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ZhuoQing Instant Tea Essence

TIGER PAN Instant Tea Essence Packaging Tuesday, 13 January 2026

ZhuoQing

ZhuoQing is a packaging design for an instant Pu'er tea essence powder. The powder is extracted through a long process and dissolves completely in water with no residue. The outer box is made of tinplate, the inner box of paper, and the single servings are wrapped in aluminium foil. The slim pull-out carton can be opened and held with one hand, and the reopenable structure keeps the package easy to carry and use. The graphics are based on folk embroidery patterns from Yunnan and show scenes of tea planting and picking.

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LIFEWTR S8 Unconventional Canvas Beverage

PepsiCo Design and Innovation Beverage Packaging Monday, 12 January 2026

LIFEWTR S8 Unconventional Canvas

LIFEWTR Series 8 Unconventional Canvas is a bottle packaging design for a premium water brand. The bottle label acts as a canvas for emerging artists, so the packaging serves as a source of both hydration and inspiration. Series 8 presents the work of three artists across painting, sculpture and works on paper, including explorations of alternate histories in which women of color are included in cultural narratives. The artwork is carried through brand communication, in store and at live events, giving the featured artists worldwide reach.

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Pepsi Culture Limited Edition Packaging

Dennis Furniss Limited Edition Packaging Packaging Sunday, 11 January 2026

Pepsi Culture

Pepsi Culture is a limited edition can series created for a soft drink brand in Mexico. The series consists of six collectible cans, and each can represents one Mexican city. Local stories, traditions and art references are translated into illustrative patterns that combine long-standing cultural symbols with a contemporary design approach. Each can is made of aluminium, holds 12 ounces and is finished with high definition offset printing. The cans are sold individually and together form a series that reflects regional diversity.

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Chinese Mooncake Packaging

Langcer Lee Packaging Packaging Saturday, 10 January 2026

Chinese Mooncake

Chinese Mooncake is a gift box designed for mooncakes offered during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The outer box follows the form of a traditional Chinese food box. An embroidery-style illustration shows an aerial view of a banquet of the Tang Dynasty, including wooden architecture and dancers. Each part of the illustration is separated by die-cutting and then joined again, so the packaging gains depth and layers. The inner box presents dance movements from Rainbow Skirt and Feather Coat, combined with classical Chinese colors such as royal purple and bamboo green.

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Kum-Kum Water Packaging

Backbone Branding Water Packaging Packaging Friday, 9 January 2026

Kum-Kum

The bottle has symmetrical droplets on its four sides, two facing upward and two facing downward, which shape the form of water in its dynamic substantiation. As for the label and logo, Backbone Branding has created a combination of a label and a filled bottle, which shows the transparency and plasticity of the water in its dynamics. The blue tint of the back label blends harmoniously with the bottle and, thanks to the refraction of light through the liquid, makes the bottle visible, and the brand's white logo on the transparent label becomes apparent due to the blue-tinted back label.

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Rosa Roxburghii Tea Packaging

Guangzhou Cheung Ying Design Co., Ltd. Tea Packaging Packaging Thursday, 8 January 2026

Rosa Roxburghii

Rosa Roxburghii is a packaging design for a canned tea beverage. The container is an aluminium can measuring 65 mm in length, 65 mm in width and 95 mm in height, with a capacity of 245 ml. The graphics use a Chinese style illustration of a rosa roxburghii tea garden, which reflects the care taken from planting to the selection of materials. Traditional Chinese elements and an auspicious red theme colour shape the layout. The packaging was created to give the product a clear identity and to express health, naturalness, vitality and inheritance.

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