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Wei Bai, Lvhan Chen and Rubo Chen Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Ecopuzzle Guard Repurpose Packaging in Packaging Design
Wei Bai, Lvhan Chen and Rubo Chen recognized for packaging design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category for Ecopuzzle Guard Repurpose Packaging by Wei Bai, Lvhan Chen and Rubo Chen, designed for Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co.,Ltd. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Ecopuzzle Guard Repurpose Packaging
Ecopuzzle Guard is a reusable packaging design for a portable power product. The packaging is cut from a single sheet of fully recycled corrugated cardboard with a water based coating. After unboxing, the components are removed from the top lid and snapped together without tools. The pieces form three puzzle like scenes: tent camping, recreational vehicle travel and home backup power. The assembled piece can be kept as a desktop display, which extends the life of the packaging. The design combines protection, interaction and reuse in order to reduce waste.
About Wei Bai, Lvhan Chen and Rubo Chen
Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd., established in 2011, focuses on the research, development, and manufacturing of portable energy storage products. Over the years, the company has developed an integrated business system covering R&D, manufacturing, branding, and sales. Its products are available in multiple countries and regions, with sales through major domestic and international e-commerce platforms. The company has also established partnerships with selected overseas retail channels, continuously expanding the presence of portable energy storage products in the global market.
Award Record
Wei Bai, Lvhan Chen and Rubo Chen is a winner of 11 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2022 - 2023 and the 2025 - 2026 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Packaging Design Award
The A' Packaging Design Award is an international packaging competition that recognizes outstanding packaging designs by talented packaging designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to packaging designers, graphic designers, branding agencies and product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include bottles, boxes, cans, pouches, tubes and cartons. The awarded packaging designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/packaging
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/180251
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/180251
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!180251
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/343532
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ecopuzzle Guard Repurpose Packaging
- Function
- Repurpose Packaging
- Category
- Packaging Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail, Branding & Advertising and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Peru, Black, Sienna, Saddle Brown and Yellow Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co.,Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wei Bai, Lvhan Chen and Rubo Chen
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #180251
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This packaging can be disassembled into three puzzle like scenarios: tent camping, RV travel, and home backup power, aligning with the brand's positioning directly linking the product to its applications. Tool free snap fit assembly suits mass production and easy to get start. The assembled product can serve as a desktop ornament, extending the packaging lifecycle, integrating protection, interaction, and reuse, thereby enhancing brand value and user engagement.
- Inspiration
- This project was inspired by focus on sustainability, user experience, and differentiation. We believe that packaging must not only provide robust protection but also serve as an extension of our brand philosophy. To achieve this, we adopted a single sheet structural design to practice environmental stewardship. Through puzzle-like reuse, the packaging enables multiple uses, reducing waste at its source. This transforms the unboxing experience into a scenario based interactive experience.
- Research
- This applied mixed design research addresses the solar panel packaging dilemma of balancing protection, eco-friendliness and user experience. We created a one-piece recyclable corrugated packaging with puzzle-style reuse, tested via user research, structural simulation and prototyping. The design works well in protection, is easy to assemble, cuts mass production costs, boosts brand differentiation, reduces waste and offers new ideas for new energy product packaging.
- Challenge
- The greatest challenge in this design lies in achieving a triple balance: protecting, ensuring puzzle interactivity, and maintaining mass production feasibility. We balanced eco-conscious design with brand storytelling that ensuring stable corrugated paper structures while simplifying assembly and integrating core product scenarios. Additionally, constrained by mass production dieline cutting precision, complex puzzle structures required precise alignment with existing production lines. Through computer simulations, we progressively optimized the structure and adjusted snap dimensions for dieline cutting, ultimately achieving all three objectives.
- Realization and Technology
- 1. Material Selection: Constructed from 100% recycled corrugated cardboard with a water based eco friendly coating, tested and verified for sufficient strength and durability. 2. Production Process: Employing a single-sheet die-cutting process, each piece is formed in one cut. This facilitates easy handling during assembly and features multiple cut lines and tabs, allowing users to effortlessly obtain puzzle pieces and assemble them.
- Operation and Interaction
- The core interaction of this packaging transforms users from passive unboxing to active creation, achieved through a three-step conversion process: 1. Unboxing: Upon receiving the product, open the packaging and remove the puzzle components from the top lid. 2. Assembly Interaction: Snap the components together by aligning their tabs to form a randomly generated scene display piece a fun, interactive experience that mirrors the product's usage scenario. 3. Reuse: The assembled piece can be used as a long term desktop display, extending the packaging's lifespan.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2024 in ShenZhen and finished in December 2024 in ShenZhen
- Specifications
- Height 85mm x Width 320mm x Depth 260mm
- Keywords
- Multifunctional design, Sustainability, Interactivity, Innovative design, Recyclable materials
