Bronze Packaging Design · 2023
Qinshihuang Cpa Packaging
by China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd.
- A' Design Award 2023 Bronze Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: China Resources Snow Breweries
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About Qinshihuang Cpa Packaging
Qinshihuang CPA is a packaging design for a craft beer in the China Pale Ale category. The bottle shape and bottle neck use typical elements of the Qin dynasty, and the form recalls a jade goblet with cloud patterns from the Qin and Han periods. A flag around the bottle neck marks the product as a pioneer of the China Pale Ale style. A central seal script character, the unified font of the Qin dynasty, gives a traditional and classical look. The design is made as a 315 ml glass bottle and a 550 ml aluminium can.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The packaging design aims to interpret the pale ale full of Chinese characteristics. To highlight its cultural characteristics, the bottle shape and bottle neck are designed with typical elements in Qin dynasty. The flag round the bottle neck indicates that it pioneers the China Pale Ale category in the industry. The central seal character as the unified font in Qin dynasty leads to a traditional, classical style. Qinshihuang Cpa guides the industry towards the new trend of China pale ale.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 315 ml bottle: 200 x 62 mm
550 ml can: 159.5 x 66 mm - Tags
- CPA, Chinese traditional culture, packaging of beer, craft beer, elements of Qin Dynasty
- Production Technology
- aluminium can, glass bottle
- Design Challenge
- The challenge faced by us is that how to highlight the distinctiveness and superiority of the product through the packaging design. To achieve that, we integrate multiple elements of Qin Dynasty into a bottle of the modern style under the reinterpretation of Qinshihuang, thereby enabling users to experience the flavor and culture of China.
- Project Duration
- This product was designed and developed in February, 2020, in Beijing, and will be launched in January, 2023, in China.
- Operation Flow
- The bottle of Qinshihuang CPA shapes like jade goblet with cloud design in Qin and Han Dynasty, suggesting the product positioning and realizing a striking visual effect. Open the bottle cap to drink.
- Research
- IPA features top fermentation, highalcoholconcentration and strongsmellofhops, most of which adopts malt, hops and yeast from Britain as materials. Considering that, this CPA is brewed with basic materials full of Chinese characteristics, namely those Chinese crops widely planted in Qin Dynasty, so as to create a brand-new China Pale Ale style.
- Inspiration
- Ipa, namely India Pale Ale, is the most popular category of craft beer globally. Based on that, the design team conceived the concept of Cpa and designed this product, to provide craft beer lovers with a new option. As a pioneer in China Pale Ale, this craft beer is named after Qinshihuang, which aims to highlight its innovation in craft beer and to give a strong sense of cultural identity and confidence.