2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

HoleSinght Series Tea

Entrant

HANGZHOU KEGUO BRAND MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Category

Packaging Design - New Category: Tea Packaging

Client's Name

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Country / Region

China

About The Entry

With "Insight into the tea origin" at its design core, this tea packaging constructs a dual narrative—physical framing and spiritual connection—unveiling an interactive terroir tour. Utilizing a copperplate engraving style, the design reinterprets the terroir, wildlife, and folk customs of the six major tea origins, along with a diverse color strategy to endow each tea with a region-specific character. The brand's signature IP character "Running Bunny" is subtly integrated into six different illustrations, including Huizhou lattice windows, Cantonese Qilou buildings, and Ceylon tea plantations, achieving a natural fusion of unified brand identity and localized cultural narratives, while presenting a classical retro yet contemporary elegant aesthetic.

The design adopts a multi-component design logic: an outer box, a metal tea caddy, and a "terroir boarding pass". The triple-progressive window structure turns the concept of "Insight" into a tangible experience. The outer box is crafted from specialty recycled paper containing 25% discarded tea residue, printed with soy-based eco-inks, and features continuous staggered hollow patterns. An elliptical window pairs with the caddy's artwork to form a layered, progressive viewfinder. The drawer-style box structure, combined with the inner "terroir boarding pass", transforms the unboxing action into a ritualistic tea-journey check-in. The zinc alloy lid knob replicates the brand motif, while the embedded crystal illustration carries the story of the origin's flavor. The functional inner lid features a recessed scale precisely adapted for 3g single-brew and 6g stewing scenarios, perfectly balancing aesthetic expression with practical utility.

This packaging design uses a compact footprint to transcend geographical distances. By combining eco-friendly materials with exquisite craftsmanship, it creates a tea journey carrier that is both collectible and narrative-driven, delivering an immersive tasting experience of "seeing the tea mountain before even brewing the tea".

Credits

Yanhua Dong
Jingning Luo
Ke Lv
Zhesheng Hong
Rui Yuan
Yueyue Xu
Yiyao Zhang
Yiren Guo
Jiajun Bao
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