London Design Silver

2026

DEYULI: Nurture Wellness, Live to 100 – Tujia Eco-Vine Tea

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Co-creation Energy Brand Image Design

Category

Packaging Design - Health & Wellness

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

To navigate the saturated red ocean of the commercial tea gift market, DEYULI redefines the category by transforming a traditional beverage into a carrier of cultural belief. Centered on the core philosophy of "Healthy Management for 100 Years," the packaging elevates Tujia Eco-Vine Tea—historically lauded as "three taels of gold for one tael of tea" by the Ming Emperor Jiajing—from a mere product into a comprehensive guide for holistic life management.

The visual system embraces a philosophy of subtraction, replacing ostentatious decoration with an understated, intellectually deep texture. The color palette draws from Chinese traditional hues recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing": Kongqing (Azure), complemented by the autumnal tones of Bingtai and Fuken Red. Printed on textured Earth Paper, these colors convey stability and rich accumulation. Solemn Clerical script and a proprietary IP featuring the Tujia sister founders symbolize the brand’s virtue-first mission and commitment to agricultural heritage, infusing humanistic warmth.

The core innovation lies in designing the unboxing experience as an interactive Treasury of Life Wisdom. The ensemble houses three independent tea modules—"Sincerity," "Great Love," and "Harmony"—alongside a "Happy Life" manual covering self-cultivation and family management, 100 "Daily Wisdom" fortune sticks, a Jianzhan ware ceramic cup handmade by an Intangible Cultural Heritage master, and a poignant family letter from the founder. These elements infuse the tea ritual with emotion and reverence, reflecting the brand’s philosophy: to continuously develop products that benefit the soul, using hometown bounty as a gift to transmit sincerity, love, and warmth.

By shifting from tangible to intangible value, the design manifests the philosophy that everyone is a manager of their own life, delivering a sentiment where the object has a price, but the heart is priceless. This Gift of Wisdom strategy resonated precisely with C-end leaders seeking deep emotional connections, catalyzing a sales breakthrough of approximately 2,000 units within a short period. The synergy between rare vine tea quality and the "Nurture Wellness, Live to 100" concept has established a cultural brand moat, achieving a win-win for commercial growth and heritage preservation while awakening public consciousness of life stewardship and spiritual elevation.

Credits

Art Director
Qibo Li
Design Director
Dongmei Luo
Copywriter
Fuhua Zhang
Illustrator
Yue Chen
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