Packaging Design News

Packaging Design News

Packaging Design News featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

ZhuoQing

ZhuoQing is a packaging design for an instant Pu'er tea essence powder. The powder is extracted through a long process and dissolves completely in water with no residue. The outer box is made of tinplate, the inner box of paper, and the single servings are wrapped in aluminium foil. The slim pull-out carton can be opened and held with one hand, and the reopenable structure keeps the package easy to carry and use. The graphics are based on folk embroidery patterns from Yunnan and show scenes of tea planting and picking.

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Cera Una Volta

Cera Una Volta is a wine label and gift box design created for a small winery. The label carries an illustration in a fairy tale style that tells the story of the wine and of the people who produce it. A young girl and a swallow are shown flying to follow a dream. The label is printed on coated paper with a texture that recalls fabric, finished with a soft and silky treatment, soft touch colors and embossing. A transparent burgundy bottle reveals the golden color of the wine. The matching box holds three bottles and is covered with the same paper.

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Chinese Mooncake

Chinese Mooncake is a gift box designed for mooncakes offered during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The outer box follows the form of a traditional Chinese food box. An embroidery-style illustration shows an aerial view of a banquet of the Tang Dynasty, including wooden architecture and dancers. Each part of the illustration is separated by die-cutting and then joined again, so the packaging gains depth and layers. The inner box presents dance movements from Rainbow Skirt and Feather Coat, combined with classical Chinese colors such as royal purple and bamboo green.

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Gogoon

Gogoon is a bottle and packaging design for baijiu, a Chinese distilled spirit. The bottle has a simple cylindrical form that expresses purity. The shoulder carries a hammer pattern that refers to careful craftsmanship. The body is finished with a fine daylight grain texture that reflects light across the surface. The cap combines metal, leather grain and wood, giving a plain shape a rich texture. The bottle measures 75 mm in width, 75 mm in depth and 260 mm in height. The design presents baijiu in a light luxury style for a new group of consumers.

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Wink Lashes

Wink Lashes is a packaging design series for professional artificial eyelash extension products. The range covers gel and cream removers, primer, glue accelerator, glues, a magnet box and lash boxes. A stylized eye is the main graphic symbol, and it shows the purpose of the products directly. Each product also carries its own symbol, so the items are easy to tell apart. Dark graphite, dark coral and white form the color palette. The packages are made of cardboard and plastic with foil stamping.

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Pepsi Culture

Pepsi Culture is a limited edition can series created for a soft drink brand in Mexico. The series consists of six collectible cans, and each can represents one Mexican city. Local stories, traditions and art references are translated into illustrative patterns that combine long-standing cultural symbols with a contemporary design approach. Each can is made of aluminium, holds 12 ounces and is finished with high definition offset printing. The cans are sold individually and together form a series that reflects regional diversity.

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