Elan Vital Glasgeschirr by Keiji Ishikawa

Elan Vital Glasgeschirr by Keiji Ishikawa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Silber in Küchengeschirrdesign Competition Category.

SilberKüchengeschirr· 2023

Elan Vital Glasgeschirr

by Keiji Ishikawa

Client: KJ studio

A' Design Award in Silber Winner in Küchengeschirr Category

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The Design

About Elan Vital Glasgeschirr

Durch die regelmäßige Anordnung passender Tassenmotive, die eine lustige Begegnung suggerieren, ist das Design voller Dynamik, die an lebhafte Tupfen, Spritzer oder Köderbälle eines großen Fischschwarms erinnert, der sich im Wasser dreht. Darüber hinaus scheinen die Nähte des Innenbechers von der Seite oder von oben betrachtet durch oder reflektieren sich und verändern sich auf verschiedene Weise, was den Menschen ein Gefühl für die Dynamik des Lebens vermittelt und sie mit Heilung und Glück erfüllt. Es gibt verschiedene Arten von Glaswaren, wie zum Beispiel Weingläser, Sake-Becher, Teller und Steingläser.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silber

Elan Vital Glasgeschirr ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Silber, einer enorm prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, großartige und beeindruckende Spitzendesigns. Silber-Gewinner sind ungemein brillante und äußerst kreative Werke, die die herausragende Expertise, das Talent und den Scharfsinn ihrer Designer veranschaulichen. Von Elan Vital Glasgeschirr wird erwartet, dass es ein wunderbares Vorzeigewerk ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und zutiefst innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Silber prämierte Design ist eine höchst bemerkenswerte, bewunderte Erfindung, die den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Elan Vital Glasgeschirr ist eine vielbeneidete Schöpfung, die Wünsche weckt, positive Gefühle vermittelt und Staunen und Verwunderung entfacht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Because of regularly arranging the motifs of matching cups that imagine a fun encounter, the design is full of dynamism that evokes vivid polka dots, splashes, or bait balls of a large school of fish spinning in the water.
Additionally, when viewed from the side or top, eye-shaped patterns that make up the motif of the inner cup shine through or reflect while changing in various ways, giving people a sense of the dynamism of life and filling them with healing and happiness.
Dimensions & Packaging: The product dimensions are as follows: In the main image, the wine glass is 58mm in diameter and 150mm in height, the sake cup is 60mm in diameter and 60mm in height, and the top view of the sake cup is shown in optional image #1. In optional image #2, the sake glass is 60mm in diameter and 70mm in height. In optional image #3, the rock glass is 77mm in diameter and 92mm in height. Finally, in optional image #4, the plate is 150mm in diameter and 33mm in height.
Tags: kiriko, cutglass, japaneseglassware, glassart
Production Technology: The double-layered glassware is carefully ground and polished by hand using Japanese Kiriko cut glass technology.
Design Challenge: For the grinding wheel, a V-shaped wide-angle wheel was specially ordered. I also practiced and acquired the skill of making precise horizontal cuts in the lower part of the glass where it is difficult to see.
Research: In order to realize the design of Elan Vital, it was necessary to prepare a grinding wheel that could cut the shape of the eyes and the skill to make many horizontal cuts precisely in the lower part of the glass where the cut points were difficult to see.
Inspiration: Through Japanese Kiriko cut glass, the project has enriched human lives.
The idea of the pattern of Elan Vital started from the image of matching cups of liquor with the desire to regain fun reunions with close friends and family in a situation where people's connections tend to be weak due to the corona wreck.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2022 in Tokushima, Japan, and finished in August 2022.
Operation Flow: The eye-shaped pattern that makes up the motif of matching cups is a wide-angle V-cut, so when viewed from the side, the design on the inside changes and shines through, as shown in the main image. When viewed from the top, the pattern on the inside reflects and sparkles in various ways shown in optional image #1.
Additionally, the design is very smooth to the touch and shock-resistant because the cut of the eye-shaped pattern is shallow in depth.
Patents: The design is applying for design registration and will get copyright in registered designs in December 2022 in Japan.
Image Credits: Video Credits:
The video shows how the eye-shaped pattern on the glass changes and shines through transmission or reflection in various ways when the glass rotates.