouaka hiako i runga i te āhua e maumahara ai te noho ki te tūru o te kaikuti makawe. He rango karaehe mārama te pounamu me ngā awarua poutū, ā, ka hurihuri tētahi tōrino whero, mā, kikorangi i te wā e wetekina ana te pounamu. Ka whakaatu tētahi pepa tā i te momotuhi serif i ngā mōhiohio o te hua i runga i te āhua o te nūpepa tawhito. Kei roto i te pounamu he pūtau ka taea te whakakī anō, ā, kua hangaia te pūhera o waho ki ngā rauemi ka taea te hangarua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Koura

Ko The Pompadour Te Pūhera Kakara te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko The Pompadour Te Pūhera Kakara he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a The Pompadour Te Pūhera Kakara i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The Box – Have a seat on the barber chair.
Inspired by barbershop checkered floor opening leather box feels like seating on barber chair.

The Bottle – The memory of walking into the barber shop.
Inspired by the classic barber pole the Pompadour comes in a clear glass cylinder featuring vertical grooves and true to an actual barber pole the red and white and blue helix rotates as the bottle is unscrewed open.

The Sheet – Share today topic.
Designed as old style newspaper containing product information and profile. A serif font makes it feel authentic to an actual newspaper.
Dimensions & Packaging
Outter Box : Width 120mm x Depth 90mm x Height 250mm
Bottle : Width 55mm x Height 185mm
Sheet : Width 75mm x Height 120mm
Tags
Ivie, Perfume, Cologne, Packaging Design, Design, Sustainable
Production Technology
Sustainability is at the core of packaging design the glass cylinder bottle comes with a refillable capsule that can easily be removed and replaced and the outer packaging is made of recyclable materials.
Design Challenge
The brand owner wanted to launch a fragrance brand that will capture a niche market of professional white collars who only want to have the best for themselves.

Hence, we created a luxurious high end product with a discerning product name (Pompadour) that not only befits these connoisseurs but a product packaging (bottle and outerbox) that delivers a unique brand experience to our consumers.
Research
The product is luxurious and sophisticated with a premium pricing. Hence the core target consumers are the sophisticated male white collars aged 35 and above, and currently based in Tier 1 cities in China. They continuously seek experiences that will help project them as being sophisticated and in the know.

From our research on this segment we found that this group of gentlemen like going to the barbershop to have their hair fixed.

Since the launch of The Pompadour into the market. The brand had received high publicity and attention from social KOLs and category product reviewers.

Multiple high end barbershops have also knocked on the brand owners door to seek collaboration with offers to display and feature the product within their retail store.
Inspiration
From the late 18th to mid 19th century the barbershop was not just a place for gentlemen to procure a haircut or a shave. It was a space where fraternities were formed. The Pompadour was envisioned to capture that unique experience of going to a classic English barbershop.

The Pompadour is the gentlemans pocket companion. It is a fragrance that reminds him of a time when men were afforded a luxurious den of sorts.
Project Duration
The project started in September 2020 in Shanghai, China and Finished in October 2021.
Operation Flow
Brand Owner: Provided a clear brief to the Agency with specific objectives and target audience that enabled a smooth collaborative process for the team to work efficiently within limited budget. Decision maker and budget controller to ensure that the packaging design met their objectives and aesthetic will appeal to the target audience.

Strategist: Conducted thorough research to understand the market and category to identify key insights that will inspire our designers and copywriter.

Designers and Copywriter: Provided product naming and unique design solutions that fully delivers against brand owner’s brief.

Engineering Team: led decisions on structure and materials. Was able to source for premium quality material that lived up to the product’s high end proposition and our designers vision despite limited budget.

Printer: Achieving these saturated colors and color accuracy on paperboard required extra cooperation between designers and printer.
Patents
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Team Members
Managing Director : Malcolm Zhu
Group Creative Director : Ryan Kam
Strategy Director : Angela Tao
Creative Director : Cao Jun
Head Of Copy : Benjamin Woo
Designer : Ivie's Design Team
Account Director : Hugh Shen
Business Director : Darren Wong
Studio Director : Lily Wu
Image Credits
All photo credits to Ivie China

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