Illusory 香薰扩香器 by Jingyi Miao and Hu Zou

Illusory 香薰扩香器 by Jingyi Miao and Hu Zou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 包装设计 Competition Category.

铜包装· 2024

Illusory 香薰扩香器

by Jingyi Miao and Hu Zou

Client: Mzdesign

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 包装 Category

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The Design

About Illusory 香薰扩香器

该设计旨在提出一种新的环保方式，将包装作为产品本身的一部分，以减少材料浪费和生产成本。在这款香薰扩香器设计中，海绵既是包装内衬，又是扩香器本身，充分利用了海绵柔软、缓冲和多孔的特性。由于海绵的多孔性，香液能够均匀地附着在其表面，使香味更加持久迷人。这种设计将包装与产品融为一体，符合可持续发展的理念。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Illusory 香薰扩香器是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Illusory 香薰扩香器将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Illusory 香薰扩香器出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In this aromatherapy diffuser design, the sponge is both the packaging lining and the diffuser itself, fully utilizing the soft, cushioning, and porous properties of sponge. When using, spray the fragrance liquid onto the surface of diffuser. Due to the porous nature of sponge, liquid can evenly adhere to its surface, making the aroma more lasting and charming.
The porosity of sponge creates a beautiful illusory effect at the edges of the product, like a charming aroma, pleasant and ethereal.
Dimensions & Packaging: During the design process, we created product models of different sizes and obtained the optimal product size through statistical analysis of fragrance holding time and expansion effect. After ergonomic testing, the product was selected in the following dimensions: 80 mm x 40 mm x 160 mm.
The translucent frosting design of the outer package allows users to vaguely see the shape of the inner product like a perfume bottle, and can better present the beauty and innovation of the whole design.
Tags: Aromatherapy, Diffuser, Sustainable Design, Packaging Lining, Sponge
Production Technology: This product has an efficient and convenient production process, which can reduce costs and significantly save energy. The diffuser is made by pressing the sponge raw material with a knife mold, with a simple process and high production efficiency.
Every year, up to 90% of packaging linings are discarded, resulting in significant waste. This design selects BONDED FOAM (recycled sponge) as the main material, which is environmentally friendly, aging resistant, and has high compressive strength.
Design Challenge: In the early stages of project development, a long research cycle and heavy data statistics are a challenge, as we hope to conduct preliminary research and material research on this project as comprehensively as possible. In order to produce a material that holds fragrance for a longer time, has better fragrance expansion effect, and is durable and shock-absorbing, the production and selection of sponges have also undergone repeated debugging and research and development during the process.
Research: Through research on academic papers and publications, telephone interviews, and on-site visits to a large number of users, we have learned that up to 90% of packaging lining are discarded every year, resulting in a huge waste. This waste behavior has a wide range and large amount, and is easily overlooked by people. We hope to propose a new environmentally friendly approach through this design, using packaging as a part of the product itself to reduce material waste and production costs.
Inspiration: Sponges have the characteristics of softness and porosity, with cushioning and fragrance emitting functions, and their texture exhibits various aesthetic sensations as the size of surface pores changes.
This design allows the packaging lining to become the product itself, truly integrating the packaging with the product, in line with the concept of sustainable development. It utilizes the functionality of the sponge lining while exploring its aesthetic properties to maximize the material value.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2022 and finished in April 2023 in Guangzhou, China, and was exhibited in the Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in June 2023.
Operation Flow: During transportation, the sponge diffuser serves as a packaging lining to protect the fragrance bottle.
After receiving the product, the user can take out the packaging lining (sponge diffuser). When using, take out the fragrance bottle and spray the aromatherapy liquids onto the sponge diffuser. After spraying, put the bottle back into the diffuser.
Due to the porous nature of sponges, aromatherapy liquids can evenly adhere to the surfaces and continuously emit fragrance for a long time.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Jingyi Miao, 2023.
Team Members: Miao Jingyi
Zou Hu
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Qian Kai, Illusory, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Qian Kai, Illusory, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Qian Kai, Illusory, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Qian Kai, Illusory, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Qian Kai, Illusory, 2023.