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The Wine Barrel Dilemma Packaging

The Wine Barrel Dilemma

A package that ends the dilemma of buying red or white wine. Wine enthusiasts are now able to enjoy both wines in one package, a design that features a handle and accommodates two barrels, each one with its own tap that enhances the wine tasting experience. The concept follows the wine out of the box design, which is the notion of moving wine from the big barrel to a smaller barrel so as to not lose its natural habitat.

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Genie Gift Packaging

Genie

Genie is a handmade gift packaging designed to hold a pen. The opening method is inspired by the form of a magic lamp, creating a sense of mystery when the gift is received. The body is shaped with diamond like geometric facets for a luxurious appearance. Walnut wood from Iranian gardens is engraved by a skilled carpenter to form the surface and volume. The interior is lined with natural leather to hold the pen securely. A hinge moves the pen holder as the lid opens, raising the holder to a vertical position. The package measures 195 mm long, 70 mm wide and 58 mm high.

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The Heaven Lost Packaging

The Heaven Lost

The Heaven Lost is a packaging box designed for a scented candle. The graphic theme is inspired by European mythology and depicts gods searching for something lost from heaven. The hand drawn illustration continues across all sides of the box, giving an aged appearance and inviting customers to turn the box. Black and white printing keeps the design clean. The structure is a simple top and bottom box measuring 83 mm in width, 83 mm in depth and 102 mm in height. The box is made of 240gsm Munken Lynx, an uncoated sustainable paper in a natural white shade.

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New Year Gift Packaging

New Year Gift

New Year Gift is a gift box created for the users of a Chinese input method application. The outer container is a basket made with the traditional thin-strip bamboo weaving craft, so the basket can be kept and reused after opening. The bellyband can be folded into a tiger cap for children, which reduces packaging waste. Inside the box are a calendar and traditional New Year painting plates. The calendar cover is produced with the Fengxiang woodblock printing craft. The set invites families to try these crafts at home.

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Cedea Glass Bottled Mineral Water

Cedea

The Cedea water design is inspired by the Ladin Dolomites and the legends about the natural light phenomenon Enrosadira. Caused by their unique mineral, the Dolomites light up in a reddish, burning hue at sunrise and sunset, lending the scenery a magic ambience. By “resembling the legendary magic Garden of Roses”, the Cedea packaging aims to capture this very moment. The result is a glass bottle making the water glare and flare to surprising effect. The colors of the bottle are meant to resemble the special glow of the Dolomites bathed in the mineral’s rose red and the blue of the sky.

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Puzzle Water Packaging

Puzzle

Puzzle is a packaging design for bottled water distributed on a university campus. The label presents a maze graphic built from learning tool elements such as pens, ink, a compass, a pen knife, pushpins and needle pens. Paradoxical space illusion and a 2.5D form give the pattern depth. The label is made of PET material and printed in four colors, while the date is laser printed. The package is offered in seven colors, each carrying one Chinese character, so seven bottles placed together form the phrase meet a better self.

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Happiness Mooncake Package

Happiness

Happiness mooncake package is a set of gift pack, which consist five boxes with different structure and graphics. The Inbetween Creative design team depicted an image of how local people celebrate Mid autumn festival, by using Chinese style illustration. The illustration demonstrates local buildings and Mid-autumn activities, such as racing dragon boat, beating drums. This gift pack design does not only act as a food container but also a souvenir to promote the culture of Shien city.

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Adore Repackaging Sanitary Pads

Adore Repackaging

Adore is a packaging design for sanitary pads. The packaging uses a handwritten typeface as the main design element to create a sense of youth and vibrancy. The layout is minimal and set against a plain background, so attention is drawn to the theme of feminine health. Each pack is made of fully sealed aluminium foil with a resealable closure, allowing users to take what is needed and close the pack again to protect the pads from germs and bacteria. Three sizes are produced, for pantyliner, day and night use.

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Bestore Handy Gift Series Snacks Gifts Box

Bestore Handy Gift

Bestore Handy Gift is a series of snack gift boxes. The series was created to extend an existing snack brand range with non-standard products. Each box is made of white cardboard and sized according to the product inside. A printed paper belt runs along the right side of every box, uniting fifty different boxes under one series and supporting an orderly display on shelves and counters. The illustrations are arranged at a forty-five degree angle and framed in gold. Lines and selected elements are applied by gold stamping.

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Yo,verde Olive Oil

Yo,verde

A synthesis exercise for this design inspired by classic syrup jars. The name is the insignia of the product that justifies the green color of the oil inside. On the front, the logo is constructed from the pharmaceutical cross forming a pixelated heart. The sober and artless design that uses a message associated with health and its content.

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Taste Buds Travel Taiwan Souvenir

Taste Buds Travel Taiwan

This Taiwanese cookie souvenir is not only to develop a box full of delicious Taiwanese flavor cookies but also to create a design, using Taiwanese national flower plum blossom window cut as the cover, and there are also 4 paper coasters with different Taiwanese tile patterns composed of signature cookie ingredients to emphasize the flavor of cookies inside the box. Lets tourists bring memories and Taiwanese culture home to share with families and friends.

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Mao Tai Chun Liquor

Mao Tai Chun

Mao Tai Chun is a packaging design for a Chinese liquor. The bottle is made of matte green ceramic, decorated with a high temperature firing print technique, and holds 500 millilitres. The metal lid follows the theme of the year of the rat and is shaped by a hollowing process. The outer box is made of beige special paper, printed in spot colours and finished with hot stamping. Text and cultural motifs are kept simple and clear. The design joins a flying fairy motif with the rat symbol to present traditional Chinese culture to younger consumers.

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