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Bel Gusto Packaging

Bel Gusto

Bel Gusto is a packaging design for a line of fresh pasta made from durum wheat. The packaging is styled as a postal parcel sent from Italy. Postage stamps, postmarks, hand-drawn illustrations of Italian historical places and an imitation of kraft paper are used. A viewing window allows the buyer to see the pasta inside the box before purchase. Colored stripes of the same saturation and brightness separate the different pasta shapes within the line. The packages are printed on PET film with selective varnish.

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Ballantines 17 Gift Packaging

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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Biboi Wine Labels

Biboi

An innovative, unusual and carefree design to define the identity of these wines. A geometric design that takes its cue from the seventies and enriches it with iconographic elements that represent the characteristics of the Sardinian territory. The design of these labels is studied to give a tactile effect when the bottle is removed, thanks to the paper of the label and the embossing of some parts of it. The goal is to communicate a fresh and youthful, carefree and immediate design suitable for a young audience looking for a quality wine with an intriguing appeal.

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Espresso Coffee Branding

Espresso

Coffee packaging requires special design due to the great competition. The research carried out based on the color coding of espresso, gave Sottos Family an aesthetically different image on the packaging. Thus, the color palette of the packaging defines the coffee blends, leading the consumer's consciousness to combine color with the corresponding taste and aroma. The study was developed in depth taking into account the development of regional materials that highlight the Sottos Family espresso coffee brand.

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Snow Time Wine

Snow Time

Gu Yue Long Shan is the largest group of traditional yellow wine in China, founded in 1664. The new product they created for Gu Yue Long Shan, conveys the idea of enjoying slow time. The graphic design is based on the concepts of water, snow, glutinous rice and time, which are essential in yellow wine, and depicts the local mountains and water to form a complete picture.

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Refined of Jasmine Packaging

Refined of Jasmine

Why black was chosen to express pure white jasmine? Since jasmines bloom at night only, therefore the making of jasmine tea was also conducted at night, typical "working at night". The color of dark night was chosen as the dominant color of the package, with the tone of Eastern palace to express the noble demeanor of this queen of night. Jasmine flowers were depicted as mesmerizing as glittering stars in the night sky through thorough hot foil stamping.

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Sugar of Wagu Candy

Sugar of Wagu

Sugar of Wagu is a packaging design for a traditional candy made from grain amaranth seeds in Hubei, China. The candy is a local delicacy of the Tujia people. The hard paper shell is printed flat and then folded into the shape of a tiger, and the sweets are held in the colorful belly. All colors come from Tujia brocade patterns and are extracted from local plants. These natural pigments fade after about one year, so the package returns to nature. The design aims to make a little-known regional specialty familiar to a wider public.

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Strong Tiger Chinese Baijiu Packaging

Strong Tiger

Strong Tiger is a limited edition packaging design for a Chinese baijiu. The design marks the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac. The tiger head is drawn in an abstract form, inspired by a samurai helmet from the Warring States period in Japan. Sharp straight lines shape the bottle body and express a firm and unyielding character. The bottle is made of glass, which adds gloss and texture to the surface and sets the product apart from ceramic bottles. A bright color and a clear layout of information help buyers recognize the product from a distance.

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Souldar Cracker Packaging Design

Souldar Cracker

Souldar Cracker is a packaging design for a chocolate flavoured soda cracker snack. The product is placed at the centre of the visual composition. On the left side, a clear layout arranges the crackers at different distances to expand the sense of space within a limited area. Chocolate sauce falls from the top of the pack like rain, turning a static scene into a dynamic one. Brown is used as the main colour to express the flavour. The outer carton is made of ivory board, and selected elements are printed with gold stamping. Each cracker is wrapped individually inside the box.

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Luckinfo Ocean Refreshing Base Serum Packaging

Luckinfo Ocean Refreshing Base Serum

The surface of box remains minimal and rigorous, whilst the wave illustration printed underneath to echo with the marine ingredients. A portion of the illustration exposed at the bottom to enrich the pale surface, as well as attracting users to open the box. The bottle is frosted at the top to transit the vanish from the pearl white lid to transparent part, as well as covering the cloudy mixture might formed whilst shaking; the glass bottle remains clear at the bottom to show the unique blue droplet by oil droplets sedimentation technology.

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Year of Tiger 3D Paper Craft Decoration

Year of Tiger

Traditional Chinese New Year lucky banners are one dimension and monotonous, so designers decided to design a special tiger decoration for homes and offices to deliver their warm wishes. They overcame paper construction challenges to make the design three dimensions. They collaborated with a printing company that possesses technical expertise on MGI Jetvarnish 3Ds iFoil printing. The product is printed by FSC certified paper and plant-based ink. The whole set is environment friendly.

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Plant Selected Beverage

Plant Selected

Plant Selected is a packaging design for a range of plant-based drinks. The container is a PET bottle covered with matte film, measuring 60 mm in width, 60 mm in depth and 177 mm in height. Green is used for the soya drink and blue for the oat drink. The product name is set in a large graffiti-style English font, and gold soya beans and oats are integrated into the letters. A fully colored background forms a strong color block on the shelf. Product benefits are placed at the bottom to inform consumers.

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