Grassy Premiados 咖啡包裝 by Dimitri Lociks is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 包裝設計 Competition Category.

銀包裝· 2022

Grassy Premiados 咖啡包裝

by Dimitri Lociks

Client: Grassy Caffè

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 包裝 Category

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The Design

About Grassy Premiados 咖啡包裝

Grassy Premiados 係一款專為巴西精品咖啡而設嘅包裝設計。盒身採用有機同模組化嘅造型，靈感嚟自桃花心木種子、咖啡豆同埋巴西現代主義建築嘅曲線。模組化嘅結構令盒可以疊放，並喺貨架上呈現出獨特嘅陳列效果。盒身以卡紙製成，採用啞面過膠、燙印同單色印刷工藝。咖啡裝喺一個附有排氣閥嘅塑膠袋內，可保護咖啡豆免受氧氣影響。金屬膜黏貼標籤用作封盒，並印有產品資訊，令產品可以低成本快速定制。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Grassy Premiados 咖啡包裝是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Grassy Premiados 咖啡包裝將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Grassy Premiados 咖啡包裝是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Grassy Premium packaging was designed to allow a high impact visual display on shelves, at an affordable cost and easy to assemble, adding value to award-winning Brazilian coffees. Its organic shapes are also modular, which allows for stacking and a very differentiated way of displaying on shelves and showcases. The packaging also features an adhesive label solution, which allows for quick and varied customization of the packaging.
Dimensions & Packaging: The assembled package is 20 centimeters wide, 14 centimeters high, and 14.5 centimeters deep.
Tags: package, Brazilian coffee, biomimetic, bio design,
Production Technology: The Grassy Premium packaging has two moments, the box was developed to be produced in large batches, to amortize the investment in graphic finishes with higher cost and added value, while the labels are manufactured on demand, in short runs. The box was designed to ensure high perceived value at a low cost. We use cardboard, matte lamination, hot stamp, and monochrome printing. The labels are made of metallic BOPP film with special printing and cutting. The coffee, as it needs special protection against oxygen and other external agents, is protected in a plastic bag with valve.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was to make a paper packaging that had an exceptional aesthetics, but was functional, modular and easy to use. The solutions started from a design approach inspired by nature, observing formal solutions, modulation and visual appeal in mahogany seeds and coffee beans. Another difficulty was to reconcile a very organic design with requirements of economic and productive viability. In this sense, we work together with suppliers, testing materials, printing and assembly solutions that enabled packaging with high perceived value, but low production cost.
Research: The project started from a briefing interview, where the client's demands were defined. We then started market research that revealed the need for a more innovative approach to designing award-winning coffees. We analyzed luxury packaging, but the final inspiration came from observing nature and studying biomimetics. After the phase of creating alternatives, we go on to validation with the client, prototyping, and testing. Then we started the budget, feasibility analysis, adjustments, closing files, prototype approval and final production phase.
Inspiration: The packaging design was inspired by the shapes and modulations of seeds, in addition to the curves of Brazilian modernist architecture, allowing not only a very different look for the project but also the possibility of a unique modulation. The great insight of the packaging came from a walk in the park in Brasilia, where we found a mahogany seed that sparked our gaze to other sources of solution, such as the shape of the coffee bean and the curves of the Oscar Niemeyer's architecture, resulting in the construction of an elegant and innovative Brazilian symbology.
Project Duration: The project lasted 6 months, with 3 months in the design phase in Brasilia, 2 months in the adjustments, budget and production phase in Santa Catarina, and another 1 month in the training and launch phase, in Sao Paulo.
Operation Flow: The package assembly process is simple: the first step is to place the coffee in the plastic bag, extracting the oxygen, then take the package planned for assembly, carefully reinforcing the creases. After assembling the box, we insert the bag with the coffee in it and, finally, we seal the box with an adhesive label that defines the information about the product.
Team Members: Designer and Creative Director: Dimitri Lociks; Design member: Simone Turíbio; Feasibility consultant: Marília Turíbio
Image Credits: all images and videos: photographer Dimitri Lociks, study with shadows, 2021.