Chilled Milk Karton by Kazuo Fukushima and Haruka Takeuchi

Chilled Milk Karton by Kazuo Fukushima and Haruka Takeuchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award in Wzornictwo Opakowań Competition Category.

ŻelaznaOpakowania· 2023

Chilled Milk Karton

by Kazuo Fukushima and Haruka Takeuchi

Client: Meiji China Investment Co.,Ltd.

Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Opakowania Category

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The Design

About Chilled Milk Karton

Smaczne, świeże mleko mogą zapewnić tylko krowy hodowane w dobrych warunkach. Krowy mają swobodny dostęp do mieszanych racji pokarmowych zawierających dobrze zbilansowane składniki odżywcze. Inspiracją są wysokiej jakości krowy tego produktu. Wysoka jakość wyrażona jest w złotym druku, a ręcznie rysowane ilustracje wyrażają smak natury. Ponadto trawa w pysku krowy świadczy o dobrym środowisku hodowlanym. Symbolem tego produktu jest złoty znak krowy. I jest odpowiedni na rynek chiński.

The Recognition

About the Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award

Chilled Milk Karton to laureat Żelaznej Nagrody A' Design Award, prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego dobrym projektom, które spełniają zawodowe i przemysłowe wymagania oczekiwane od dobrze zaprojektowanych dzieł. Laureaci Żelaznej Nagrody wykazują wielką biegłość, wysoką specjalizację, fachowe zrozumienie i zdolności twórcze ich autorów. Chilled Milk Karton ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu dziełem, które jest praktyczne i innowacyjne. Ten projekt nagrodzony Żelazną Nagrodą A' Design Award integruje najlepsze praktyki branżowe i ma kompetentne cechy techniczne powiązane z wiedzą fachową i talentem. Dzięki starannemu wykonaniu Chilled Milk Karton cieszy się szacunkiem, a jego zadaniem jest zapewnianie poprawy jakości życia, która pomaga uczynić świat lepszym miejscem.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Meiji Investment select the world high level farm and raw milk strictly. Dairy cows are comfortably raised in free range cowsheds. In order to prevent the cows from summer heat, heatstroke prevention measures such as electric fans are implemented. Cows are free to access to mixed rations contain well balanced nutrients. So, they can provide reliable, safe and high quality fresh milk. This is a project to express these carefully raised dairy cows in the design. And it is suitable for the Chinese market situation.
Dimensions & Packaging: 950ml: Width 70mm x Depth 70mm x Height 232mm
450ml: Width 70mm x Depth 70mm x Height 140mm
200ml: Width 70mm x Depth 70mm x Height 87mm
Carton material: recyclable paper
Cap material: recyclable plastic
Tags: China, Chilled Milk, Logo, Japan, Cow, Low fat, Fat free, Milk crown
Production Technology: Method of pouring milk to the cap type. It has been improved to be fresher, cleaner and easier to pour.
Under the management of quality strictly, equipment cleaning and machine sterilization has been improved in each step, completely prevented secondary pollution. The expiry date on shelf could be extended due to the ESL (Extended Shelf Life) during the manufacturing process.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge is that consumers could intuitively understand as fresh milk. And designed for a tasty and high quality. Iconized milk crown to express good taste. An original logo is created to express high grade. In addition, three types of taste are classified in three colors for easy understanding. This is a design format that can correspond to 3 sizes and 3 tastes.
Research: Analysis of luxury supermarkets where products are sold.
Competitive analysis in internet sales.
Analysis of consumer in the market.
Packaging design analysis of the Japanese market.
Inspiration: Inspired by the high quality cows. Tasty fresh milk can only be provided by cows raised in good breeding environment, so this design focused on that cows. The high quality is expressed in gold color printing, and the hand drawn illustrations express the tasty of nature. In addition, the grass in the mouth of the cow expresses the good breeding environment. The gold cow mark is placed in the center of the carton, making it stand out on the sales floor. This mark is a symbol of this product.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2022 in Shanghai and finished in August 2022, and sales started in China in October 2023.
Operation Flow: First, analyze the market and understand the current situation
Next, perform target analysis to verify what kind of design consumers want.
Third, brand analysis, analyze how it has advantages over competing products.
Fourth, develop creative ideas.
Fifth, Start the design. Make it an original design.
Sixth, sample check, color check, etc.
Finally, check the finished product.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Meiji China Investment Co.,Ltd. 2022.
Team Members: Creative Director: Kazuo Fukushima
Graphic Designer: Haruka Takeuchi
Illustrator: Mai Senoo
Account Director: Xu Xuehua
Image Credits: Photographer: Zhu Jie