Tokyo Akpa Aka by Imme Vogel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ihe Mgbakwunye Ejiji na Njem Competition Category.

BronzIhe Mgbakwunye· 2020

Tokyo Akpa Aka

by Imme Vogel

Client: Von Rauten

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

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The Design

About Tokyo Akpa Aka

Tokyo bụ akpa aka e ji akpụkpọ anụ ehi Nappa dị elu mepụta, nke e ji mineral tanning wuo. Elu ya nwere ụdị diamond nwere akụkụ atọ (three-dimensional) nke e ji aka kaa n'akpa ọ bụla, otu akpụkpọ n'otu oge kama iji igwe ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ. Ụzọ ikpe akpụkpọ a na-eme ka akpụkpọ anụ ahụ nweghị ihe eji akwakọba ya (stitching), mee ka ọ dị nro ma na-agbanwe agbanwe, ebe ụdị akara ahụ ka na-adịgide adịgide. Magnets ezoro ezo n'akụkụ abụọ na-akpụzi zip ahụ nke ọma iji nye ọdịnaya dị ọcha. E ji aka wuo zip ahụ n'ọla ma tinye ya agba ojii chrome. Akpa aka a bụ centimita iri abụọ na abụọ site na asaa site na iri na otu n'ogologo, obosara, na omimi.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Tokyo Akpa Aka 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 Tokyo Akpa Aka 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. Tokyo Akpa Aka 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 trademark of the Tokyo Design Collection: the hand-embossed surfaces with 3D-diamond structure. The leather imprinting is not done in an industrial fashion but indeed handmade, purse-by-purse. Using a specific embossing method, the leather surface remains stitch free, soft and flexible at the same time. Every Bag has specials, so the Clutch: Hidden magnets on the side delicately shape the zipper for a perfect finish. The Tokyo Bags are multi-awarded and the design is protected.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length: 22 cm Width: 7 cm Height: 11 cm
Tags: VON RAUTEN, Tokyo, Bag, Imme Vogel, Clutch
Production Technology: When the few left over pleating factories in Germany advised Imme Vogel to give up her idea around new methods of leather pleating, she and her team decided to build their embossing molds themselves and tested different types and qualities of leather until the result met their expectations. von rauten uses single 3D Forms to emboss each leatherpart one by one. The zipper is from handcasted metal and black chromed, also a design by Imme Vogel. The Leather itself is high quality cow nappa, with a mineral tanning.
Design Challenge: The leather should be both, stich free, soft and flexible, and the embossing permanent. This was the real challenge.
Research: The research itself was very experimental. We want to create a new minimalist luxury with an iconic structure. The embossing could be different according to type of leather, its finish, thickness of leather, the humidity of the leather etc.
Inspiration: As Interior and product designer, Imme Vogel was sitting on a design for a round wall for a business building. Since Kindergarden, she was inspired by the japanese Origami and folded systems to create different shapes. She worked with paper to create a structure for this wall and thought, this could be a beautiful bag, too. That was the time, the idea around soft handfolded bags was born.
Project Duration: Starts 2016 in Mannheim, we work a Year on the embossing, 2017 the first prototype of the Tokyo Collection - a Bowling Bag wins the Red Dot Award 2017. We create this Clutch at the end of 2017 and finished prototyping spring 2018. Then, the brand von rauten was founded by the designer, Imme Vogel to give the bags a name. This year in september 2019 the Clutch Bag Tokyo wins the 3rd place in BEST OF FASHION at ILM Offenbach.
Operation Flow: It can make you prettier and happy by wearing.
Patents: Copyrights Immenwerk GmbH Imme Vogel
EU IPO No. 005218500-0002 design protection