Autumn Sky Pusa Meaalofa by JiaXin Qiu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Afifi Competition Category.

ApamemeaAfifi· 2021

Autumn Sky Pusa Meaalofa

by JiaXin Qiu

Client: Artaste

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Afifi Category

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The Design

About Autumn Sky Pusa Meaalofa

O le Autumn Sky o se pusa meaalofa na mamanuina mo keke masina Saina. E mafai ona teu i totonu o le pusa le valu keke masina, se seti o naifi ma tui, ma se moli eletonika. O itu o le pusa e faia mai i pepa siliva na vaneina i le leisa ma faapipiiina i tua i se apaau PVC 'frosted'. E lua vaega vaneina o loʻo tuueseeseina i le mea EVA e 15 mm le mafiafia ina ia fai ai se loloto. O le ufi o le pusa e faia mai i le 'acrylic' manino. Pe a mu le moli i le po, o mamanu o ao, galu, ma le vaomatua ua vaneina e faia ai ata malamalama ma paolo i luga o le puipui. O foliga o le pusa e faasino atu i faamalama ufiufi pepa a Saina anamua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Autumn Sky Pusa Meaalofa, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Autumn Sky Pusa Meaalofa e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Autumn Sky Pusa Meaalofa e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a Chinese moon cake gift box. In particular, the entire gift box uses a large area of laser carving. Laser carved every leaf, every small animal, every wave is carefully sketched. This is not only a gift box, but also a lamp. When the electronic candle in the middle is opened at night, it will reflect a beautiful picture of light and shadow on the wall through the two-layer combined paper carving pattern on the side. The lid is made of acrylic acid. There are eight moon cakes, knives and forks and electronic candles in the middle. The design elements are clouds, waves and forests.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 210mm depth 210mm height 200mm
Tags: Laser, carving, acrylic, Luminous, 3D
Production Technology: This box use multicolored silver paper to carve with laser. Paste a frosted PVC sheet on the back of the paper. The near view and far view are separated by 15mm EVA material. The cover is made of transparent acrylic.
Design Challenge: The effect of laser engraving is more delicate than knife version. In order to make the whole gift box both ornamental and portable, this work selects acrylic as the material. Acrylic increases the transmission and refraction of light, is undoubtedly the most perfect material. Although laser can carve very fine patterns, but the overall design needs to find a balance, not excessive pursuit of complexity, in the aesthetic and material outline, also consumed a lot of time.
Research: In this packaging design, the most difficult thing is to balance the luxury and cost of packaging design. Therefore, laser cardboard was selected as the main material of this design. Use the right laser power to carve the paper because if the power is too high, the paper will be scorched and too small to cut. The final result is obviously advanced. The double-layer laser engraving silver paperboard shows a good perspective effect. The total cost of the whole gift box is only 15 dollars.
Inspiration: This design shows the interaction between light and shadow, the interaction between tradition and fashion. Inspired by the windows of ancient China. Before the glass was invented, Chinese people used thin paper to stick it on the pane. The paper can be light-proof and windproof. Then people paste some paper carvings on the thin paper to increase the aesthetic feeling of light and shadow. This design is to process the living material in art.
Project Duration: The project has been completed in Shanghai in July 2020.
Operation Flow: Open the lid and take out the box containing the candle and knife and fork. Take out 8 mooncakes, light the candles and put them at the bottom of the box.