Silver A' Design Award Winner 2024
BA Studio's Guijiu Zodiac Series Commemorative Liquor emerges as a masterwork of sculptural packaging design where crystalline faceted glass meets ornate metalwork in a harmonious dialogue between contemporary geometric precision and ancestral decorative traditions, the vessel's hexagonal body catching and refracting light across its multiple planar surfaces like a precisely cut gemstone, each angled facet transitioning smoothly into its neighbor while the warm amber-gold liquid within creates a luminous internal glow that suffuses the entire composition with honeyed warmth, the chromatic palette orchestrating a sophisticated interplay between the pale champagne-tinted glass, rich gold metallic accents at the collar band featuring intricate scrollwork patterns of exceptional delicacy, and the dramatic focal point of twin sculptural dragons rendered in burnished gold that flank the bottle's neck with sinuous grace, their serpentine bodies coiling upward in mirror symmetry while their fierce yet dignified countenances face outward in protective stance, scales individually articulated with remarkable precision catching highlights that dance across their dimensional surfaces, the stopper rising as a flared amber crystal chalice form that crowns the composition with regal elegance, below on the primary face a cream-colored label panel presents calligraphic characters in lustrous gold alongside a vermillion seal accent and a circular medallion bearing a dragon motif, while a secondary tag attached by golden cord displays ink-wash mountain landscape imagery in the traditional literati painting manner, the entire vessel resting upon a faceted crystalline base that mirrors the body's geometry while the reflective black surface beneath creates perfect mirror reflections doubling the visual impact, compositionally the work achieves bilateral symmetry through the central vertical axis while the dragon ornaments introduce controlled asymmetrical vitality, lighting appears as soft diffused illumination from upper left creating subtle gradations across the faceted planes and warm highlights on the golden elements, the overall effect achieving an atmosphere of ceremonial gravitas and luxurious refinement befitting commemorative celebration.
This product is a commemorative liquor for the Year of the Dragon by the Guijiu brand. Inspired by the classic shape of ancient Chinese amphora vessels, the design incorporates the dragon as a decorative element in the label and the handle of the vessel. The GUIJIU brand embodies nobility. 2024 coincides with the Chinese Year of the Dragon. The dragon holds supreme significance in Chinese culture, further emphasizing the rarity and prestige of the GUIJIU brand.