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Sky Blue ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱞᱩ (Alcoholic Beverage Packaging) by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan

Sky Blue ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱞᱩ (Alcoholic Beverage Packaging) by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.


ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ· 2023

Sky Blue ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱞᱩ (Alcoholic Beverage Packaging)

by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan

Client: Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery Co., Ltd

A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ Category

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The Design

About Sky Blue ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱞᱩ (Alcoholic Beverage Packaging)

ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱞᱩ ᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱪᱤᱱᱤ ᱢᱚᱫ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱾ ᱵᱚᱛᱚᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱩᱞᱟᱹᱲ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱷᱮᱴ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱯᱷᱤᱵᱚᱱᱟᱪᱤ ᱥᱯᱟᱭᱨᱟᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱦᱟᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱨᱤ ᱟᱸᱰᱟᱹᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱟᱠᱮᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱩᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱾ ᱛᱚᱯᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱮᱫ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱵᱚᱦᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱟᱨᱤᱵᱮᱥ ᱵᱟᱹᱰᱟᱭ ᱜᱞᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱯᱨᱚᱥᱮᱥ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱸᱪ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱷᱮᱴ ᱩᱯᱨᱤ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱥᱚᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱨᱚᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱹᱥᱩᱲ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱟᱭ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱵᱚᱠᱚᱥ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱚᱸᱡᱟᱸ-ᱠᱚ-ᱢᱤᱫ ᱚᱠᱚ ᱵᱮᱵᱚᱦᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱠᱚᱞ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱹᱪᱟᱣ ᱨᱮ ᱮᱴᱠᱮᱴ ᱮᱴᱦᱚᱵ ᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱾

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ

Sky Blue ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱞᱩ (Alcoholic Beverage Packaging) ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Sky Blue ᱥᱠᱟᱭ ᱵᱞᱩ (Alcoholic Beverage Packaging) ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The product design creates a "young, energetic, positive and upward" image, demonstrating the consistency of quality and brand appeal. The shape of the bottle is flexible and smooth, following the principles of rational aesthetics. The golden rule of "Fibonacci spiral" is used to modify the ratio of the wine bottle to create a more balanced, elegant and dynamic super golden ratio of "point, line and surface", which is convenient for users to hold and open, and meets the ergonomics design.
Dimensions & Packaging
145mm x 108mm x 320mm
Tags
crafts, Baijiu, spirit, packaging, art
Production Technology
Bottle Material: crystal white, weight 580g
Cover Material: PC; LDPE; EPE; HDPE; ABS
Box: Positioning lithographed paper, special paper (built-in double-hole shaped steel sheet); laminated blister + velcro
Process: spraying, baking, injection moulding, electroplating, Bronzing, printing, matt film + glossy embossed oil
Design Challenge
The design is created to upgrade the product. Under the comprehensive cost, while the best intention is pursued in the inheritance and breakthrough, to solve the four problems of old products with single colour and lack of vitality, inconsistent design language, box-shaped structure grade and anti-counterfeiting.
Research
Go deep into the market to conduct questionnaires, visits and discussions, to listen to the customers, gain insight into new demand of the consumers, identify new directions for breakthrough product innovation and constantly reconstruct the perspective of product innovation. The design theme revolves around the ‘Eye of the Sky’, using the fashionable and romantic ‘Blue Auroras’ , and the industry pioneered the ‘baby glazing’ process. In addition, it has also achieved five-in-one, four-code correlation, anti-counterfeiting and re-upgrading. With the project system to promote, weekly and daily meetings follow-up, achieving a front-to-back connection and integrated promotion effectively .
Inspiration
Inspired by the smart streamline bottle, easy to hold and open; The shape of the bottle cap as "eye of the sky" reflects the "futuristic aesthetics", and also implies the spiritual connotation of "the eye of wisdom" and "intelligent life and be positive". The environmental protection glaze process is the leading initiate within the industry, which will reduce the damage to the environment, in line with the "bluer sky" brand vision, at the same time endowing the bottle body smooth touch, exquisite and delicate; Aurora blue is as bright and colorful as progressive life, which is the embodiment of pursuit and love, luck, fashion and nature. The liquor box has the five-in-one structure to strengthen anti-counterfeiting, in order to maintain the market order; Four-code correlation assists in digital marketing.
Project Duration
2021-January.2022,Nanjing,Jiangsu
The project started in August 2021 in Nanjing,Jiangsu and finished in May 2019, Nanjing, Jiangsu.
Operation Flow
1. More comfortable to use: the entire packaging structure is designed by the principle of ergonomics, with the bottle and box designed in a proportion that makes it easy for the user to hold; the box adopts a tear-open method and leaves space at the neck of the bottle to take the liquor more convenient.
2. More enjoyment of aesthetic interest: the bottle is followed the principles of rational aesthetics, strengthening the visual golden ratio; the exclusive symbol of the eye of the sky, giving Sky Blue a personalized product connotation and the language of the times. It fits the aesthetic needs of the times and the liquor tasting interests of the Chinese people.
3. Secondary use is more environmentally friendly: the bottle is designed by the table tennis challenge to add life fun.
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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