Polygon Hoʻopaʻa Lauoho by Toru Matsuura

Polygon Hoʻopaʻa Lauoho by Toru Matsuura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lei a me Kahiko Competition Category.

KeleaweLei Kahiko· 2022

Polygon Hoʻopaʻa Lauoho

by Toru Matsuura

Client: Polygon Hair Claw

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lei Kahiko Category

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The Design

About Polygon Hoʻopaʻa Lauoho

Kekahi Polygon he hoʻopaʻa lauoho i hoʻolālāʻia no ke kāhiko lauoho i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻOkoʻa ke ʻano a me ka waiho ʻana o nā manamana mai kā ka hoʻopaʻa lauoho maʻamau, no laila hiki ke paʻa i ka lauoho hou aku. Ua pale ʻia ke ʻano a me ka waiho ʻana o nā manamana e nā palapala hoʻopaʻa (patents) ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Iapana. Ua kūkulu ʻia kēia hōʻiliʻili me ka ʻaluminuma, ka mea e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai i ke kaumaha ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā hoʻopaʻa metala mua. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana o ke kino māmā ma kona wahi, a hoʻohaʻahaʻa nō hoʻi i ka luʻuluʻu i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā hoʻopaʻa kaumaha. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ke ʻano me ka hoʻolālā kīkohoʻe (computer-aided design), a laila hana ʻia me nā mole rubber a me ke kahe ʻana (casting).

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Polygon Hoʻopaʻa Lauoho i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Polygon Hoʻopaʻa Lauoho he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Polygon Hoʻopaʻa Lauoho i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

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
Team Members: Toru Matsuura , Koh Matsuura