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Yedao Lugui Baijiu Beverage

Yedao Lugui Baijiu

Yedao Lugui Baijiu is a packaging design for a liquor brand from Hainan Province in southern China. Eight well-known scenic spots of Hainan are presented as illustrations on the front of the glass bottle. The neck label is set apart by a different colour. The outer box is made of acrylic and paper, so the illustrated bottle inside can be clearly seen. Gold stamping and silk printing are applied to the box, and the bottle is finished with a roasted flower craft. The simple blue colour scheme reflects the local culture and tourism of Hainan.

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New Year Gift Box  Packaging

New Year Gift Box

Xiaohongshu's 2022 New Year gift box comes from a legend about the Spring Festival. Continuing the tradition of ancestors, Xiaohongshu has prepared a different set of Light, Sound, and Red. The gifts include a camping night light, Halli Galli, red envelopes, and a red calendar book representing Xiaohongshu. This gift box combines the legend stories with three kinds of gifts, generating a new design method from the traditional culture. It hopes to express good wishes for the Chinese New Year and pass down a cultural inheritance to the new generation.

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Moutai Group's - Taiyuan ZHI Packing Design

Moutai Group's - Taiyuan ZHI

Taiyuan ZHI Yuanyi is a liquor bottle packaging design created for the Moutai Group. The design departs from the established Moutai style and keeps only the familiar bottle shape, which is enlarged and made taller. Water is the central theme, since liquor is described as a water that carries emotion. The surface shows a seawater and cliff pattern drawn from ancient official robes, together with traditional auspicious motifs. Waves, standing stones and clouds suggest happiness and long life. The decoration is baked onto the glass bottle.

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Jiang Hu Alcohol Beverage Package

Jiang Hu

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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Mushroom Coffee Food Packaging

Mushroom Coffee

Station Market is a mushroom coffee brand. The customer chooses Station Market because they can gain nutrients and knowledge of mushroom coffee with amazing taste. Different from regular coffee which can contribute to anxiety and insomnia, the addition of mushrooms has more health benefits. The station market packaging is designed with abstract marble textured patterns and colors extracted from the coffee. There are four flavors, Chaga, Reishi, Cordyceps, and Turkey tail. Different mushrooms have different nutrition to meet customers' needs.

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Sunboy Gift Box Sunflower Seeds

Sunboy Gift Box

Sunboy Gift Box is a packaging design for sunflower seeds. The box carries a logo based on the brand name and an oil painting style scene of the Sunboy characters running through a sunflower field. Bright yellow tones and the sunflower illustration help shoppers recognize the product from a distance. The opening structure of the outer package is redefined, so the boxes buckle into one, two or three layer modular sets. The gift box is simple to assemble and to separate, and the large exposed area saves material cost.

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Love Tableware Packaging

Love

Love is a packaging design created for a set of western tableware that includes knives, forks and spoons. The outer box holds three smaller boxes inside. The three inner boxes refer to a Chinese Taoist idea, in which one gives rise to two, two gives rise to three, and three gives rise to all things. The green colour suggests quality and elegance, and also refers to nature, peace and environmental care. The pattern follows the concept of a round sky and a square earth. A folding flap makes the box easy to open. Gray cardboard and whiteboard are used, with gilding.

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Xianyan Packaging

Xianyan

This is a bird's nest product in a high-end gift box.The packaging design concept combines swiftlet and Chinese elements. The visual highlights are concentrated, and the surrounding areas are given corresponding blank treatment. Through the deconstruction and fusion of simple, natural and abstract elements, the overall picture presents an oriental classical aesthetic conception with a sense of modern design art.

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Waggner Coffee Packaging

Waggner Coffee

Waggner Coffee is a packaging design for a German coffee brand. The pouch is illustrated with old German wooden windows, drawn in a linear style, with the brand symbol placed at the center. The symbol shows a deer sitting in its house and drinking coffee, with a light behind it, a reference to people who stay awake at night and drink coffee. The design is rotogravure printed on a metalized coffee pouch measuring 100 by 70 by 280 millimeters. The aim is to make the brand easy to recognize on a crowded store shelf.

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Mi Musician Bluetooth Headset

Mi Musician

Mi Bluetooth Headset Mini is packaging created for a compact sports headset. The headset shell is minimal and carries a single circular button. The packaging uses images of famous musicians, so the oval shell reads as a head and the button as an open mouth. The result suggests a singer or a conductor, and gives character to a simple product. A PET tray holds the headset and the controller at the front, while the wires remain hidden. A paper cover keeps the structure firm. The design aims to appeal to users between 18 and 29 years old.

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Hloipnee Scented Candle

Hloipnee

Hloipnee is a packaging design for a scented candle brand. The packaging consists of a glass bottle, a tag, a wrap and a pulp carton. The bottle measures 100 by 100 by 80 millimeters and the box measures 115 by 110 by 110 millimeters. A unified visual system links the whole series, so the features of each product remain clear. The shared system also reduces printing costs and limits inventory problems. The logo combines light spots and letters. The design reflects a focus on product quality and care for the environment.

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Zona Mosto Labels for Beer Cans

Zona Mosto

Zona Mosto is a series of die-cut labels for beer cans. Each label carries an illustration that is first drawn by hand and then redrawn as vector artwork. The subjects are surreal and relate to the name of each beer, while the colors follow the palette of the brand. The labels are printed in four process colors on adhesive paper for food use and finished with a matte varnish. The varnish reduces sharp reflections and improves grip on a cold can. The black can surface makes the printed colors more visible.

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