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Charlene 10 Years Hộp Quà Tặng by Hanyun Gu and Yibing Hu

Charlene 10 Years Hộp Quà Tặng by Hanyun Gu and Yibing Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Đồng in Thiết kế Quà tặng Competition Category.


ĐồngQuà tặng· 2025

Charlene 10 Years Hộp Quà Tặng

by Hanyun Gu and Yibing Hu

Client: Charlene Classic

A' Design Award Đồng Winner in Quà tặng Category

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The Design

About Charlene 10 Years Hộp Quà Tặng

Charlene 10 Năm là hộp quà lưu niệm được thiết kế cho triển lãm kỷ niệm mười năm thành lập của một thương hiệu trang sức. Hộp có hình dáng của một hộp đựng quạt, với kích thước 260 x 95 x 40 mm. Cấu trúc mở gợi nhớ đến hình ảnh một khung cửa sổ, hô ứng với chủ đề của một triển lãm trước đó. Chủ đề triển lãm được dập nổi màu xanh lá trên bề mặt hộp, trong khi khẩu hiệu thương hiệu được dập nổi màu bạc trên nắp hộp. Bên trong hộp gồm có một ấn phẩm chính, một phụ bản, một chiếc quạt tre đựng trong hộp trắng, một thiệp mời bằng giấy và một tấm thiệp tranh tre. Phần phụ bản được đóng theo kiểu gấp xếp truyền thống (accordion binding) và có thể mở dài tới mười mét.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Đồng

Charlene 10 Years Hộp Quà Tặng là người chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Đồng, một sự công nhận vô cùng danh giá dành cho các thiết kế xuất sắc nổi bật về sự sáng tạo, tài khéo léo và sự sắc sảo. Những người chiến thắng giải Đồng là những hiện vật rất điêu luyện và sáng tạo ấn tượng, xác thực kinh nghiệm phong phú, trí tưởng tượng và sự tháo vát của các nhà thiết kế. Charlene 10 Years Hộp Quà Tặng được kỳ vọng là một vật phẩm được đánh giá cao, ngưỡng mộ và trân trọng, chuyên nghiệp và đổi mới đáng chú ý. Thiết kế chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Đồng này tích hợp các thực hành tốt nhất trong nghệ thuật, khoa học, thiết kế và công nghệ, và xuất sắc nhờ sự chú ý đến chi tiết. Charlene 10 Years Hộp Quà Tặng thỏa mãn nhu cầu một cách tuyệt vời, chạm đến ham muốn, làm say mê cảm xúc và thu hút sự tò mò.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The elegant name for a fan, "Ren Feng," implies the virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, as well as the elegance of poetry, music, and odes. This concept serves as the creative theme for Charlene Classic and represents a unique emotional symbol used to interpret the values shared by the brand and its users. They are using jewelry as a medium to promote Chinese culture and supreme philosophical wisdom.
Dimensions & Packaging
Size: 260*95*40mm.
We designed a book box in the shape of a fan case with the theme of "Benevolent Breeze Presented in a Box". It adopts an opening structure like a window (qǐ yǒu), echoing the brand's first exhibition theme of "Opening the Window to Admire the Splendor". Inside the white fan box is a green all-bamboo fan. The supplement is in the traditional Chinese accordion binding and unfolds to be as long as 10 meters.
Tags
Oriental aesthetics, reading experience, book design, cultural dissemination, bamboo, painting scroll
Production Technology
While retaining the traditional form of paper invitations, the designer uses a fan as the main invitation for the event. The fan can not only represent the sentiment and taste of the fan holder, but also be used as a token to convey emotions. It will also be an exhibition souvenir. The designer takes the "Wonders of Xiao and Xiang" by Mi Youren, a painter of the Southern Song Dynasty, as the design concept of the entire set of books - summarizing the ancients' evaluations of this painting into four sections and carefully arranging the reading experience after opening the book box according to this structure. In the book case are the main volume, the supplement, the bamboo fan and box, the paper invitation and the bamboo painting card. Readers create an atmosphere of the poetic home of Eastern literati step by step through the rich changes in craftsmanship, materials and different papers during reading.
Design Challenge
The core of design is to convey "The Benevolent Breeze Spreads" and show the "elegant charm" of the Orient. We conceived from two aspects.

Outside: "Benevolent Breeze Presented in a Box". In research, we found ancient people used fine fan cases. We set the album theme as this and designed a book box like a fan case. For the structure, inspired by the brand name "Xuan" (meaning window), we added an opening structure for a window-opening feel, responding to the 2017 exhibition theme. Hoping Charlene keeps spreading Eastern culture.

Inside: "Spreading the Elegant Way". We suggest using a fan as the main invitation while keeping paper invitations. A bamboo fan, implying "there is bamboo at the origin", corresponds to two series. We want materials inside to draw on traditional Chinese binding forms. Albums, cards, and invitations should convey oriental charm through printing and paper texture. Overall, we aim to show the elegance of the Orient through design.
Research
How to convey the brand concept with the "Benevolent Breeze Series" as the core in the tenth anniversary exhibition is the focus of the design. In the first round of proposals, we took "The Benevolent Breeze Spreads¹" as the thinking direction of the design. Among them, "Benevolent Breeze" implies the meanings of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust; elegance, poetry, music, and praise." "Spreads" represents dissemination and promotion. We hope that through design, we can express Charlene's vision of spreading Eastern culture to the world like "The Benevolent Breeze Spreads." In addition, we also hope that when people receive this set of books, they can receive a strong breath of Eastern culture.
Inspiration
We designed a book box in the shape of a fan case with the theme "Ren Feng Presented in a Box." The structure mimics an open window, echoing the theme of the brand's first exhibition, "Open Xuan to View the Splendor." The book box's surface features the exhibition theme "Bamboo Shadows and Elegant Fans Presented by Xuan" embossed in green, with the brand's slogan embossed in silver on the left side of the lid.
Project Duration
In July 2023, it started in Beijing. The project ended in October 2023. In November 2023, it was exhibited in Shanghai, Beijing and London in succession.
Operation Flow
It appears in the form of a commemorative gift box in the exhibition. It helps the on-site audience better understand the brand story, history and development, and get to know the brand products more quickly.
Team Members
Chief Editor: Charlene Li
Editor: Xinlong Zhang
Authors: Sally Wang
Translation: Minzy Zhao
Photography and Post-production: Xinlong Zhang, Yunpeng Fu, Shasha Lu
Art Director: Hanyun Gu
Design: Hanyun Gu, Yibing Hu
Proofreading: Sally Wang, Ying Xing, Minzy Zhao
Project Coordination: Xinlong Zhang
Print: Beijing Yinyi Arts Cultural Development Co.,Ltd
Printing: Beijing QiHang DongFang Printing Co.,Ltd
Image Credits
Photography: Xinlong Zhang, Yunpeng Fu, Shasha Lu
Post-production: Xinlong Zhang, Yunpeng Fu, Shasha Lu
Picture: CHARLENE High Jewellery Workshop
Imperial Palace Fan Collection Design: Carina Yen, Jason Koo, Yuan He
Bamboo Fan Collection Design: Yuan He, Yingwan Sun, Hanshu Lai
Video: CHARLENE High Jewellery Workshop

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