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

 

Hankol Liquor

Hankol is a packaging design for a sauce-flavour liquor. The name refers to a person who drinks boldly and happily, which reflects the people-oriented spirit of the brand. The concept originates from blind taste. Positive and negative figures are combined, and the silhouette of the founder is placed in the negative shape to express the idea of not forgetting the original intention. Chinese calligraphy and a seal are used in the typeface. The outer box is made of environmentally friendly EPP material, and a metal logo is inlaid on the front surface.

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Tanggou Yingchun

Tanggou Yingchun is a packaging design created for a wine product. The white outer box represents the winter that has passed. A playful opening method reveals the inner box, which is spring green and suggests the arrival of a new season. Returning swallows are shown flying across the surface as a sign of spring. The box-shaped structure protects the product and presents the inner packaging in an engaging way. The outer packaging is made of environmentally friendly paper. The design reflects the natural conditions of Tanggou Town, a region suited to winemaking.

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Diablo Black

Diablo Black is a wine label created for a Chilean wine from the Maule region. The label presents the Devil as the central figure, expressing a dark, mysterious and sophisticated character. The conical label is offset printed in seven special colors on self-adhesive stock, and it is finished with matt gold foil, stamping and satin UV varnish. Repeated tests were needed to print the colors over the shiny gold foil, so that the face appears between blacks, reds and gold with a burnt look. The design joins wine tradition with a modern brand spirit.

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Baltija

Baltija is a packaging series for a chocolate collection sold in the Baltic region. The name comes from the Lithuanian word for the Baltic Sea, which inspired the design. A lighthouse and a sea scene are illustrated in a classic Victorian style, with wavy forms that suggest the movement of water. No national symbols are used, so the packaging represents the whole region rather than one country. A deep greenish blue tone adds a refined look. The boxes and envelopes are made of paper, printed by offset, and finished with matte varnish and copper foil details.

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Birds

Every product deserves a right packaging. By developing this packaging, designer helped a successful coffee roaster company to reach new people that value premium quality coffee and care about it's origin. By providing the new look of the packaging, designer was trying to enhance the value of the handmade coffee that comes from almost every continent. The decision to use bird illustrations of each country was based on their elegant nature and also a hand crafted feel they give to the final product. Kraft paper and deep dark brown color of the illustrations also serve the same purpose.

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Ballantines 17

Ballantines 17 is a gift packaging design created for a blended whisky. The rigid box is produced with UV offset printing on silver foil paper, with gold and blue spot colors and embossed logos. A conveyor belt mechanism under the box raises a book stand as the cover is laid down, presenting the bottle on a golden stage. Gold prints along the pathway record the past awarded years. Corked samples of spices and flavors are placed at the front of the cover. The arrangement guides sight, then smell, then taste.

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