Iron Packaging Design · 2023
Jiang Hu Alcohol Beverage Package
by Wei Li
- A' Design Award 2023 Iron Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Shenzhen Reform Brand Consultant and Design Co.,Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 9,878
- Verification code 4DD39EA8B9 · Verify this award
About Jiang Hu Alcohol Beverage Package
Jiang Hu is a packaging design for huang jiu, a traditional Chinese rice wine. The bottle top is heavy enough to be used as a paperweight, and it can also be turned over and used as a drinking glass. The bottle holds a small volume, suited to common drinking habits. The outer box is made of foam instead of paper, so the same box protects the bottle during delivery. The graphics take the ancient Chinese token as a theme and depict the life of a swordsman. The aim is to give an old product a fresh image.
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- Unique Properties
- The work is exquisite and practical to satisfy any kinds of consumers: the bottle top is heavy enough to be used as paper weight; it also can be used as a glass if turn it over. Besides, it’s a new product of small capacity to fit for people’s capacity for liquor in general.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 180mm x 90mm x 50mm
- Tags
- Alcohol, Package, Chinese
- Production Technology
- It directly used foam material on outer box package instead of paper. It can both be the outer box of the product and shockproof packaging when sending express delivery.
- Design Challenge
- This product is environmental-friendly. It directly used foam material on outer box package instead of paper. It can both be the outer box of the product and shockproof packaging when sending express delivery.
- Project Duration
- The project started in August 2019 in Shenzhen China and finished in May 2020 in Shenzhen China.
- Operation Flow
- Since huang jiu has gone through such a long history for nearly 7 thousand years in China, people have seen it as a kind of old-fashioned product. “Jianghu” redefined this old but precious Chinese legacy and tried to show a side of fashion by its cultural value of huang jiu. It was a brand new idea on the market.
- Research
- The name of the product is “Jiang Hu”. The word “Jiang Hu” sets in the world of elites, it represents a world full of heroes, a fair society that imparting skills to each other, and maintaining a strict code of honor. The "token" is a metal plate that symbolizes strength and bravery, it was also used to authorize military operations in ancient China. Therefore, the "token" used as a symbol to express the "power" of the "jianghu", depicting the initial process of a Chinese swordsman's maturity through adventures and hardships.
- Inspiration
- Huang jiu is a traditional Chinese specialty that was invented in China about 7 thousand years ago. At the market today, huang jiu products remain the similar packaging design and never highlight any characteristics of traditional Chinese huang jiu. Jiang Hu’s design broke through the conventional mode of thinking, showed a new image of traditional Chinese Huang jiu. It takes the “token" as a design clue, depicting the ups and downs of a swordsman's life in ancient China.