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Beautiful Life Mothball

Shuwei Qi Mothball Packaging

Beautiful Life

Beautiful Life is a packaging design for mothballs sold in China. Mothball packaging is strictly regulated, so most products in the market look alike. Beautiful Life uses a calligraphic logo, peach flowers and a figure drawn from ancient Chinese painting. The opening window has the shape of a bat, a traditional symbol of blessing. The tin can is printed in eight colors, and the paper box is carved and gilded. The tin can seals the odor and can be kept and reused. A hidden inner lid makes the container hard for children to open.

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Sweet Osmanthus Wine

Yunxin Chen Wine Packaging

Sweet Osmanthus

Sweet Osmanthus is a packaging design for a Chinese wine made from sweet osmanthus flowers and grape juice, produced without added water. The box measures 230 by 90 by 90 millimetres. The design draws on the culture of Jiangnan, a region known for its long history and its classical gardens. A window motif is used as the main theme, because windows express the character of Jiangnan gardens. Each window offers a different view. The four sides of the box together form one continuous garden scene that retells the story of the region.

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Tongue-Bongue Candy Package

Victoria Ax Candy Package Packaging

Tongue-Bongue

The wish was to create a package for some kind of food. When developing packaging, it is most important to be unpredictable. Since there are many stereotypical solutions on the market, something else should be sought, one should move away from the templates. And attention was paid on eating process itself such as taking and putting food in the mouth. This was a background to idea. People use the tongue to suck all sorts of sweets. Tongue-shaped lollipops create a surreal metaphor "tongue on (human) tongue".

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Rose Wine Packaging

Ximena Ureta Wine Packaging Packaging

Rose

Rose is a wine label designed for a rose wine produced in Chile. The label measures 85 by 90 millimetres and is printed on textured paper of 89 grams per square metre. Five special colours are applied in digital offset, with gold foil, black foil, relief and bas-relief finishes. The design is inspired by roses, petals, vine leaves and the soft colours of the evening sky. Vine tendrils tangle around the text. The bottle holds 375 millilitres, a small format that is new to this wine category in Chile.

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Yo,verde Olive Oil

Antonio Cuenca Olive Oil Packaging

Yo,verde

A synthesis exercise for this design inspired by classic syrup jars. The name is the insignia of the product that justifies the green color of the oil inside. On the front, the logo is constructed from the pharmaceutical cross forming a pixelated heart. The sober and artless design that uses a message associated with health and its content.

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Happiness Mooncake Package

Chao Xu Mooncake Package Packaging

Happiness

Happiness mooncake package is a set of gift pack, which consist five boxes with different structure and graphics. The Inbetween Creative design team depicted an image of how local people celebrate Mid autumn festival, by using Chinese style illustration. The illustration demonstrates local buildings and Mid-autumn activities, such as racing dragon boat, beating drums. This gift pack design does not only act as a food container but also a souvenir to promote the culture of Shien city.

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Taste Buds Travel Taiwan Souvenir

Pin Shuan Chen Souvenir Packaging

Taste Buds Travel Taiwan

This Taiwanese cookie souvenir is not only to develop a box full of delicious Taiwanese flavor cookies but also to create a design, using Taiwanese national flower plum blossom window cut as the cover, and there are also 4 paper coasters with different Taiwanese tile patterns composed of signature cookie ingredients to emphasize the flavor of cookies inside the box. Lets tourists bring memories and Taiwanese culture home to share with families and friends.

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Adore Repackaging Sanitary Pads

Etereo Sanitary Pads Packaging

Adore Repackaging

Adore is a packaging design for sanitary pads. The packaging uses a handwritten typeface as the main design element to create a sense of youth and vibrancy. The layout is minimal and set against a plain background, so attention is drawn to the theme of feminine health. Each pack is made of fully sealed aluminium foil with a resealable closure, allowing users to take what is needed and close the pack again to protect the pads from germs and bacteria. Three sizes are produced, for pantyliner, day and night use.

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Bestore Handy Gift Series Snacks Gifts Box

TIGER PAN Series Snacks Gifts Box Packaging

Bestore Handy Gift

Bestore Handy Gift is a series of snack gift boxes. The series was created to extend an existing snack brand range with non-standard products. Each box is made of white cardboard and sized according to the product inside. A printed paper belt runs along the right side of every box, uniting fifty different boxes under one series and supporting an orderly display on shelves and counters. The illustrations are arranged at a forty-five degree angle and framed in gold. Lines and selected elements are applied by gold stamping.

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Hanwu Liquan 1974 Beverage

Wen Liu Beverage Packaging

Hanwu Liquan 1974

Hanwu Liquan 1974 is a packaging design for a Chinese liquor series. The bottle is made of transparent frosted glass with roasted gold detailing, while the cap and the tag are made of metal. The blue color of the bottle is inspired by jade from the Han Dynasty. Two dragons, based on Han Dynasty dragon patterns, form the main visual element. The shape and the structure follow a minimalist modern style. The packaging box measures 88 mm in length, 88 mm in width and 227.5 mm in height. The design presents traditional Chinese culture in a contemporary form.

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Mao Tai Chun Liquor

Zeng Li Liquor Packaging

Mao Tai Chun

Mao Tai Chun is a packaging design for a Chinese liquor. The bottle is made of matte green ceramic, decorated with a high temperature firing print technique, and holds 500 millilitres. The metal lid follows the theme of the year of the rat and is shaped by a hollowing process. The outer box is made of beige special paper, printed in spot colours and finished with hot stamping. Text and cultural motifs are kept simple and clear. The design joins a flying fairy motif with the rat symbol to present traditional Chinese culture to younger consumers.

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Enkindle Chocolate Box

ION AVRAM Chocolate Box Packaging

Enkindle

Enkindle is a chocolate box designed for dark chocolate mini tablets in two flavors, chili and lemon with pepper. The design joins two boxes, which serve as the covers of a pop-up card. Once unfolded, the card reveals an illustrated story in three-dimensional cut outs. Cut outs on the inner side show the mini tablets, shaped as a volcano for the chili flavor and as a gold bar treasure for the lemon and pepper flavor. The reference recalls the past, when spices were as valuable as gold. The box is made of cardboard and can be kept after the chocolate is eaten.

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