Limpid Stream Iko Tableware by Keiji Ishikawa

Limpid Stream Iko Tableware by Keiji Ishikawa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ngwá Ịme Achịcha, Ngwá Tebụl, Ngwá Ịṅụ Ihe na Ngwá Esi Nri Competition Category.

BronzNgwá Kichin· 2021

Limpid Stream Iko Tableware

by Keiji Ishikawa

Client: KJ studio

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ngwá Kichin Category

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The Design

About Limpid Stream Iko Tableware

Nhazi Limpid Stream bụ ọtụtụ ụmụ akwụkwọ nwamba ahaziri nke ọma, na-eme ka ndị mmadụ nwee mmetụta ka ha juputara na mmiri mmiri. Na echiche elu nke nnukwu ụmụ akwụkwọ nwamba na-adọrọ mmasị site n'igosipụta ụmụ akwụkwọ nwamba ndị ọzọ mgbe a na-awụsa mmanya na-egbuke egbuke n'ihi na nwa akwụkwọ nwamba na-egbutu ya n'ụdị V n'ogo buru ibu. Ya mere, mmetụta a na-ahụ anya na-eme ka uche dị jụụ na mmiri na-asọba ma na-enye ndị mmadụ obi iru ala. Ụdị enyo dị iche iche nke Limpid Stream, dị ka iko mmanya, iko mmanya, efere, na iko okwute, na-eme ka ndụ dị ndụ kwa ụbọchị.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Limpid Stream Iko Tableware meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Limpid Stream Iko Tableware ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Limpid Stream Iko Tableware na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The designed glassware is in the motif of Limpid Stream. It has a beautiful visual effect which makes mind refreshed in the water flow and gives people a sense of well-being and peace of mind. Also, it makes the liquor and dishes more delicious. This design is a mass of rhythmically arranged cat's pupil and it makes you feel as if you comfortably filled in the flow of water. As you see, there are various types of glassware such as wine glasses, sake cups, plates and rocks glasses.
Dimensions & Packaging: The product dimensions are as follows: In the main image, the wine glass is 58mm in diameter and 150mm in height, the sake cup is 60mm in diameter and 60mm in height. In the optional image #1 the wine glass is 68mm in diameter and 174mm in height. In the optional image #3 the plate is 150mm in diameter and 33mm in height. In the optional image #4 the rocks glass is 77mm in diameter and 92mm in height.
Tags: kiriko, cutglass, japaneseglassware, glassart
Production Technology: The double layered glassware is carefully ground and polished by hand using Japanese Kiriko cut glass technology.
Design Challenge: The wheels installed in the grinding machine sold to a general user, cannot cut the shape of cat's pupil. So I calculated the cutting-plane angle of the wheel and ordered the customized wheel to a manufacturer of grinding machine.
Research: In order to realize the project Limpid Stream, it was necessary to prepare for the grinding machine to cut the shape of cat's pupil.
Inspiration: Through Japanese Kiriko cut glass, the project has aimed to enrich human lives. The idea of a Limpid Stream is come up with because at one point, the flow of water in nature healed human feelings and the design pattern was inspired by the rhythmic sound of water.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2019 in Tokushima, Japan and finished in December 2019, and the design got a copyright in registered designs in July 1st 2020 in Japan.
Operation Flow: The top view of the glass tableware realized by Limpid Stream is very beautiful because a mass of cat's pupils is reflecting the other cat's pupils inside the glass by cutting the cat's pupil into V shape at a large angle shown in the optional image #2. And the design is not only beautiful but also very smooth to the touch and shock-resistant because the cut of cat's pupil is shallow in depth.
Patents: Patented. Design registration No.1663995, Keiji Ishikawa, 2020, Japan Patent Office.
Image Credits: Video Credits:
The top view of the glass tableware realized by Limpid Stream is so beautiful as if you filled in the flow of shining water in nature healed human feelings when water is poured, shown in the video.