Day of Design

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

 
Banquet Chinese Baijiu Packaging

Yingsong Brand Design (Shenzhen) Co, Ltd Packaging Packaging Thursday, 11 June 2026

Banquet Chinese Baijiu

Banquet is a packaging design for Chinese baijiu, a distilled spirit. The bottle is made of ceramic and its shape draws on traditional Chinese vases. The sky blue color refers to Ru kiln ware of the Song Dynasty, and the minimalist form follows Song Dynasty aesthetics. The cap is made of alloy and carries the Chinese character for banquet at its center. The bottle measures 87 by 87 by 305 millimeters and can be reused. The mouth is removed and turned over so the bottle serves as a flower vase, while the cap becomes an incense base.

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Love Hanshui Water Packaging

Pufine Creative Water Packaging Packaging Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Love Hanshui

Love Hanshui is a commemorative packaging series for purified drinking water, created to mark the selection of Wuhan as an International Wetland City. Four native animals, the finless porpoise, the blue headed duck, the black stork and the elk, represent the four seasons of the year. Traditional Chinese ink painting joins the animals with local wetland scenery. The white bottle label is produced with a heat shrink process and spot colour printing. Each bottle is 60 millimetres wide and 220 millimetres high. A code on the label opens a three-dimensional view.

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Sean Coffee Gift Box Design

Xue Wei Chen Gift Box Design Packaging Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Sean Coffee

Sean Coffee is a gift box designed for a Taiwanese coffee brand. The package consists of a black outer box, an inner lining and illustrated cards. The illustration shows a coffee expert roasting beans in a forest, in a warm fluorescent orange tone that recalls ripe coffee cherries. Seven Pantone inks and layered printing are used, together with foil stamping and embossing. The inner cards can be replaced according to different themes, which keeps the outer box in use, lowers printing costs and reduces the carbon footprint.

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Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras Baijiu Packaging

Yingsong Brand Design (Shenzhen) Co, Ltd Baijiu Packaging Packaging Monday, 8 June 2026

Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras

Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras is a packaging design for a Chinese baijiu spirit. The design uses the Flying Apsaras motif from the Dunhuang murals, an element also found in the brand trademark. The figure is hand painted in the style of ancient Chinese mural art and set on a bright yellow background, a color typical of the Dunhuang murals. The box is opened from the right side, and double-layered cloud-shaped decorations surround the bottle inside. The bottle is opened from the metal cap on top. The box is made of paper, and the bottle of ceramic and metal.

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The Maple 7 Canadian Rye Whisky

Tiago Russo Canadian Rye Whisky Packaging Sunday, 7 June 2026

The Maple 7

The Maple 7 is a bottle and box design created for a Canadian rye whisky. The bottle combines clean lines with wide shoulders, frost etched glass and a soft ribbed base and closure that improve grip. Brushed brass and gold foil details contrast with the textured glass. The box repeats the ribbed texture on the outside and is lined in a soft cream suede tone with gold detailing. A magnetized gold medallion locks the double flap doors. The bottle rests in a gold socket and can be lifted out. The forms refer to maple trunks and rye grain.

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Shede Spirit Oriental Wisdom Packaging

Sichuan ZhuoYue Cultural Creativity Development Co., Ltd Packaging Packaging Saturday, 6 June 2026

Shede Spirit Oriental Wisdom

Shede Spirit Oriental Wisdom is a gift box created for a Chinese spirits product. The design links the brand with Weiqi, the board game also known as Go. The spirits bottles are shaped like black and white Weiqi stones, and the rounded forms are comfortable to hold. Opening the box reveals a classic Weiqi game shown in graphic form. Weiqi stone bowls and a Weiqi board are included, so the game can be played while the spirits are enjoyed. The box is made of kraft paper corrugated board to limit material waste.

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