2025

Design Awards Silver Winner - freelance

Serpent’s Blessing – Lunar Year Gift Set

Entrant Company

freelance

Category

Branding - Home, Leisure & Other Markets

Client's Name

Country / Region:

China

Serpent’s Blessing is a conceptual festive gift packaging designed for the 2025 Lunar New Year, tailored for premium seasonal promotions at leading retail chains such as Hema Fresh and Ole’. Inspired by the cultural symbolism of the snake—wisdom, renewal, and wealth—the gift box incorporates traditional Chinese auspicious motifs with contemporary illustration styles to celebrate the spirit of the Year of the Snake.

The design features four individual boxes representing blessings of longevity, prosperity, harmony, and luck, each adorned with a stylized serpent entwined with festive elements like peaches, ingots, clouds, and fireworks. The outer box opens like a ceremonial scroll, revealing the treasures inside while evoking a sense of ritual and joy.

This packaging concept is intended for high-end dried fruit assortments, offering both visual impact and emotional resonance during holiday gifting seasons. The color palette blends deep midnight blue with radiant gold to evoke mystery and festivity, while the typographic system integrates traditional calligraphic flair with modern readability.

Credits

freelance
tian gao
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