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Polygon Hiussolki by Toru Matsuura

Polygon Hiussolki by Toru Matsuura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award in Korumuotoilu Competition Category.


PronssiKorut· 2022

Polygon Hiussolki

by Toru Matsuura

Client: Polygon Hair Claw

Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Korut Category

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The Design

About Polygon Hiussolki

Polygon on jokapäiväiseen hiustenmuotoiluun suunniteltu hiussolki. Piikkien muoto ja sijoittelu eroavat tavallisesta hiussoljesta, jolloin solki pitää suuremman hiusmäärän paikoillaan. Piikkien muoto ja sijoittelu on suojattu patenteilla Yhdysvalloissa ja Japanissa. Mallisto on valmistettu alumiinista, joka keventää painoa aiempiin metallisolkiin verrattuna. Kevyempi runko pysyy paikoillaan pidempään ja vähentää raskaiden solkien aiheuttamaa epämukavuutta. Muoto kehitettiin tietokoneavusteisen suunnittelun avulla ja valmistettiin kumimuotteja käyttäen valamalla.

The Recognition

About the Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award

Polygon Hiussolki on Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, erittäin arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään erinomaisille designeille, joita luonnehtivat luovuus, nerokkuus ja oveluus. Pronssivoittajat ovat runsaan taitavia ja silmiinpistävän luovia taiteellisia tuotoksia, jotka todistavat suunnittelijoidensa laajaa kokemusta, mielikuvitusta ja kekseliäisyyttä. Polygon Hiussolki:n odotetaan olevan korkeassa arvossa pidetty, ihailtu ja rakastettu esine, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja innovatiivinen. Tämä Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign sisällyttää itseensä parhaita käytäntöjä taiteessa, tieteessä, designissa ja teknologiassa ja on erinomainen huomiollaan yksityiskohtiin. Polygon Hiussolki tyydyttää upeasti tarpeita, koskettaa haluja, viehättää tunteita ja vetoaa uteliaisuuteen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Polygon hair claw is not the same hair claw as you see usual. Its unique shape of prong and placement enable to catch the hair more than normal hair claw. They got patent for this unique prong shape and placement in U.S and Japan.
This time they made its collection with aluminium which reduce the weight much more than previous metal claw. Therefore it holds and stay longer also ease the pain from the weight claw has. Polygon hair claw is the first hair claw ever made with aluminium.
Dimensions & Packaging
60mm x 40mm x 70mm
Tags
hair accessories, hair clips, industrial, alminium,
Production Technology
It is designed with CAD. Then make rubber mold then casting.
Design Challenge
Placement of prongs since it is new challenging of reallocate the place of prongs, it takes several years to find the perfect position and degree of prongs.
Research
They studied popular styles and reviews from our past sales data and found out specific character among them , then they figured out what they need to have and don't for function. After that they made prototype using 3D CAD and made samples with 3D printer. Once they confirm how it works, made prototype with casting metal. After prototype is ready send them all to hair stylist and check if it holds well or not.
Inspiration
Matsuura co ., ltd has been making hair accessories for more than 140 years and it is important mission for them to develop something totally new.
Recently most of hair accessories are already developed enough and we haven't seen unique and functional new products for long time. It was important mission for them to create something new and functional products for this industry to keep progress. Polygon hair claw has a concept of "Back to the simple and functional" . Based on this concept they made this unique products.
Project Duration
The project started in June 2018 in Japan
Operation Flow
First they studied which function and design can be popular hair claw from their past sales data. then they figured out what is the best shape and function to catch the hair most. Then they develop this idea to the 3D CAD data. Then they casting several times and try using its prototype for 3years.
Patents
PATENT NUMBER
1653772 1653773 1653774 1653775 1653776

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Team Members
Toru Matsuura , Koh Matsuura

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