Tokinone 食品パッケージ by Toshiki Okada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅賞 in パッケージデザイン Competition Category.

銅パッケージ· 2021

Tokinone 食品パッケージ

by Toshiki Okada

Client: Zikkichi Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in パッケージ Category

11,482

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #118715

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Tokinone 食品パッケージ

「Tokinone（ときのね）」は、パンケーキ状の生地であんこを挟んだ日本の伝統菓子「どら焼き」のためのパッケージデザインである。Tokinoneのどら焼きは、バタークリームに加え、フルーツや抹茶などのフレーバーを取り入れている。パターンには7つのフレーバーそれぞれに対応した7色を用い、不定形なかたちによってやわらかな食感を想起させている。色と形は、古さと新しさ、和と洋の要素を融合させたものである。箱には菓子の質感に調和する非光沢の上質紙を使用し、一つひとつの菓子が箱の中でゆとりをもって収まるよう設計されている。すべての部材はリサイクル可能な紙製で、使用後は平らに折りたたむことができる。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Tokinone 食品パッケージは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Tokinone 食品パッケージは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Tokinone 食品パッケージは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tokinone is a new and nostalgic product that adds butter cream and flavors such as fruit and green tea to Dorayaki , a traditional Japanese pastry made by sandwiching bean paste between pancakes.
Fun patterns with colors representing the seven flavors and random shapes are expressing the fluffy texture.
Unlike traditional Japanese confectionery packaging, the colorful, pop, and high quality atmosphere of this product is appreciated as a gift. It is made of non-glossy high quality paper, all made from recyclable paper products.
Dimensions & Packaging: Small box:(W)200mm x (D)120mm x (H)105mm
Large box:(W)200mm x (D)98mm x (H)235mm
Individual:(W)118mm x (D)30mm x (H)138mm
Tags: Sweets, Traditional sweets, Japanese sweets, Wagashi, Japanese food, Package design
Production Technology: The Dorayaki cakes that come in the box are very soft, so each one is specially designed to have sufficient margins. The box is made of non-glossy high quality paper to match the texture of the Dorayaki. Also recyclable paper products were chosen for everything related to this product.
Design Challenge: Many of the traditional Japanese confectionery packages were expected to be of high quality as gifts, and this project was required to express a modern style while inheriting the tradition. In the design, expressing the warmth was the most important part of this product, which is prepared by hand, while at the same time achieving both the quality as a gift.
Research: Kawagoe City, where this product is sold, is a tourist destination, and in recent years has become a popular dating spot among young people and foreigners. With the shift in tourist demographics, the traditional souvenir wagashi also needed to be reborn. The branding and package were designed from scratch to create a product that would be loved by people of all ages and languages, while retaining the Japanese tradition.
Inspiration: Tokinone means "tone of time" in Japanese. To revive this Japanese traditional confectionery Dorayaki (pancake-like patties wrraped around filling of sweet bean paste.) handed down from long ago as a new local specialty of the modern age, colors and shapes that give a sense of both new and old, Japanese and Western styles are used.
The colors used in the design were imagined from butter, strawberry, tangerine, rum, sweet potato, matcha, and hojicha.
Project Duration: Development began in 2019 in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, and sales began in 2020 at a long-established Japanese confectionery store near Kita-in, Kawagoe City.
Operation Flow: The design is consistent with the rationale behind the color choice, but also visually catches the eye with a pop and high quality atmosphere that makes the product tasty and enjoyable. All packages are made of paper and can be easily disassembled and folded, making them environmentally friendly.
Team Members: Brand Manager:Masahito Nunome
Image Credits: All Image: Photographer Nozomi Suzuki 2021 / Art Director Toshiki Okada 2019 / Graphic designer Toshiki Okada 2019