Alienergy Energy Drink 能量饮料包装 by Genki Forest

Alienergy Energy Drink 能量饮料包装 by Genki Forest is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 包装设计 Competition Category.

银包装· 2021

Alienergy Energy Drink 能量饮料包装

by Genki Forest

Client: Genki Forest (Beijing) Food Technology Group Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 包装 Category

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The Design

About Alienergy Energy Drink 能量饮料包装

Alienergy 是一款无糖能量饮料的包装设计。该设计采用纤细铝罐,宽 58 毫米、深 58 毫米、高 142 毫米,容量为 330 毫升。选用铝材是因为其可被高效回收与再利用。作为品牌标志延伸而绘制的外星人形象构成主视觉图形,并在整个产品线中反复呈现。简洁的配色方案、利落的直线、几何造型与金属质感点缀,使罐体在货架上极具视觉冲击力。信息层级的编排重点突出了无糖配方这一特性。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Alienergy Energy Drink 能量饮料包装是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Alienergy Energy Drink 能量饮料包装将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Alienergy Energy Drink 能量饮料包装是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The Alien figure is the extension of the logo, by emphasizing the character enables the brand to have a strong connection with this bold mark. Alienergy considered to keep this character as a symbol for the whole energy drink product line. The brand chose a much clean palette and make use of the metal shine for popping accents. Combined with the information hierarchy of emphasizing sugar free, the design distinguishes the product from competitors and expresses the brand attitude of innovation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 58mm x Depth 58mm x Height 142mm
Tags: Branding, Packaging, Can, 3D, Energy drink
Production Technology: When we are facing the challenge that plastics bring globally, aluminum became the obvious solution for efficient recycling and repurposing. Alienergy firmly believes that companies today are obligated to help spread the message and values.
Design Challenge: This entry is actually our second generation of design. The main challenge we face is that the first Alienergy design has a more natural aesthetic with green and white as the main color scheme. It didn't differentiate enough from the market place and we wanted a more powerful and impactful design but still stay true to our brand concept. This current design features no concrete representation of nature and flavor such as tea leaves or fruits, only strait lines, geometric shapes and more contrasting colors to solidify a more energetic impression on customers.
Research: In the current market especially after the pandemic, the trend of health consciousness is rising. We wanted to create a revolutionary product that meets this demand. We conducted surveys both online and offline for the importance of sugar free and the preference of aesthetics in designs after the preliminary stage. Each question were designed to test out our design or unique product features against real competitors in the market side by side, thus be more grounded in our analysis and results. We have more confidence to have science back up our product and packaging design.
Inspiration: Alienergy is the first brand in China to create an energy drink without sugar. Our two main goals are highlighting the brand identity and emphasizing the strong function of our energy drink. We think that alien is an appropriate metaphor for the unknown power so we designed around it. The identity is simple enough that it will be easy to memorize, also intriguing for consumers to imagine the whole profile of it.
Project Duration: The project started in June, 2020 and completed on October 2020. The design was completed in Beijing, China. The production location is Shanghai, China.
Operation Flow: The slim can shape helps the product stand out on the shelf in current retail scenarios and creates a better holding experience for our customers. The 330 ml net weight is also by design. For the brand's flagship product line, this product caters to a larger audience in the energy market and this can size has withstood the test of market. Most customers can finish this drink in one sitting in a comfortable pace without having to carry it by hand.
Patents: Label Patent:202030509836.0 , 2020, China.
Team Members: Logo type design: Gang Wang
Jiaqi Liu
Logo mark design: Xiaolan Xiao
Packaging design: Xiaolan Xiao
Tianyun Liu
Prepress: Xiaolan Xiao
Image Credits: Creator: Gang Wang