Silver Packaging Design · 2023
Snow Zero Packaging
by China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd.
- A' Design Award 2023 Silver Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: China Resources Snow Breweries
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 29,896
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About Snow Zero Packaging
Snow Zero is a packaging design for a low-alcohol, low-calorie hard sparkling water. The name Zero refers to midnight, seen as both an ending and a beginning. The infinity symbol on the package expresses the idea of continuation. The figure 0 is rendered with a three-dimensional liquid metal effect to suggest a light and refreshing taste. Illustrations on the bottles draw on pioneer visual art styles for a futuristic look. The water drop shaped bottles can be joined mouth to mouth, so two bottles form a new infinity symbol. Aluminum cans and glass bottles are used.
Snow Zero Packaging by China Resources Snow Breweries represents a distinguished achievement in contemporary beverage container design, wherein the functional vessel transcends its utilitarian purpose to become an object of aesthetic contemplation and lifestyle aspiration. The design team has created a bottle silhouette that merges organic flowing curves with geometric precision, the distinctive X-form aperture at the midsection serving both as structural innovation and brand signature that renders each vessel immediately recognizable. This central void, created through the intersection of sweeping diagonal bands, offers glimpses of decorative panels within, establishing a layered visual experience that rewards prolonged examination. The chromatic program demonstrates sophisticated understanding of color psychology and retail shelf presence, with five saturated hues spanning the spectrum to appeal to diverse consumer preferences while maintaining cohesive family identity through consistent formal vocabulary. The embossed ZERO typography exhibits thoughtful integration of brand communication with material expression, the frosted letters creating subtle textural dialogue against glossy transparent glass. One observes influences from both Scandinavian design traditions emphasizing honest material expression and Italian glass-making heritage celebrating chromatic richness, yet the synthesis achieves distinctive contemporary character. The packaging participates in broader design discourse around sustainability and premiumization, wherein thoughtful container design encourages retention and potential reuse rather than immediate disposal. Technical accomplishment is evident in the precise molding required to achieve the complex aperture geometry while maintaining structural integrity and consistent wall thickness for optimal liquid preservation. The viewer might consider how contemporary packaging design increasingly operates at the intersection of industrial functionality, brand storytelling, and aesthetic pleasure, transforming everyday consumer goods into designed objects worthy of the attention traditionally reserved for decorative arts.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Zero is the low alcohol and low calorie hard sparkling water dedicated to the z generation. Its package design features the infinity symbol, which vividly interprets the endless happy hours consumers can get when savoring the hard sparkling water. Additionally, the illustrations on bottles are elaborately designed based on pioneer visual art such as Expressionism and Memphis, creating strong aesthetic appeal to the z generation who have a fancy for pretty things.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Bottle: 288 ml height- 222 mm
Can: 330 ml height- 145 mm - Tags
- Alcohol Packaging, Gen Z, Hard Sparkling Water, Pioneer Visual Art, Font Effect of 3D Liquid Metal
- Production Technology
- aluminum can and glass bottle
- Design Challenge
- The challenge of the project laid in how to stand out in the crowded market of essentially identical products and to catch eyes of consumers in the consumption scenarios. For this end, the package design applies the font effect of 3D liquid metal on the figure 0 to visually convey the low calorie and refreshing taste of the product, quite striking and impressive. The illustrations of various art styles are also adopted to reinterpret what the ZERO can be, exuding a coherent vibe of futurism.
- Project Duration
- The design and development of ZERO started in Beijing, in September 2021. It will be introduced to the market in China, in August 2023.
- Operation Flow
- With the uniquely designed water drop shape, any two bottles can be connected mouth to mouth to form a new infinity symbol. This subtle shape design boasts much playfulness, and offers every consumer a new approach to socializing and interacting with others.
- Research
- In light of the preferences of the z generation, the design team labeled the hard sparkling water as ZERO to denote the infinite enjoyment it brings and the midnight for people to indulge in revelry. The ZERO is expected to create a mental habitat for the z generation to take their stress and disguise off and to show their true personalities in the leisure moments.
- Inspiration
- The hard sparkling water is subtly named as Zero to symbolize the midnight, a time to enjoy revelry and welcome a new day. The continuation Zero implies is encapsulated and visualized by the infinity symbol, to connote the endless enjoyment offered by the hard sparkling water. For stronger aesthetic appeal, the figure 0 takes on the font effect of 3D liquid metal, which exudes a striking futuristic style to make the package design match the consumption scenariosmore closely.
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