Kite Ufungaji by Xi Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Ufungashaji Competition Category.

ShabaUfungashaji· 2023

Kite Ufungaji

by Xi Zhao

Client: School of Arts Chongqing University

Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Ufungashaji Category

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The Design

About Kite Ufungaji

Sanduku la zawadi la mooncake la jumba la kumbukumbu la kite ni tofauti na zawadi za jumla. Katika muundo wa kifungashio wa kitamaduni na ubunifu wa jumba hili la makumbusho, timu inadaiwa sifa za kitamaduni na ladha ya urembo ya Mashariki. Ufungaji una hisia za viwango vya utawala, kwa kutumia kielelezo cha kite cha ndani cha ugeuzaji na usemi wa kisemantiki, kupitia upakiaji wake wa nje wa mwonekano na muundo wa ndani wa &ampquot;kuona, kugusa, kuonja&ampquot, mchanganyiko wa uzoefu wa hisia na &ampquotcan kucheza, inaweza kutuza&ampquot, roho ya starehe.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award

Kite Ufungaji ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Kite Ufungaji inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Kite Ufungaji hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The kite museum mooncake gift box is different from the general souvenirs. The work consists of small kite crafts, carved paper lamps and mooncake cakes, which constitute a composite gift box with three experiences, three levels and three combinations. The design mobilizes visual, tactile, taste and other different sensory echoes of traditional cultural memory, to meet the different needs of consumers in the appreciation of commemoration, participation in production, taste and appreciation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width:380mm Length:380mm Height:150mm
Tags: Packaging, tradition, kites, layers, crafts
Production Technology: The packaging is composed of a hard cardboard external box and is printed in color. The inner small box is composed of 300 grams of special paper to make the upper printed kite pattern. Paper carved lamps are carved by traditional color cardboard hollow, and are supported by wooden frames. The internal manual material package is composed of bamboo, wire and paper, which can be used repeatedly. The packaging process is simple and easy to mass production.
Design Challenge: This design breaks through common design thinking around the single dimension graphic creativity, and adopts the three-dimensional layered way to innovate. Whether the form of packaging, gift box content, material selection, or the use of visual elements, it is difficult to innovate and transform the unique cultural imprint and design semantic expression is the biggest. The team tried to restructure and reconstruct the content and form in the design, and finally realized the activation of traditional kite culture through the gift box souvenir.
Research: Weifang kite in China has a long history of culture. The kite elements are used to run through the whole souvenir gift box design, breaking through the single element of the museum cultural’ s creative souvenir mode, integrating moon cake cakes, miniature kite decoration for furnishing articles and carved paper lamps into one, with the commercial and artistic nature of cultural experience, showing the design aesthetic pursuit of both modern novelty and traditional oriental flavor, making the museum cultural consumption taste more elegant.
Inspiration: Weifang kite is a traditional Chinese handicraft treasure with long history and great influence. This design services for the mooncake gift box of kite museum. The design idea comes from Weifang kite and adopt a three-tier structure. The main tone of color include ' Shi Yang Jin ', ' Zhu Qing ' and ' Iris Blue '. With elements like butterfly kites, goldfish kites and goldbufo kites, it highlights the distinctive cultural symbols of Weifang, It is both practical and aesthetic.
Project Duration: The project was commenced in Chongqing in July, 2021, completed in Chongqing in October, 2021, and exhibited in Chongqing in December, 2021.
Operation Flow: The packaging is Rigid Box with separated lid, which is easy to operate and convenient to take out. The interior uses DIY kite material package, which is convenient for consumers to experience the craft process of making kites by themselves and interact with consumers. The materials can be used repeatedly and are green.
Team Members: Xi Zhao, Shaoyang Ren,Gang Li,Jiaqi Xuan.