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Marathon T-Shirt Grafika by Chika Kakazu

Marathon T-Shirt Grafika by Chika Kakazu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Železná cena A' Design Award in Grafika Competition Category.


ŽelezoGrafika· 2022

Marathon T-Shirt Grafika

by Chika Kakazu

Client: Chika Kakazu

Železná cena A' Design Award Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Marathon T-Shirt Grafika

Jako doplňková služba pro maratónské běžce byly originální ikony navrženy a poskytnuty jako štítky pro přenos tepla, aby vytvořily jedinečná trička na míru v kavárně v Tokiu. Aby se stal nezapomenutelným dárkem pro běžce z celého světa, ikony se odrážely na tématech Japonska a maratonu, jako je hora Fuji, mapa Japonska, origami, běžecké boty a maratónští běžci.

The Recognition

About the Železná cena A' Design Award

Marathon T-Shirt Grafika je vítězem Železné ceny A' Design Award, prestižního uznání udělovaného dobrým designům, které splňují profesní a průmyslové požadavky očekávané od dobře navržených výtvorů. Železní vítězové prokazují velké dovednosti, vysokou specializaci, odborné porozumění a tvůrčí kapacitu svých tvůrců. Očekává se, že Marathon T-Shirt Grafika bude vysoce ceněným, obdivovaným a oblíbeným výtvorem, který je praktický a inovativní. Tento design, který získal Železnou cenu A' Design Award, integruje osvědčené postupy odvětví a má kompetentní technické vlastnosti spojené s know-how a talentem. Marathon T-Shirt Grafika je vážen pro svou důkladnost a je navržen tak, aby poskytoval zlepšení kvality života, která pomáhají činit svět lepším místem.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
To design original icons & create one of a kind T-shirt for the marathon runners as a complimentary gift service at a cafe in Tokyo, Japan. (all of the marathon attendees get T-shirts and they can apply the target/or finish time and icons of their favorite selections to their T-shirts.) The purpose of this T-shirt customization event is to create a special reward for marathon runners, and to increase the awareness of the cafe.
Dimensions & Packaging
Each icon size is approximately around 30-40mm width/height.
Tags
Icons, Design, T-shirt Design, Graphic Design
Production Technology
The designs were made in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. All of the icons are created as a shimmer/metallic heat transfer labels so that we could apply these heat transfer labels to the T-shirt at the event.
Design Challenge
Many Japanese brands are creating lots of Japan-theme designs to attract global tourists, so it was very challenging not to be the same designs/styles that have been released already.
Research
First, I researched the keyword of Tokyo and Marathon, then came up with 3 different concept ideas (Mini Lifestyle, Minimal Japan, and Pixel Japan).
Inspiration
I tried to keep consistent with the concept of marathon, runner, and Tokyo in this minimal icons. All of the icons had to relate to these 3 concepts.
Project Duration
Proposal submitted in Feb 13th, 2019, and executed the event in Feb 28 - March 4th, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
Operation Flow
Marathon runners were not only coming from Japan, but also worldwide. To be able to make the design attractive for global marathon runners, I focused on the the design as simple yet intelligible as possible.
Team Members
Designer: Chika Kakazu
Designer: Krisakorn Tantitemit

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