A study on the liquor package design of international competitive advantage - Focused on Soju and Sake -

국제 경쟁력을 위한 술 포장디자인 연구 - 국내소주 및 일본 Sake 중심으로 -

Packages have been used for a wide variety of purposes, for protection, for display, for transportation of goods, or for keeping personal belongings. According to the demands of society and the times, liquor packages have been specialized and have appeared in almost every shape and size without restriction to cine particular type of material. In spite of its rapid development and wide application in our society, liquor package design has rarely been considered as a subject of comprehensive study. Majoring in package design, I have become especially interested in the area of liquor package design. I would like to explore liquor package design from several aspects. With the advent of new market and the rise of a new consumer society, advertising and mass media have expanded rapidly. While convenience of use is not a major issue, serving size certainly are quality, appeal of heritage and health concerns. Heritage is a major consumer appeal in Whisky, Beer, Wine and spirits. Designers have drawn heavily on the tradition of alcoholic products, have used type and graphics to create the illusion of heritage for new products. A sidelight to the heritage aspect of spirits package is the evolution of outer boxes for international liquors. International liquors package design illustrated the past and current themes. The design is contemporary and spare. Colored panels correlated to the liquor flavor used on clean white, black, gold boxes. While this research does not deny the impact of structural innovation and convenience package design , it does deny the existence of a graphic plateau. It is assumed therefore, that development in technology can facilitate communication between East and West. This can be accomplished because as containers of products are used in social setting, their form will gradually apply strong influence to the need for economical, easily handled, easily utilized packaging. Typically, ethnic package designs are those packages containing products which are prepared and marketed to a category of people who are prepared and marketed to a culture traits. They are liquor products sold in the metropolitan New York area which are marketed specially to Asians, Hispanics, or Eurpean population. These cultural groups share numerous traits including religion, language, dietary habits and traditional drinking styles. Therefore, the products which are familiar or common in their native countries are often imported or marketed there to serve them. These packages and products are frequently found on the shelves of supermarkets in predominantly ethnic areas. That is Korea, Japan if packaging is correctly design it would appeal to the American market. My research is that oriental beverage -Soju is good example of this precept. Assumedly, there must be a degree of subjectivity since it is a mean in which the consumers can relate to its advertising. This degree to relate and identify is the degree to which the package will be remembered and purchased. Subjectivity is intimately related to purchases since there is no such thing as a rational purchase in a society that operates on mass consumption. It is essential that packages become more personal human, entertaining, and more like advertising in order to maximize merchandising potential.

21세기의 정보화 시대에는 국가간, 지역간 무역의 장벽이 사라지고 다변화하는 무한경쟁시대로 변모하게 될 것이다. 포장산업은 판매부터 폭넓은 시장에서 모든 계층의 소비자 욕구를 충족시키는 기업위주의 마케팅 활동이 가능하였다. 따라서 이 시대에 요구되는 술 포장디자인은 시장구조가 양적, 질적으로 다양해지면서 제품이미지를 계획적으로 통제, 운영하지 않으면 자사 브랜드의 시장력이 저하될 수 밖에 없는 현실이다. 이제 술 포장디자인은 물질적, 생산지 1차 기능의 충족을 위한 수단으로만 존재하는 것이아니라 인간의 만족과 정서적 풍요로움을 가능하게 해줄 수 있어야만 한다. 그러한 가치 형성의 배경은 여러 가지 다각적 측면으로 분석되어진다. 술 포장디자인 그 시대의 기초와 취미 소비자의 질서가 가장 적절하게 표현되는 대중문화를 선동하는 사회적, 문화적 파급효과에 이르고 있다. 그리한 변화에 따라 소비자의 의식구조, 라이프 스타일 변화 시장 구조 계층을 변화시켰으며 술 시장의 세분화를 더욱 더 촉진 시켰다고 할 수 있다. 이에 본 논문은 세분화된 소비계층의 중심인 술 포장디자인의 커뮤니케이션 할 수 있는 효율성을 도모하고 술 소비자의 계층구조에 대한 이론적 고찰을 하고자한다. 또한 술 포장디자인의 전략의 특성을 파악하고, 술 포장디자인이라는 매개체를 통하여 상호유기성 통하여 보다 효율적인 소비자 커뮤니케이션에 접근토록 하는 새로운 전략적 방안을 제시하고자 한다.