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Designer / Brand: PepsiCo Design and Innovation Project Type: Beverage Tag: Packaging Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Pepsi Expo 2020

Pepsi Expo 2020 is a series of limited edition beverage cans created to commemorate Expo 2020 Dubai. Three co-branded designs are themed around opportunity, mobility and sustainability. Each can carries an abstract composition with vibrant illustrations arranged around a stylized central figure. The illustrations are kept flat to leave the images open to interpretation. Every subtheme tells a story drawn from different cultures, experiences and backgrounds. The cans are intended as a window into the future and as a way to encourage conversation on a global scale.

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Designer / Brand: Suzhou SoFeng Design Co.,Ltd. Project Type: Fragrance Packaging Tag: Packaging Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Whispers of Ink

Whispers of Ink is a packaging design for a fragrance series that includes scented candles, travel incense sticks and plaster diffuser stones. The products are made with traditional Chinese heritage techniques. The packaging uses a magnolia book motif, with branches and leaves taken from magnolia trees in Jiangnan gardens. The flower shape is turned into an open book page. The candle container is hand drawn with fine lines and covered with a grass green glaze. Spot color printing and letterpress embossing are used.

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Designer / Brand: Yasushi Uemura Project Type: Japanese Sake Tag: Packaging Date: Monday, 26 October 2026

Zaku Naguwashi

This is a premium sake developed specifically for luxury restaurants, aiming to be included on wine lists as one of the options for food pairing. The design challenge was to convey a distinctive sense of Japanese identity. The design draws inspiration from traditional Japanese motifs such as shide, the sacred paper streamers used in shrines to mark the boundaries of the divine, and origata, the ceremonial art of folding paper. These elements successfully convey not only their physical forms but also the deeper spirituality and essence of the Japanese people.

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Designer / Brand: 胡毅松 Project Type: Liquor Packaging Tag: Packaging Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026

CHUEHFENG Hami melon wine

Chuehfeng Hami melon wine's packaging blends the regional culture of Hami City in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region with a strong sense of product value, reflecting the Silk Road's heritage. It transforms the local specialty into a Frontier Wine symbolizing Silk Road culture, using eco friendly materials and an innovative bottle cap that doubles as an incense holder. Smart labeling technology merges tradition with modern innovation, delivering a high quality, multifunctional packaging design.

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Designer / Brand: Ximena Ureta Project Type: Gin Packaging Tag: Packaging Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026

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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Designer / Brand: Wen Liu Project Type: Packaging Tag: Packaging Date: Friday, 23 October 2026

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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