Cats In The Bag Ilustración by Kozo Asada

Cats In The Bag Ilustración by Kozo Asada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño Gráfico, Ilustración y Comunicación Visual Competition Category.

HierroGráfico· 2021

Cats In The Bag Ilustración

by Kozo Asada

Client: Kozo Asada

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Gráfico Category

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The Design

About Cats In The Bag Ilustración

Cats In The Bag es una serie de ilustraciones enmarcadas que muestran gatos descansando dentro de bolsas. Cada obra representa una escena sencilla de la vida cotidiana junto a un gato. La serie presenta gatos de pelo largo, de pelo corto y sin pelo, combinados con bolsas de diferentes formas. Las ilustraciones se pintan digitalmente y luego se imprimen sobre planchas de acrílico mediante serigrafía. Varias planchas impresas se apilan en un marco hecho a medida, con papel y una lámina de corte colocados al fondo, de modo que la imagen adquiere un aspecto tridimensional cuando cambia el ángulo de visión. Cada pieza cuadrada mide 422 por 422 milímetros.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Cats In The Bag Ilustración ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que Cats In The Bag Ilustración sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. Cats In The Bag Ilustración es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a project to bring the presence of cats into everyday life.
He drew a simple graphical representation of a cat and a bag, a scene that could exist in everyday life.
When you actually look at the work, it looks three-dimensional and therefore attracts your attention in your daily life.
The theme of the work is cats with a wide variety of hair, including long-haired, short-haired, and hairless cats.
She has also chosen to use bags with different appearances.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height:422mm x Width:422mm x Depth:50mm (including the frame)
Tags: cat, bag, illustration, art, silkscreen
Production Technology: He examined what methods are appropriate for fixing digitally painted illustrations to the acrylic plates.
A silk-screening technique was employed. We also experimented with a method of creating a three-dimensional effect by layering the acrylic plates.
An original picture frame is made to fit two acrylic plates.
Materials used: acrylic plate, silk screen, acryl gouache. paper, cutting seat.
Design Challenge: When you see a painting in an actual gallery.
Which size of exhibit looks the most beautiful?
Because of the distance between you and the person viewing your work and the influence of the lighting.
Which size of picture is best suited to create
He created and considered a variety of sizes.
For the display of this piece, there was a need to create the minimalist and simple presence of the illustration, so I
He made it a primitive square.
Research: The first thing we did was to investigate what types of cats there are.
They have different lengths and patterns of hair depending on the type.
It also has its own unique pose and big changes in appearance.
He have examined those differences in combination with the bag and the way it looks attractive.
Inspiration: This project was born from the essential relationship between cats and bags in daily life. It is common to see a cat sleeping in a bag or a plastic bag in daily life with a cat, which is a posterior neck.Cats are said to have always liked small spaces, and it is said that they used to protect themselves from enemies and to rest in small spaces. For cats kept in modern houses, the bag seemed to be used as a single nest for them.Watching them resting in their bags, as if the two had been that way from the beginning. I felt that the relationship was complementary to each other.
Project Duration: The project began in Tokyo in April 2016.
Solo exhibitions have been held in Tokyo and Hiroshima.
Operation Flow: Multiple silkscreened acrylic boards are stacked on top of each other, and paper and cutting sheets are placed at the bottom to create a single painting.
Between the acrylic boards, He put them in a special frame.
It is made to produce a three-dimensional effect by shifting the viewfinder's perspective from a few millimeters away.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Kozo, 2016
Team Members: Art Director: Kozo Asada, Illustrator: Kozo, Photographer: Arisa Kasai
Image Credits: Image 1: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016 .
Optional Image 1: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.
Optional Image 2: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.
Optional Image 3: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.
Optional Image 4: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.