Wu Xing Ipakethe by Siwei Lai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lwePakheji Competition Category.

IsilivereIpakheji· 2022

Wu Xing Ipakethe

by Siwei Lai

Client: Huyu

Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Ipakheji Category

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The Design

About Wu Xing Ipakethe

Olu chungechunge lomsebenzi iWu Xing lusebenzisa izilwanyana njengengcaciso kwaye lahlukaniswa njengezinto ezintlanu ngokweempawu zazo. Phakathi kwazo, ukugxininisa umjikelo wentsebenziswano kwiWu Xing, abayili bongezelele ukuphuma kwelanga nokutshona kwelanga kumfanekiso ngamnye, okumele ukuqala nokuphela kosuku. Ibhokisi yomzobo sisakhiwo esiphambili esiphuhlisiweyo, ebonisa umvakalelo wokuqina nokuba yiklasikhi. Ukusuka kwibhokisi ekwimo yencwadi ukuya ekuvulekeni ukuya kwisakhiwo sobeke esizimeleyo size sibe lithala lokubonisa. Kwesi sakhiwo sobeke esikhethekileyo, ikhadi ngalinye linokuboniswa ngokupheleleyo.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Wu Xing Ipakethe ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Wu Xing Ipakethe iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Wu Xing Ipakethe yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The painting box is the main structure development, showing a sense of hardcover and classic. From the book-shaped box to the unfolding to the packaging structure that independently becomes the display rack. In this special package structure, each card of this work “Wu Xing“ can be fully displayed.
Dimensions & Packaging: Outer box size: W18×L27×H4 cm; The size of the display stand after unfolding: W53×H22.5×D9 cm
Tags: Visual Identity, packaging structure, printed matter
Design Challenge: In order for the cards to be fully displayed at one time and to reduce the volume during packaging and transportation. We tested and adjusted many times to have been carried out on the display of the packaging and the folding structure.
Research: Our research included: 1. Communications with the client. 2. Defined the tone and manner of the brand 3. Structural packaging design, test, and revise the structure. 4. Visual design.
Inspiration: This work “Wu Xing“ presents a series of works that categorize these five elements according to their characteristics, and from my own perspective to use animals as a representative interpretation. Among them, in order to emphasize the cycle of gram and symbiosis in the five elements, I added the sunrise and the sunset in each illustration, representing the beginning and the end of the day.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2021 and finished in April 2021, in Taichung City, Taiwan.

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