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Miracle of Birth Ka Choker by Kimio Fukutani

Miracle of Birth Ka Choker by Kimio Fukutani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Palatina in Hoʻolālā Lei a me Kahiko Competition Category.


PalatinaLei Kahiko· 2022

Miracle of Birth Ka Choker

by Kimio Fukutani

Client: Kimitake Inc.

A' Design Award Palatina Winner in Lei Kahiko Category

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The Design

About Miracle of Birth Ka Choker

I ke ao kūlohelohe, ʻo ke ʻano spiral kahi ola kūikawā e manaʻo nei i ka pohihihi o ke ola. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻano hiʻohiʻona he nui i nā galaxies, typhoon, whirlpools, nā mea kanu, nā pūpū, nā hana noʻeau, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma kēia ao me kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa loa a me nā hiʻohiʻona me ke koena 0.1 pakeneka o ka ʻokoʻa. Ma ka pili ʻana i ka nani hoʻohālike o ka hānau ʻana o ia ola, ua hōʻike ʻia ka leo o nā manaʻo ma Choker.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Palatina

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Miracle of Birth Ka Choker i ka A' Design Award Palatina, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā ʻoiaʻiʻo loa ka kūʻokoʻa, ka nani a me ka kamahaʻo. He mau mea kupaianaha o ka hana noʻeau nā lanakila Palatina, he mau hōʻike o nā palena o ka noʻonoʻo hana noʻeau, a hōʻike lākou i ka ʻoihana ʻoi aku a me ka ʻuhane akamai o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēia mau hoʻolālā nā hana kaulana loa e wehewehe ana i ka nani o kekahi au, kōkua i ke ola pono o ke kaiāulu a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hōʻike ka hoʻolālā Miracle of Birth Ka Choker i ke kūlana ʻoi kelakela i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka palena a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻole ʻole i ka honua ma o kona mau ʻano pōmaikaʻi a waiwai. He hana ka hoʻolālā Miracle of Birth Ka Choker i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Palatina e hoʻāla i ka makemake, hoʻoulu, hoʻoikaika, hoʻohauʻoli a hoʻā i ka hauʻoli nui.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
To express many concepts contained in one product
Each part has a meaning, and every detail has been created, and it has been completed as a necklace in pursuit of joining, wearing and fitting.
Dimensions & Packaging
Length 380mm Hight 10mm Depth 5mm
Tags
Miracle Birth DNA Emotion Link
Production Technology
18K solid gold and Platinum materials were cast one by one and spliced together to make it movable and fit the neck.
In order to express the color change of various emotions, gold was plated, and natural diamonds.
Yellow diamond, brown diamond, and black diamond were pave set on each color material to combine movement and brilliance.
Design Challenge
To express many concepts in one necklace
Over 50 parts are cast, each part is set with natural stones, each part has a meaning, and they are connected in an exquisite balance, and the finished product is beautiful and as one ART. I spent a lot of time expressing it.
Research
Under the astronomical numbers, we humans were born into this world,Your existence is a unique and special existence.
The feelings, memories, and memories of miraculously born people are engraved in the spiral DNA, which is a symbol of life, and the feelings are passed down to future generations, and a new spiral is created. We will create. We will respect the miracle of the birth of life, hold hands, connect, and play a harmony of new emotions. We expressed such feelings with jewelry.
Inspiration
The miracle of the birth of life, the importance of connecting with people,The new emotions created by connecting are expressed in individual parts and colors, and expressed in the connected Choker.
Project Duration
The project started in May 2021 and finished in Feb 2022 in Tokyo Japan
Operation Flow
Rather than making it as an integrated type By casting and connecting each part,It combines movement, brilliance, and a feeling of wearing.
In addition, the fasteners are original so that they can be worn easily and beautifully.Repeated trial production to make fasteners, carabiner with high size, strength and mobilityI spent a lot of time making it.
Patents
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Image Credits
Image #1 to #5: Photographer Bokuyo Tarao, Variations, 2022.

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