Happiness O Pacote Mooncake by Chao Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Embalagem Competition Category.

BronzeEmbalagem· 2020

Happiness O Pacote Mooncake

by Chao Xu

Client: La Maison Bakery

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Embalagem Category

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The Design

About Happiness O Pacote Mooncake

A embalagem Happiness mooncake é um conjunto de packs de oferta, que consiste em cinco caixas com diferentes estruturas e grafismos. A equipe de design da Inbetween Creative descreveu uma imagem de como a população local celebra o festival do meio do outono, usando uma ilustração do estilo chinês. A ilustração mostra edifícios locais e atividades no meio do outono, como corrida de barco-dragão, batendo tambores. Este design de embalagem para presente não atua apenas como um recipiente para comida, mas também como uma lembrança para promover a cultura da cidade de Shien.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Happiness O Pacote Mooncake conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Happiness O Pacote Mooncake seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Happiness O Pacote Mooncake satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a set of mooncake package design for La Maison Bakery, which consist 5 slightly different box shapes. La Maison Bakery is a famous local bakery in Hubei province, they want to launch a new mooncake gift set which can reflect local characteristics of Hubei, including architecture, culture and mid-autumn festival activities.
Dimensions & Packaging: lid and base box: 360mm x 360mm x 55mm
drawer box: 385mm x 250mm x 190mm
double sides open box: 270mm x 380mm x 160mm
Tags: package design, logo, handrawing, typography
Production Technology: Those five package series need to have different structures which means they need to be opened in various ways. Designers need to take all the aspects into consideration in advance. For example, the most expensive one is the orange box, which will open like a book from middle.
Design Challenge: The final products consist 5 different packages, with 5 different structure and size, meanwhile should look like a complete set of package series and in a narrative manner.
Research: The design team went to Enshi city which is the most significant scenic area in Hubei province, not only the local building but also its rich tourism activities make the place attractive. The illustration somehow demonstrate the feature of Enshi city meanwhile mixed some mid-autumn festival activities into the drawing, such as dragon boat racing, lighten the sky lanterns etc.
Inspiration: During Mid-autumn festival, Shien city will turn into a lively place, where people will eat mooncake, beat drums and race dragon boats to celebrate the festival. Designers wanted to depict this flourishing scene on the package. Designer team painted a magnificent picture of mid autumn festival by hand drawing illustration, then been cut into 5 parts for each package. the mooncake package serve as a tool to promote the culture of Shien city by applying Chinese style illustration.
Project Duration: This project started in August 2019 in Hangzhou and finished in September 2019 in Hangzhou. Printed all the boxes in Hubei.
Operation Flow: After several rounds of discussions with our clients, the designers need to understand how consumers prefer while purchasing mooncake gift pack, if the box is too small, people will consider it not worthwhile as a gift, however if the size is too big, it will not be convenient for them to carry around. It is important to take all the facts into consideration while designing. The design team eventually came up five different packages to fit different need and budgets.
Patents: Trademark(2019) La Maison Bakery
Team Members: Creative Director: Chao Xu
Illustration: Danlin Zhang
Image Credits: Collaterals and graphic design items: Chao Xu
Photography: Inlight