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Explore 1029 award-winning designs tagged Packaging on A Design News.

Huanghongying Tea Packaging Design

Huanghongying

Huanghongying is a packaging design for tea grown in the mountains of Guizhou. The outer box is made of lightweight carton, which is easy to carry, transport and recycle. The tea is divided into small separate bags, so each portion can be taken without affecting the rest. Hand-drawn illustrations cover the surface of the box and show the tea mountain climate, the local natural ecology and the growing methods used in the tea garden. Useful data is listed beside the illustrations. The design lets consumers see the origin and quality of the tea.

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Twelve Constellations Sunflower Seed Packaging

Twelve Constellations

Be Er Xiang Twelve Constellations is a sunflower seed packaging design created for a new brand. The container is made of tinplate with an inner plastic bag, and the graphics are produced with four-color printing. Each package measures 100 millimeters in diameter and 150 millimeters in height. The illustrations combine the twelve constellations with sunflower motifs. The constellation theme was chosen because it is a familiar subject among young people. The aim is to give the new brand a distinct look and to attract young consumers.

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Rb5 Vinicola Visual Identity

Rb5 Vinicola

RB5 Vinicola is a visual identity and packaging program created for a winery in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil. The icon is a monogram that hides the letters R and B inside a serif number five. The negative space forms the silhouette of a wine opener. The name recalls the Bartolini family and the five brothers who founded the winery in 1853. The identity is applied to bottle packaging, wooden boxes, shopping bags, business cards, tags and uniforms. Embossing, gold foil, crepe paper, glass and cut wood were used. The aim was to join tradition with a modern and sober look.

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Ugly Monster Package

Ugly Monster

Ugly Monster is packaging for a popsicle product made in Taiwan. The design shows a green character with a rugged surface, inspired by guava, a fruit grown in the town of Yanchao. Fluorescent green gives the character a positive and lively look. The body and the legs have an unbalanced ratio, and the character has no hands, so the form appears funny. The package measures 70 mm in width, 195 mm in length and 20 mm in height. The aim is to promote the product and to draw attention to the small town and its farmers.

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Plaza del Sol  Crisp Bag

Plaza del Sol

Plaza del Sol is a packaging design for bags of crisps. The graphics draw on folk motifs and souvenir objects found in Spanish tourist cities, and these references are presented in a contemporary way with humor. Each flow pack tells a short story built from souvenir items, with the intention of making the buyer smile. The images are created through still life photography arranged in a set, and the bags are produced by flexographic printing. Each bag measures 195 by 320 millimeters.

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Jane Foldable Phone Packaging

Jane

Jane is a packaging design for a foldable mobile phone. The design references bamboo and wooden slips, an ancient Chinese book form, and uses traditional Chinese letterforms. The box is made entirely of special paper with a wood and fabric texture, without plastic or other materials. The user manual wraps around the outer surface and is held in place by magnets. The manual can be detached and rolled up. The box opens with a tab, and the products inside are arranged in separate layers. The packaging measures 198 by 192 by 47 millimeters.

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Optimus Prime  Building Block Toy

Optimus Prime

Mi Transformers Optimus Prime Packaging is a paper package designed for a building block toy. The front of the box shows the assembled product, so the shape and the movable parts are clear to buyers. The minimalist style and color scheme reflect the character of the toy. Display and packaging functions are combined in one structure. The upper cover opens to reveal layered bags of blocks. The lower box opens to both sides and forms separate storage boxes. Parts can be sorted by type, and the box can be reused for daily storage.

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Yipin Yellow Tea Tea Packaging

Yipin Yellow Tea

Yipin Yellow Tea is a tea packaging design that also serves as a decorative object. The package is made of ceramic combined with metal, which gives a good seal and makes it durable for long-term storage and reuse. The form is inspired by the tiger that guards the imperial tea garden, the dragon shaped old well and the stones of Mengding mountain. Opening the package is presented as a small discovery. After the tea is used, the cover can be removed and incense can be burned inside, so the container becomes an incense burner. The package measures 110 by 110 by 21 millimeters.

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Sogurt  Froyo Ice Cream Packaging

Sogurt

Sogurt With Love and All Things Good is a packaging design for frozen yogurt ice cream cups. Fresh colour hues are used to reflect an approachable, light-hearted and elegant brand voice. Overlaid illustrations personify the fusion of key ingredients within each crafted flavour. Typography, iconography and layout are arranged to present product information clearly and to support easy reading. The plastic lid of the previous packaging is replaced with a paper lid. Each cup holds 125 millilitres and is 74 millimetres wide.

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Peaceful Scented Tea Packaging

Peaceful

Peaceful is a packaging design for scented tea. The outer box is illustrated with a hand-painted image of a woman wearing a cheongsam, the traditional dress of Chinese women, with floral patterns blended into the fabric. The illustration is applied by gravure printing on the cover of an aluminium can. The package has two parts, a box cover and a box body, so the small cans are easy to open, remove and display. The aluminium foil inside protects the tea from damp. Three flavours can be combined to suit different tastes.

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White Liquor Bottle Packaging Design

White Liquor Bottle

Li Bai's White Liquor is a bottle design created for a Chinese white liquor. The bottle body is made of porcelain and is shaped like an ancient Chinese painting scroll. The bottle cap is made of gold-plated metal. A picture of Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, drinking beneath the moon is applied to the bottle by laser engraving. The design aims to reflect Chinese liquor culture, in which poetry, wine and scenery are closely joined. The unusual bottle shape gives a traditional drink a calm and elegant appearance.

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Landscape Toothpaste Package

Landscape

Display of Guilin Scenery is a toothpaste package created for a brand based in Guilin, China. Two local landscapes, the Li River and the Longsheng terraced fields, are illustrated in a traditional Chinese painting style to show the origin of the product and its natural character. The outer box is made of 350 gram white cardboard with matt lamination and a transparent ultraviolet coating. The tube combines plastic and aluminium layers. Rather than stressing function alone, the design builds a familiar visual link with scenery known to many consumers.

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