Otsuchi Rama Tēpu by Yuto Yamada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Rama me ngā Taputapu Mārama Competition Category.

HiriwaRama· 2026

Otsuchi Rama Tēpu

by Yuto Yamada

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Rama Category

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The Design

About Otsuchi Rama Tēpu

He rama tēpu a Otsuchi i hangaia mai i te hiako tia i puta mai i Otsuchi, Iwate, Hapani. I patua tēnei tāone e te tai āniwhaniwha nā te Rū Whenua Nui o Rāwhiti o Hapani i te tau 2011. I muri mai, i pākia ngā hua whenua o te rohe i te pikinga o te maha o ngā tia me te hekenga o te maha o ngā kainoho. I tīmata ngā kaiwhaiwhai o te rohe i tētahi pakihi mīti kararehe hei whakamahi i ngā tia i whāia hei riha. Kua hangaia te rama mai i tētahi anga i tāia ā-3D kua hipokina ki te hiako tia, ā, ka whakamahara te kakano o te mata ki te āhua o tētahi kararehe ora. Ka whakahōnore te hoahoa nei i te ora o te tia, ā, ka tuku i tētahi āhua mārie.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Otsuchi Rama Tēpu te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Otsuchi Rama Tēpu he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Otsuchi Rama Tēpu he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This table lamp exists
in the space between design and art.
It resembles a light fixture, yet also conveys the vitality of an animal.
Its texture evokes the breath of a living deer.
Dimensions & Packaging: w255 x d320 x h345mm
Tags: Table Light, Art, animal, deer, leather, Gibier
Production Technology: Crafted from 3D printed structure coverd by deer leather.
Inspiration: The Table lamp is made from a deer leather captured in Otsuchi, Iwate, Japan. Otsuchi was destroyed by the devastating tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Our crop has been damaged due to a significant increase in number of deer, while the population of local residents declined. Local hunters started
the Gibier business to carry on the life of a deer that was hunted as vermin. This lamp was created in a hope to carry on deer's life and create a feeling of peace to the user.
Project Duration: The project started in Apr. 2023 in Otsuchi, Iwate and finished in Jan, and was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in June 2024.
Operation Flow: This table lamp conveys an organic, animalistic impression to people,
and also gives a wild impression.
This lamp, which makes you feel the vitality of a deer that once lived,
gives people the warmth of life.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yuto Yamada, 2026.
Image Credits: Photographer / Kenichi Kikuchi