Com Plates Pā Lāʻau na Hiroshi Takahashi

ʻO Com Plates Pā Lāʻau na Hiroshi Takahashi he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2026 A' Design Award Keleawe ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Lako Hōʻoma, Pā ʻAi, Kiʻaha a me Lako Kuke.

KeleaweLako Kuke· 2026

Com Plates Pā Lāʻau

na Hiroshi Takahashi

Mea Kūʻai: Koushin Die Mold

Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Keleawe ma ka Māhele Lako Kuke

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Kipa i ka Pūnaewele Nānā ma A' Design Award Hoʻolaha Nūhou Hōʻailona Makana

Nā Waihoʻoluʻu

Ka Hoʻolālā

E Pili Ana iā Com Plates Pā Lāʻau

He huahana ʻo Com Plates i hānau ʻia mai kahi kaʻina hana ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa e hoʻohana ana i nā ʻenehana hana metala i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e nā mea hana mole akamai i ka lāʻau. Ke lanakila nei kēia ʻenehana ma luna o nā hemahema maʻamau o nā huahana lāʻau, e like me ke kaumaha nui a me ka nunui, a pēlā e wehe ai i nā mea hiki hou no nā pā lāʻau. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau ʻōpala i ka hana pololei, hiki i ka huahana ke loaʻa i ka lahilahi a me ka māmā kupanaha. ʻO kona hoʻolālā hoʻohui nani, hiki ke mālama paʻa ʻia, a lawelawe pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea kiʻi hoihoi e hoʻohuli ai i ka nānā ʻana i loko o kēlā me kēia wahi noho.

Ka Hoʻomaikai

E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Com Plates Pā Lāʻau 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 Com Plates Pā Lāʻau 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 Com Plates Pā Lāʻau i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Ma Hope o ka Hoʻolālā

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Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.

Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa: Com Plates Wooden Tableware confronts the fundamental challenges of woodworking, achieving ultra-thin walls, ensuring dimensional stability, and maintaining high machining precision. Drawing on expertise developed in mold manufacturing, the project redefines what is technically possible with wood. Although woodworking and metalworking may appear fundamentally opposed, both disciplines ultimately share the same objective: identifying the most appropriate process for the material at hand. By setting aside conventional assumptions, the design arrives at a refined and precise form that expands the expressive and technical potential of wooden tableware.
Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili: Size is Height 170mm x Width 250mm x Length 34mm. Weight varies depending on the type of wood, but each plate weighs between 29 grams and 39 grams. This product are designed to be stacked, and even when stacked 21 high, the thickness is only 104mm.
Nā Lepili: tableware, wooden, very thin, ultra lightweight, compact storage, compact stacking
ʻEnehana Hana: Many wood products were handmade or primarily processed using two dimensional machining. While 3D machining has been introduced in recent years, simply machining the material with a machine risks damage during processing unless it has a certain thickness. However, by embedding the material into a mold for machining, processing is possible not only at a thinness of 1.5mm but even at 1mm. Furthermore, surfaces precision machined through programming can be stacked with minimal gaps. This enables the creation of wooden tableware specialized for stacking, opening up a new market for wooden products.
Pilikia Hoʻolālā: Using wood carving to shape blocks into extremely thin sections, rather than assembling thin boards, proved extremely difficult. Expansion and contraction vary with temperature and humidity, causing warping and cracking after processing. While some tree species are more suitable than others, finding them among scrap wood is challenging. The solution lies in creating numerous prototypes to explore the optimal processing method.
Noiʻi: Com Plates Wooden Tableware explores how waste wood can be transformed into a high added value material through design and advanced processing. By positioning the objects not only as functional tableware but also as collectible, art like pieces, the project broadens public interest in upcycling and material reuse. While the conventional approach has been to enhance wood by resinizing its surface, this research reverses the logic, demonstrating that wood itself can serve as the base material for products typically associated with resin or plastic, achieving comparable thinness and precision. In doing so, the project proposes an alternative material narrative that elevates discarded wood into a refined, contemporary medium.
Hoʻoulu Manaʻo: Com Plates Wooden Tableware rethinks the limitations traditionally associated with wooden products, beginning with weight. While reducing thickness might seem like an obvious solution, conventional woodworking techniques impose clear constraints. Drawing inspiration from precision metalworking, the design achieves an ultra thin profile of just 1.5 mm, without compromising structural integrity. Thinning wood typically introduces risks such as cracking or warping, yet a proprietary processing method overcomes these challenges through heightened manufacturing precision. This same refinement also allows the plates to stack compactly, combining lightness, durability, and practicality in a quietly innovative form.
Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana: A prototype model was created in December 2023.
It was submitted to the Dfa Design for Asia Awards 2024 in June 2024.
It was submitted to the Wood Design Award 2024 in July 2024.
It received a Bronze Award at the Dfa Design for Asia Awards 2024 in September 2024.
Received the Wood Design Award 2024 in October 2024.
This project was submitted to the Hkda Global Design Awards 2025 in February 2025.
Received the Hkda Global Design Awards 2025 in March 2025.
Received the Global Top 10 Award at the Hkda Global Design Awards 2025 in April 2025.
Received the Silver Award at the New York Product Design Awards 2025 in October 2025.
Winner of the Takaoka Craft City 2025 Craft Competition in October 2025.
Kaʻina Hana: Com Plates utilizes waste and scrap materials. Items destined for disposal are transformed into value added products. This processing technology is not a secret; anyone can learn it. If the entire woodworking industry applies this processing technology to various products, it can reduce wood waste and contribute to preventing global warming.
Nā Palapala Kuleana: Technology should not be hidden. It advances and improves through open sharing.
It is desirable to compete with each other's technologies without being bound by patents.
Nā Kuleana Kiʻi: The same person handles every step of the process, from product planning to design and manufacturing.