Tokyo Pochette by Imme Vogel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Accessoire Competition Category.

BronzeAccessoire· 2020

Tokyo Pochette

by Imme Vogel

Client: Von Rauten

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Accessoire Category

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The Design

About Tokyo Pochette

Tokyo est une pochette réalisée en cuir de vachette nappa de haute qualité, tanné aux sels minéraux. La surface présente une structure tridimensionnelle en losanges, gaufrée à la main, sac par sac, à l'aide de formes uniques plutôt que de machines industrielles. Cette technique de gaufrage laisse le cuir exempt de coutures, souple et flexible, tandis que le motif en relief demeure permanent. Des aimants dissimulés sur les côtés façonnent délicatement la fermeture à glissière pour une finition nette. Cette fermeture est coulée à la main dans le métal, puis chromée noir. La pochette mesure 22 sur 7 sur 11 centimètres.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Tokyo Pochette est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Tokyo Pochette est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Tokyo Pochette satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

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