Aurum 金箔包裝 by LLAB Design Ltd is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金獎 in 奢華設計 Competition Category.

金奢華· 2021

Aurum 金箔包裝

by LLAB Design Ltd

Client: Aurum

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 奢華 Category

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The Design

About Aurum 金箔包裝

Aurum係一款專為食用金箔而設計嘅禮盒。呢個包裝將原材料呈現為高級零售產品。盒身結構借鑒珠寶包裝設計。一塊刻有品牌名稱嘅陽極氧化金色金屬板密封住個盒，同時充當磁力鎖。外層表面由紋理紙、燙金同局部UV工藝構成。頂層嘅絲帶固定住一支定製鑷子，方便夾起極輕嘅金箔。一張半透明薄片保護住下面嘅金箔。禮盒尺寸為88乘90乘65毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Aurum 金箔包裝是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Aurum 金箔包裝將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Aurum 金箔包裝激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Client is a manufacturer of gold leaf. Instead of selling raw materials (thin gold leaves to craftsman or desert ingredients shops), we recommend client to develop a new brand that sell premium edible gold leaf to customers (expand the business model from B2B to B2C). We have designed a premium gift box for the new brand. The gift box is specially designed with glamour and elegance which is made of edible grade material. It comes with a bespoke tweezer to ensure easy application.
Dimensions & Packaging: W88mm x D90mm x H65mm
Tags: luxury, gold, premium, packaging
Production Technology: As AURUM is a new concept of product to market, luxurious touch is essential to be delivered to customers. The box structure and mechanics reference from luxurious jewelry packaging. The box is sealed by an anodized golden metal plate with brand name engraved, and the plate work as the magnetic lock for the packaging. For the outer texture, we used several gold foil stamping effects plus textured paper, with a touch of spot UV to create a unique hand touch. The package box is in several layers, top layer with a small ribbon to hold a small tweezer for pick up the gold leaf. Second layer is a translucent paper with brand name stamped, well protecting the prestige gold leaf, while at the same time create a higher class image for the product.
Design Challenge: Hardest part will be the structure and printing effect; as AURUM is a box of gold leaves, it is easily to associate the shininess and texture by applying gold foil printing on the packaging surface. However we would like to go further and more extra-ordinary, we use a matt texture paper and add silver foil on top, then go thru 4C printing on the foil to add on different gradient of gold colors on it. To ensure the color stay on silver foil is challenging.
Research: We've done a lot of research about the characteristics of gold leaves, e.g. manufacturing process, usage etc. Research are mainly collecting data and insight via internet.
Inspiration: With its special qualities of shininess and rareness, genuine gold leaves are traditionally representing prestigious, luxurious and high quality. Thus we would like to show these characteristics thru the packaging. The process of making gold leaves is by hammering a piece of gold for over 20,000 times, to obtain the finest quality and thinnest texture. For this reason, the gold foil graphics on packaging has an irregular shape to show the making of process of gold leaves. We also reference from the structure of jewelry boxes on the packaging box structure, in order to deliver the luxurious touch.
Project Duration: Starts in Dec 2019 to Aug 2020
Operation Flow: First we do a lot of market research about the gold leaves packaging, and we also research on varies food-grade material for the packaging. Also we have suggest to include a small tweezer for holding the tiny gold leaves (gold leaves are so feather weight that can be blown away easily)
Team Members: Creative director : Mike Wong
Project director : Tryde Leung
Designer : Chang Lu William Senjau