Day of Design

Day of Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 
The Tea Packing

The Tea

Pony Pack Tea is a gift packaging design created for premium tea. The concept follows the long history of tea making, in which traditional methods are preserved and combined with modern production management. Chinese characters written in the styles of different periods are layered on the surface to express quality carried across time. The set includes a box and a canvas bag closed with a tightening rope knot. Simple textured paper is used, with screen printing, bronzing and embossing. The forms recall tea columns and tea cakes.

Continue reading about The Tea Packing

 
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.

Continue reading about Mi Musician Bluetooth Headset

 
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.

Continue reading about Moutai Group's - Taiyuan ZHI Packing Design

 
Jianlibao Wepop Sugar-free Sparkling Water

Jianlibao Wepop

Wepop is packaging designed for a sugar-free fruity sparkling water. The PET bottle has a simple shape that becomes narrower towards the top. A silk-screen matte film gives the surface a stable grip and a soft feel. The typeface uses a pixel effect, and each character is split into separate strokes that act as building blocks. Fruits are illustrated in a pop art style, with contrasting colors of high purity marking the four flavors. The packaging aims to present a healthy drink to young consumers.

Continue reading about Jianlibao Wepop Sugar-free Sparkling Water

 
The Soul of Maotai Flavour Wu Packaging Design

The Soul of Maotai Flavour Wu

Wu is a packaging design for a high-end Maotai flavour liquor. The bottle is shaped like a drop of liquid, expressing the idea that the liquor inside is a refined essence. The glass surface is glazed and the logo is gilded. The outer box is made of natural wood carved with a water grain pattern, which echoes the bottle form and can be recycled. A wood carved glass mould was used in production. The complete set measures 260 mm wide, 140 mm deep and 300 mm high. The design helps buyers understand the character of the liquor.

Continue reading about The Soul of Maotai Flavour Wu Packaging Design

 
The Meaninghall Tea Biluochun Tea Package

The Meaninghall Tea

The Meaninghall Tea is a packaging design for Biluochun green tea. Biluochun is a green tea produced in Luxiang, a small town beside Tai Lake in Suzhou, China. The packaging is made of special art paper with a mottled texture that recalls the old walls of the town center. Simple line graphics combine the symbols of the mountain, the lake and the hall into one landscape image. Hot stamping is applied to express the natural character of the tea. Elaborate illustration is avoided, so the local culture is presented in a calm and contemporary way.

Continue reading about The Meaninghall Tea Biluochun Tea Package