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Aquetha ساڪي پيڪيجنگ by Tacto Inc.

Aquetha ساڪي پيڪيجنگ by Tacto Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award چاندي انعام in پيڪيجنگ ڊيزائن Competition Category.


چانديپيڪيجنگ· 2024

Aquetha ساڪي پيڪيجنگ

by Tacto Inc.

Client: Tacto Inc

A' Design Award چاندي انعام Winner in پيڪيجنگ Category

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The Design

About Aquetha ساڪي پيڪيجنگ

Aquetha پراڻي ٿيل جاپاني ساڪي لاءِ هڪ پيڪيجنگ ۽ برانڊنگ ڊزائين آهي. بوتل شيشي جي هڪ فنڪار جي هٿ سان ٺهيل آهي ۽ ڪشش ثقل جي قوت ذريعي شڪل ورتل آهي، جيڪا هڪ قدرتي گولائي ڏئي ٿي جيڪا وقت جي گذرڻ جو اشارو ڏئي ٿي. گول شڪل بوتل ۾ بند ٿيڻ کان پوءِ هموار پراڻي ٿيڻ جي عمل ۾ پڻ مدد ڪري ٿي. شفاف ليبل خالي ليٽرپريس ڇپائيءَ سان تيار ڪيا ويا آهن ته جيئن برف جي گرمي پد تي پراڻي ٿيڻ جي صاف ڪردار کي ظاهر ڪن. سادي ٻاهرين دٻي ۾ ڍڪڻ ۽ جسم جي وچ ۾ هڪ گهرائي آهي جيڪا پراڻي ٿيڻ جي وقت جي سلسلي کي ظاهر ڪري ٿي. هي ڊزائين پراڻي ساڪي کي هڪ عام پراڊڪٽ بدران هڪ فنپاري طور پيش ڪري ٿي.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award چاندي انعام

Aquetha ساڪي پيڪيجنگ A' Design Award چاندي انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، غير معمولي حد تائين معزز اعتراف جيڪو اعليٰ ترين درجي جي، شاندار ۽ متاثر ڪندڙ ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. چاندي جا کٽيندڙ تمام گهڻا روشن ۽ انتهائي تخليقي ڪم آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي شاندار مهارت، صلاحيت ۽ ذڪاوت کي ظاهر ڪن ٿا. Aquetha ساڪي پيڪيجنگ کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ شاندار نمائشي ڪم هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ ڳوڙهي جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award چاندي انعام کٽيو آهي، هڪ انتهائي قابل ذڪر، ساراهيل ايجاد آهي جيڪا فائدو ڏئي ٿي ۽ فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي جون حدون وڌائي ٿي. Aquetha ساڪي پيڪيجنگ هڪ اهڙي تخليق آهي جنهن تي گهڻا حسد ڪن ٿا، جيڪا خواهشون جاڳائي ٿي، مثبت جذبا آڻي ٿي ۽ حيرت ۽ تعجب جي چڻنگ ٻاري ٿي.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Aged sake is a minor genre among Japanese sake, and the design team needed to re-propose it to the world in a way that is not bound by the traditional context of Japanese sake. Therefore, they created a design to position AQUETHA, which is characterized by ice-temperature aging, as the umbrella for the online gallery “Kitamura Sake Exhibition,'' which views aged sake as works of art, and as the first of the works that will be exhibited and sold there. Based on this concept, they planned and developed bottles that are hand-made by artists, and a website that functions as a gallery. The selection of works for the second and subsequent editions is already underway, as they have been well-received by Western liquor fans and young people who were previously unable to approach aged sake.
Dimensions & Packaging
Bottle: width 110mm × depths110mm × height150mm
Package: width135mm × depth135mm × height 165mm
Tags
Packaging, Product Design, Website
Production Technology
Bottles and packaging that do not compromise
on every detail as a “artwork”.
Design team commissioned glass artist Yutaro Kijima to create a bottle that is shaped by the force of gravity and has a natural roundness that gives a sense of the passage of time. Furthermore, in order to make the most of the clear impression that is a characteristic of ice-cold aging, they created transparent labels printed using blank letterpress printing.

The outer box has a simple shape to make the flask-shaped bottle look more attractive. they created a dent on the border between the lid and the main body to express the aging timeline, creating a luxurious feel that incorporates the delicate image of the work.

A website that acts more like a gallery than EC site.
On the website, design team aimed to create a gallery-like space where the consumer could "feel" the work rather than "buying" the product. AQUETHA's greatest feature, the delicacy that matures slowly over time, is expressed through white-based visuals and delicate lines. The spacious design creates a clean, simple and sophisticated image.
Design Challenge
Since the Sake bottle is designed to be handcrafted one by one with glasswork craftsman, it was challenging to make them a perfect size and shape to keep the quality of sake among temperature and moisture. Design team and glass artist had tried so many different shape to test wether the bottle keeps the quality of sake in different atmosphere. They ended up using rounded bottle that helps smooth aging of sake after sake is bottled.
Inspiration
Design team faced business issue of what can they do to increase the value of aged sake, which is an idle asset in sake breweries across Japan. They found inspiration in paintings, which value of painting varies depending on popularity and the time. The solution was to open an online gallery as a curator to exhibit and sell aged sake, a treasure hidden throughout Japan.
Project Duration
2months, Tokyo, Japan
Operation Flow
This tends to be SDGs project because lots of sake brewery have unsold sake that is asleep for a certain period of time (it is perfectly kept to be aged sake). The design team has branded them as Aged Sake to turn unsold sake into a value for brewery and customer, which ultimately prevented from lots of sake become a waste.
Team Members
Creative Director: Hayato Itakura
Strategist/Copy Writer: Takuro Nakajima
Art Director: Kohei Futakuchi
Visual Designer: Kazuya Sakamoto
Image Credits
Photographer: Masato Ishibashi
Glass Artist: Yutaro Kijima

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