Tokyo Handsak by Imme Vogel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Brons in Mode- en Reisbykomstighede Ontwerp Competition Category.

BronsBykomstigheid· 2020

Tokyo Handsak

by Imme Vogel

Client: Von Rauten

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Bykomstigheid Category

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The Design

About Tokyo Handsak

Tokyo is 'n handsak gemaak van hoë kwaliteit koei-nappaleer met minerale looiing. Die oppervlak dra 'n driedimensionele diamantstruktuur wat met die hand gestempel word, sak vir sak, met enkelvorms in plaas van industriële masjinerie. Die stempelmetode laat die leer sonder stiksels, sag en buigsaam, terwyl die reliëfpatroon permanent bly. Verskuilde magnete aan die kante vorm die ritssluiter sagkens vir 'n netjiese afwerking. Die ritssluiter is met die hand in metaal gegiet en swart verchroom. Die handsak meet 22 by 7 by 11 sentimeter.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Tokyo Handsak is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Brons, 'n hoogs prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan uitstaande ontwerpe wat gekenmerk word deur kreatiwiteit, vindingrykheid en skerpsinnigheid. Wenners in Brons is ruimskoots vaardige en opvallend kreatiewe artefakte wat die groot ervaring, verbeelding en vindingrykheid van hul ontwerpers bevestig. Daar word verwag dat Tokyo Handsak 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde voorwerp is wat merkwaardig professioneel en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Brons gewen het, inkorporeer die beste praktyke in kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie en is uitstekend vanweë sy aandag aan detail. Tokyo Handsak bevredig behoeftes pragtig, raak aan begeertes, bekoor gevoelens en spreek die nuuskierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The trademark of the Tokyo Design Collection: the hand-embossed surfaces with 3D-diamond structure. The leather imprinting is not done in an industrial fashion but indeed handmade, purse-by-purse. Using a specific embossing method, the leather surface remains stitch free, soft and flexible at the same time. Every Bag has specials, so the Clutch: Hidden magnets on the side delicately shape the zipper for a perfect finish. The Tokyo Bags are multi-awarded and the design is protected.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length: 22 cm Width: 7 cm Height: 11 cm
Tags: VON RAUTEN, Tokyo, Bag, Imme Vogel, Clutch
Production Technology: When the few left over pleating factories in Germany advised Imme Vogel to give up her idea around new methods of leather pleating, she and her team decided to build their embossing molds themselves and tested different types and qualities of leather until the result met their expectations. von rauten uses single 3D Forms to emboss each leatherpart one by one. The zipper is from handcasted metal and black chromed, also a design by Imme Vogel. The Leather itself is high quality cow nappa, with a mineral tanning.
Design Challenge: The leather should be both, stich free, soft and flexible, and the embossing permanent. This was the real challenge.
Research: The research itself was very experimental. We want to create a new minimalist luxury with an iconic structure. The embossing could be different according to type of leather, its finish, thickness of leather, the humidity of the leather etc.
Inspiration: As Interior and product designer, Imme Vogel was sitting on a design for a round wall for a business building. Since Kindergarden, she was inspired by the japanese Origami and folded systems to create different shapes. She worked with paper to create a structure for this wall and thought, this could be a beautiful bag, too. That was the time, the idea around soft handfolded bags was born.
Project Duration: Starts 2016 in Mannheim, we work a Year on the embossing, 2017 the first prototype of the Tokyo Collection - a Bowling Bag wins the Red Dot Award 2017. We create this Clutch at the end of 2017 and finished prototyping spring 2018. Then, the brand von rauten was founded by the designer, Imme Vogel to give the bags a name. This year in september 2019 the Clutch Bag Tokyo wins the 3rd place in BEST OF FASHION at ILM Offenbach.
Operation Flow: It can make you prettier and happy by wearing.
Patents: Copyrights Immenwerk GmbH Imme Vogel
EU IPO No. 005218500-0002 design protection