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

 

Zhuojiu

Zhuojiu is a packaging design for Chinese liquor. The shape of the bottle is inspired by the axe, an object linked with strength. The outer box is cut from reclaimed wood and shows a crack, as if split by an axe. The container is made of glass. No printing is applied to the box or the bottle, and the product name is engraved with charcoal. The box is 300 millimeters high, 180 millimeters long and 120 millimeters wide. The bottle is 180 millimeters high. The wooden box can be kept and reused later as an ornament.

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Galaxy Trail X

Galaxy Trail X is a Mid-Autumn Festival food packaging design developed with a planetarium. The outer casing is a silver metal box shaped as a triangle, a form chosen for its links to space and communication. Unlike standard flat iron boxes, the top of the casing is raised by one centimetre, expressing the wish to break through the plane and reach for the stars. The inner lining replaces plastic foam with a cardboard structure fixed by interlocking tabs and no glue. The box measures 361 by 312 by 75 millimetres.

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Suprala Font Family

Suprala is a contemporary delicate humanist serif typeface, with beautifully balanced forms, perfect for branding and communications projects. Suprala’s round, elegant, and classically elegant design, supports all major Latin-based languages in twelve styles. True italics advance the aesthetics, bringing energy and making it suitable for modern applications. Each weight includes more than 700 glyphs with stylistic letter and numeral sets and alternative glyphs and discretionary ligatures.

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Aprex Family

Aprex font perfectly balances the minimalist qualities associated with contemporary sans with flair within the width of the counters and comfortable, breathable apertures. Throughout weights and sizes, the typeface has great legibility and good contrast between positive and negative space, making it stunningly versatile. With a seamless combination of contemporary details and classic styles, Aprex draws inspiration from the mid-century humanist and grotesques typefaces. Each weight includes more than 700 glyphs.

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Honey

Honey is a packaging design created for honey. The form is derived from the hexagonal cells of a beehive, with hexagonal volumes stacked together. Honey is made from a combination of glass and wood, and the complete set is placed in a hard box. The labels refer to the natural habitats of bees, such as forest, mountain and plain, and a wooden door supports the same theme. After the product is consumed, the container can be reused to store jam, nuts, dried fruits or spices. Each unit measures 170 mm in width, 170 mm in depth and 165 mm in height.

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Beidacang Junfei Wine

Beidacang Junfei Wine is a liquor packaging design made of glass and paper. The bottle form follows the five senses design theory and refers to the peach blossom makeup of the Tang dynasty. The bottle cap is shaped like a peach blossom and is decorated with an ancient phoenix hairpin. The outer box takes its form from the cross collar and right lapel of Hanfu dress. A handle is integrated at the collar of the one piece box, so the package is easy to carry. The design links the brand name with historic Chinese clothing.

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