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Kahisu Mkpuchi Ihe Ọṅụṅụ Viniga Japanese by Shinji Arashigawa

Kahisu Mkpuchi Ihe Ọṅụṅụ Viniga Japanese by Shinji Arashigawa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ngwungwu Competition Category.


BronzNgwungwu· 2023

Kahisu Mkpuchi Ihe Ọṅụṅụ Viniga Japanese

by Shinji Arashigawa

Client: Applied Kansei Center

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ngwungwu Category

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The Design

About Kahisu Mkpuchi Ihe Ọṅụṅụ Viniga Japanese

Kahisu bụ ihe ọṅụṅụ viniga Japanese nwere ozi omume ọma, nke bụ nke mbụ na Japan. E mere ya site na akpụkpọ oroma ilu nke a na-atụfu mgbe a kpochasịrị mmiri mkpụrụ ya. Echiche nhazi bụ Nhazi Nka maka Nhọrọ Omume Ọma. Iji gosipụta ụtọ abụọ ọhụrụ na-ejikọta ụtọ viniga, ụtọ mkpụrụ osisi, na ilu nke akpụkpọ oroma ilu, nakwa oge pụrụ iche nke ịṅụ ha, e jiri ụdị karama shampen, na-ejikọta ụwa echiche nke ndị na-ese ihe ukwu abụọ bụ Gauguin (Blend G) na Monet (Blend M). Igbe onyinye ahụ na-eji obere ihe kaadbọọdụ ijide karama abụọ n'ụzọ mara mma.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Kahisu Mkpuchi Ihe Ọṅụṅụ Viniga Japanese 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 Kahisu Mkpuchi Ihe Ọṅụṅụ Viniga Japanese 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. Kahisu Mkpuchi Ihe Ọṅụṅụ Viniga Japanese 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
Kahisu is a new Japanese vinegar drink with an ethical message, made from bitter orange peels, which was previously discarded after squeezing the juice. The design concept is Artistic Design for Ethical Choice, for the earth, for children 100 years from now. In order to express the novel taste and the artistic aspect common to the taste, a champagne-type bottle, a shape not generally used for Japanese vinegar drinks, was adopted, and the graphics were in the style of paintings.
Dimensions & Packaging
Bottle: Width 81mm x Depth 81mm x Height 241mm
Label: Width 247mm x Height 70mm
Box: Width 300mm x Depth 170mm x Height 85mm
Tags
Ethical, Food recycling, Japanese vinegar drinks, Artistic, Gauguin, Monet, Minimum
Production Technology
The technology to ferment bitter orange "peels" to produce vinegar was developed, and Japan's first "fruit peel vinegar drink " was born. In order to embody the ethical message, we used recycled materials for the bottle and label in consideration of the environment.
Design Challenge
A major challenge for the project team was to develop Japan's first vinegar drink with new values that would set it apart from existing vinegar drinks in both taste and packaging. Based on the concept formulated by the producer, researchers, manufacturers, and designers worked together as a team to arrive at the final form of new taste and design.
Research
A new vinegar drink was born, characterized by a "bittersweetness" like black coffee, as a result of research experiments using Kansei engineering using a large number of taste samples in which the proportions of taste components were subtly controlled. In order to convey its deep and artistic taste and ethical message, the shape and materials of the bottle, cap, and label were repeatedly examined to achieve a design that simultaneously expresses "Artistic Design" and "Ethical Choice".
Inspiration
Kahisu is a Japanese vinegar drink with new values. Two new flavors, blending the vinegary and sweetness, of conventional vinegar drinks with the bitterness of bitter orange peels, are expressed in the worlds of the works of two artists. The fruity flavor Blend G was inspired by Paul Gauguin's tropical landscapes and people, while the fresh and refreshing flavor Blend M was inspired by Claude Monet's landscape paintings of water lilies.
Project Duration
The project started in Hiroshima, Japan in September 2021 and has been on sale at the online store since August 2022. The client is a long-established vinegar manufacturer founded in 1582.
Operation Flow
The role of Kahisu is to deliver to your loved ones the excitement you experience when you drink it with sparkling water or spirits (whiskey, gin, rum, etc.), and the thoughts that will lead to the future 100 years from now as expressed in the design concept. Kahisu will be sold for gift use only to relay the ethical message of caring for the future of society and the earth.
Team Members
Producer/Product Director: Koichiro Kasio
Planner: Makiko Ozawa

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