2023 | Professional
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The packaging design of MDF Tea Agency focuses on culture and innovation. Its outer paper packaging creatively combines the seal elements of cigar boxes with the local culture of Wuyi rock tea, creating a unique style that can immediately attract consumers' attention and greatly enhance brand recognition. The overall design closely adheres to the historical value of Chinese rock tea culture. The unique aesthetic design mainly features classical patterns, which are steeped in history and exude a sense of historical depth. The contrast between the ancient and modern elements creates a strong yet seamless feeling. This packaging design embodies a shift from selling products to promoting culture from a unique cultural perspective. It prominently showcases the traditional handcrafted charcoal roasting process of Wuyi rock tea on the front, complemented by the side Gung Fu tea icon. Through a combination of graphics and text on the back, the brand's unique characteristics and production processes are presented to consumers, with the goal of promoting Wuyi rock tea culture. The innovative packaging gives the product more cultural significance, builds up the brand's cultural image, and represents a successful combination of business strategy and cultural creativity. This packaging draws on the design forms of printmaking art, with a traditional vintage painting style that is aesthetically pleasing. It incorporates hand drawnings, tea ticket patterns, and other graphics, combined with print design and classical calligraphy fonts, showcasing the long history and brilliant culture of Wuyi rock tea. The designer delves deep into the contemporary and global values of Chinese traditional tea culture and integrates them into the brand's genes, imbuing the shining cultural symbols with traditional cultural connotations, highlighting design creativity and emphasizing cultural themes. Taking into account the low moisture content and relatively brittle nature of fermented and charcoal-baked teas like Wuyi rock tea, this design features the partitioned cavities within the inner box to fully protect the individual tea bags inside. This structure avoids problems such as broken tea leaves and excessive tea dust caused by compression, thus ensuring excellent taste and appearance of the tea.
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