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Sky Blue Teu Faaputuga o Vai 'Ava by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan

Sky Blue Teu Faaputuga o Vai 'Ava by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Afifi Competition Category.


UʻameaAfifi· 2023

Sky Blue Teu Faaputuga o Vai 'Ava

by Jingzhang Xiao and Dongyan Ruan

Client: Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery Co., Ltd

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Afifi Category

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The Design

About Sky Blue Teu Faaputuga o Vai 'Ava

O le Sky Blue o se mamanu teu faaputuga mo se ava malosi Saina. O le fagu e maalili ma laulautele lona foliga e faavae i luga o le fibonacci spiral, lea e maua ai le paleni tutusa ma faafaigofie ai le fagu ona uu ma tatala. O le pulou ua fausia e pei o se mata, o loo faaaogaina e fai ma faailoga o le oa. O se faiga faasusu e leaga ai le siosiomaga e maua ai i luga o le tioata se foliga manaia ma maalili ma faaitiitia ai foi le afaina o le siosiomaga. O le lanu moana e faamanatu mai ai le aurora. O le atigipusa o loo faaaogaina ai le fausaga e lima-i-le-tasi lea e faamalosia atili ai le puipuiga mai faiga pepelo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Sky Blue Teu Faaputuga o Vai 'Ava, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Sky Blue Teu Faaputuga o Vai 'Ava e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Sky Blue Teu Faaputuga o Vai 'Ava ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

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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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