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Dream of the Blue Manual Class Machaq Upyanapaq Empaque Ruway by Jingzhang Xiao, Ru Li and Aizong Lin

Dream of the Blue Manual Class Machaq Upyanapaq Empaque Ruway by Jingzhang Xiao, Ru Li and Aizong Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Pilluchina Kamay Competition Category.


QullqiPilluchina· 2023

Dream of the Blue Manual Class Machaq Upyanapaq Empaque Ruway

by Jingzhang Xiao, Ru Li and Aizong Lin

Client: Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery Co., Ltd

A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Pilluchina Category

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The Design

About Dream of the Blue Manual Class Machaq Upyanapaq Empaque Ruway

Dream of the Blue Manual Class nisqaqa huk premium baijiu nisqapaq empaqemi, chayqa China llaqtapa ñawpa kawsayninmanta distilaska traguymi. Botellaqa weqe hina rikch'ayniyoqmi, yana anqas kulurwan qori metalico nisqawan tukuchisqa. Qespiqa aqowan pukusqa hinaspa martillo tukuchiy pinturawan llusisqa, chaymi cellar t'urus hina llamp'u q'oñi hawanta qon. Qhelqasqakunapiqa Suzhou llaqtapa Ñawpa Huertankunamanta huk arco rikhurin, hinallataq chunka iskayniyoq hatun pachakuna kay marcamanta. Rikuchina cajaqa anqas t'ikrasqa qarawan k'ullu rikch'ayniyoq papelwan hinaspa q'oñiwan ñit'isqa allichaykunawan huñusqa. Tawa codigo sistemam kay empaqueta llulla ruwaykunamanta hark'an.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu

Dream of the Blue Manual Class Machaq Upyanapaq Empaque Ruway A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta hanak, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Qullqi mishak kashkakunaka ancha achikyaska shinallatak ancha mushuk ruraykunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. Dream of the Blue Manual Class Machaq Upyanapaq Empaque Ruway ruray yachak, ñawpak shinallatak mushuk yuyayta charik sumak rurashka kanata munanku. Kay Qullqi Premiu japishka diseñuka ancha riksishka shinallatak yupaychashka yuyay kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. Dream of the Blue Manual Class Machaq Upyanapaq Empaque Ruway achka runakunapak munashka rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, alli yuyaykunata kun shinallatak mancharichin.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The product is a premium baijiu of the brand YANGHE, is ‘A living artifact in a drinking vessel, a vintage spirit in a artwork.’ The liquor is bottled in exquisite containers coloured in dark blue and metallic gold. Inspired by the concept of the ‘Arc of Time’, the designer of the bottles highlights the elements of craftsmanship and antiquity. The design is an arch from the Classical Gardens of Suzhou and the description of the twelves major events that Yanghe Group has undergone. hese engravings reflect the ingenuity of the liquor’ s artisan workshop. The body of the bottle is sandblasted before being coated in hammer finish paint. Its soft, warm coating feels like cellar mud, and is carved with Chinese characters of ‘old pit pool, old baijiu, old craftsmanship; more nucleoside and flavonoids; less quantity.’ A tribute to the ultimate in craftsmanship, exemplifying the Chinese spirit of craftsmanship.
Dimensions & Packaging
Bottle:106 mm x 106 mm x 306 mm
Box:160mm x 128 mm x 348 mm
Tags
crafts, Baijiu, spirit, packaging, art
Production Technology
The product has been continuously polished to achieve a breakthrough in the high combination of design, technology and craftsmanship.
Cover: Structured as a fracture-proof cover; painted in gold; printed on wrapped paper to show the printmaking effect.
Bottle: The sand-blasted process reflects the handmade hammered texture, with a frosted touch and like cellar mud.
Box: Using blue variegated leather with wooden textured paper, and the hot-pressed with the Yanghe 12 moments echoing the cover.
Design Challenge
All greatness is created by hands! Dream of the Blue Manual Class is an aged handcrafted spirit with both cultural value and rare quality; Craftsmanship is not only a material act, but also a spiritual creation; The Manual Class is not only the ultimate good liquor, but also represents the Chinese spirit in the craft.
Research
Meeting the demand for more sophisticated and high-end daily necessities. The product is a premium baijiu of the brand YANGHE, produced from 600-years-old cellars by hand. Its production process is included in China’s list for Intangible Cultural Heritage. Overall, it is of great historical and artistic value. Consumer recognition of the product's packaging, quality and branding, as well as our continuous polishing of the product, has provided it with sustainable development.
Inspiration
The primary colour is inspired by - "the maturing process of cellar mud: during the brewing process, the colour of the old cellar turns from yellow to dimgray, from dimgray to greyish white, and finally to jet black, and the cellar mud takes on a colourful brilliance in the sun".
The product is designed in the shape of an inherited teardrop, with a combination of sandblasting in the form of movable type printing. Manual hammering, like cellar mud, warm to the touch, with dark blue and metallic gold. The ink is hidden with sprinkles of gold, deep but not dull, rich but not heavy, echoing quality of the product, conveying deep cultural richness and promoting the Chinese spirit of craftsmanship.
Project Duration
2021-May.2022,Nanjing,Jiangsu
The project started in August 2021 in Nanjing,Jiangsu and finished in May 2019, Nanjing, Jiangsu.
Operation Flow
The product Dream of the Blue Manual Class uses the four-code correlation technology, enhancing from outside to inside layer by layer. The four-in-one anti-counterfeiting technology, boosting the split structure, is the most sophisticated technology that the industry has patented. To do a more powerful fight against manufacturing and marketing the fake, to protect the rights of the brand and make users more assured. At the meantime, the high-end appearance of the product and its profound connotation demonstrate the status and taste of users.
Team Members
Creative Director:Liandong Zhang;
Creative Director:Huashuang Liu;
Creative Director:Zhaoxin Zhu;
Designer:Jingzhang Xiao;
Designer:Ru Li;
Designer:Aizong Lin

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