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Xiaoyou Cultural Creative Liquor Packaging

Xiaoyou Cultural Creative Liquor

Xiaoyou Cultural Creative Liquor is a ceramic bottle and packaging design for a Chinese spirit. The bottle takes its form from the Xiaoyou, an owl shaped bronze liquor vessel of the Shang Dynasty held in the Shanxi Museum. Serpent, wing and Kui dragon motifs are simplified into clean lines. The body is made of matte black Jingdezhen ceramic and is detailed with metallic gilding, while the cap and drinking set combine ceramic and metal. The owl shaped outer lid is twisted open by hand, repeating the way the original vessel was used.

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Collection 10 Years Of Shede Liquor Packaging

Collection 10 Years Of Shede

Collection 10 Years of Shede is packaging for a Chinese baijiu liquor. The design draws on two traditional Chinese crafts, movable type printing and papermaking. Movable type elements appear on the outer box surface and on the bottle cap, arranged in a pattern that looks scattered yet ordered. The bottle body is carved with rock patterns, with concave and convex areas that recall ten years of ageing and the work of heritage craftsmen. The paper and plastic packing on the front is fully recyclable and naturally degradable. The design keeps simple forms and clear proportions.

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128 Bpm Gin Packaging

128 Bpm

128 Bpm is a packaging and label design for a gin bottle. The name refers to a musical tempo of 128 beats per minute, a rate linked to the rhythm of a happy heart. The concept is based on the Blues, a musical genre that shaped many later styles. Birds represent the travel of music through history and also gather the botanicals used in gin. Wings stand for creative freedom. The front and back labels are printed on self adhesive cotton paper with a matte, velvety finish. Gold foil, varnish, embossing and debossing complete the design.

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Flora Gin

Flora

Flora is a label design for a bottled gin produced in Chile. The design is inspired by the landscapes of the north and the south of the country, from desert mountains to Patagonian skies. Warm tones refer to sunrises over northern deserts, while cool tones refer to clouds on cold Patagonian days. The label is printed on textured martele paper, and gold foil is applied to the logo, the sun and the clouds. A special die cutting process shapes the label, and embossing marks the description panel. The bottle is closed with a wooden cork.

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1821 Vintage Bolgrad Sparkling Wine

1821 Vintage Bolgrad

The Bolgrad brand embodies the essence of the southern regions of the Ukrainian coast: light atmosphere, great climate and good winemaking. The year 1821, which is indicated on the label and is its centerpiece, is the year the city of Bolgrad, located in the Odessa region in the south of the country, was founded. Bolgrad is the first Ukrainian producer who decided to bring to the market a sparkling wine in a lower and wider bottle, which is more typical of western producers. The design of this product reflects progressiveness, high status and adherence to European traditions of winemaking.

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Shochu X Bottle Label

Shochu X

Designed for a rebranding of Shochu X, a company that creates new value from a modern perspective for shochu, a traditional spirit produced in the Kyushu region, Japan. Focused on the fact that this brand does not only offer the value of alcoholic beverages but also values the relationship with culture and lifestyles. Used a Western spirits like bottle shape and label, but added a graphic design with a Japanese style pattern and minimalist aesthetics to express the cultural fusion between the West and the East and global citizens' happiness of being socially connected through this shochu.

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Design Interview of the Day

Design Interview of the Day

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