Artbird 香皂包装 by Zhangyong Hou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 包装设计 Competition Category.

银包装· 2022

Artbird 香皂包装

by Zhangyong Hou

Client: Artbird

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 包装 Category

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The Design

About Artbird 香皂包装

Artbird是一款专为手工精油皂打造的包装系列。每块香皂均以不同花卉的精油制成，因而呈现出各异的纹理图案。外盒以花瓶造型进行镂空切割，透过开口即可看见其中的香皂。每个盒子采用不同的花瓶形状，使每一份包装都独一无二。盒体选用质感强烈的特种纸制作，装饰元素被降至最低，以充分展现纸张的天然色泽与香皂的自然纹理。该设计传递出手工制作的价值。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Artbird 香皂包装是 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Artbird 香皂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。Artbird 香皂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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a series of hand-made essential oil soap packaging. The soap is hand-made from essential oil from different flowers, so the patterns of each soap are different. Based on this feature of the product, the designer hollowed out different vase patterns on the outer box, and put them into the soap packaging box, there are beautiful vases, and each vase pattern is different, Every product is unique. It's wonderful for the people who buy it.
Dimensions & Packaging: Net content 235g,length115mm,width75mm,height22mm
Tags: Soap packaging, packaging design, Limited packaging, essential oil soap
Production Technology: The special paper with strong texture is selected as the outer package, and various vase shapes are cut out on the box at the same time. Did not do too much decorative patterns, retain the product's own characteristics and the primary color of special paper.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part is how to make consumers treat it differently from traditional industrial products and find out the charm of pure handmade products. This is a challenge and also interesting. In the end, they found a solution, cutting different vase shapes on the box, making each product different.
Research: Handmade products are different from large industrial products in its uniqueness. Each product is different, and each product has its own unique story. It is like a work of art, condensing the efforts of craftsmen. In order to convey these ideas, the designer combines the soap and the same handmade vase together, so that no soap can bloom charming patterns.
Inspiration: Artists extract essential oil from flowers and pour essential oil and different materials into containers to make them. The gorgeous colors are like the sunset in the sky. The soaps made in this way are unique. Bathing with essential oil and soap, your skin looks like a porcelain vase. Why not cut out different vase shapes on the outer package! Each package is a beautiful work of art, and each vase design is different.
Project Duration: It will be launched in Dalian in January 2021 and completed in Dalian in February 2021
Operation Flow: Each package presents different patterns, which is the charm of handmade products
Team Members: Zhangyong Hou
Image Credits: #1#2#3#4#5 Creator Zhangyong Hou