Tokyo Clutch-Tasche by Imme Vogel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Bronze in Accessoiredesign Competition Category.

BronzeAccessoire· 2020

Tokyo Clutch-Tasche

by Imme Vogel

Client: Von Rauten

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Accessoire Category

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The Design

About Tokyo Clutch-Tasche

Tokyo ist eine Clutch aus hochwertigem Rindsnappaleder mit Mineralgerbung. Die Oberfläche trägt eine dreidimensionale Rautenstruktur, die Tasche für Tasche von Hand mit Einzelformen geprägt wird – anstatt mit industriellen Maschinen. Das Prägeverfahren lässt das Leder frei von Nähten, weich und geschmeidig, während das Reliefmuster dauerhaft erhalten bleibt. Verborgene Magnete an den Seiten formen den Reißverschluss sanft für einen sauberen Abschluss. Der Reißverschluss ist von Hand in Metall gegossen und schwarz verchromt. Die Clutch misst 22 mal 7 mal 11 Zentimeter.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Tokyo Clutch-Tasche ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Tokyo Clutch-Tasche wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Tokyo Clutch-Tasche befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

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