Sakura Cyclone Mejda by Tomoaki Kageyama

Sakura Cyclone Mejda by Tomoaki Kageyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda in Disinn tal-Għamara Competition Category.

FiddaGħamara· 2025

Sakura Cyclone Mejda

by Tomoaki Kageyama

Client: Tomoaki Kageyama

Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda Winner in Għamara Category

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The Design

About Sakura Cyclone Mejda

Din hi mejda baxxa magħmula minn plywood taċ-ċirasa mmudellat, li normalment tidher bħal siġra kbira taċ-ċirasa li tikber fuq l-art. Min-naħa l-oħra, meta jixgħel id-dawl, iż-żahra taċ-ċirasa tifraħ fid-dell u tagħmel l-ispazju brillanti. Hija mejda li taqleb filgħaxija f'ħin speċjali. Iż-żahra taċ-ċirasa hi simbolu importanti fil-Ġappun. Iżda ż-żahra taċ-ċirasa tifraħ għal madwar ġimgħa biss fis-sena. Din il-mejda hija ddisinjata bil-brillantezza passiġġiera tas-siġra taċ-ċirasa.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda

Sakura Cyclone Mejda huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż straordinarjament mogħti lil disinji tal-ogħla livell, sbieħ u impressjonanti. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Fidda huma xogħlijiet brillanti ħafna u kreattivi ħafna li juru l-għarfien espert, it-talent u l-aċċuratezza tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Sakura Cyclone Mejda ikun xogħol mill-isbaħ, eżemplari, professjonali ħafna u innovattiv bil-fond. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Fidda huwa invenzjoni notevoli u mammirata li tikkontribwixxi biex jitwessgħu l-fruntieri tal-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija. Sakura Cyclone Mejda huwa ħolqien li ħafna jinvidjawh, li jqajjem ix-xewqat, iġib sentimenti pożittivi u joħloq tgħaġġib u mistagħġib.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This design proposal is a low table made of molded cherry plywood. The unique point of this table is the design of the shadow that falls from the table. This table usually looks like a large cherry tree growing on the earth. On the other hand, when turning on the light, the cherry blossom blooms in a shadow and makes the space brilliant. It is a table that turns an evening into a special time.
Dimensions & Packaging: The furniture was made in a workshop in the Hida region in Japan, a famous furniture production area in Japan. The size of this table is H400 mm*D400 mm, W400mm.
Tags: Table, Cherry blossom, Sakura, shadow
Production Technology: The furniture is made of Molded plywood. Detailed mating is the key to designing accurate shadows. I created a mechanism to adjust the angle of the plywood installation with wires, allowing fine adjustment of the falling shadows.
Design Challenge: It was difficult to consider the configuration of parts to realize that only when the pendant light is turned on at night a shadow falls and cherry blossoms bloom. I created several scale models and conducted many experiments to check the shadows by turning on the lights. Then, I realized this idea using the construction method of diagonally mating R500mm curved wood.
Research: I explored the essential elements of Japaneseness in order to create a table that is uniquely Japanese. In the process, I came across the famous book “In Praise of Shadows” by the famous Japanese classic writer, Junichiro Tanizaki. Through this book, Tanizaki showed that since ancient times, Japanese people have been conscious of the shadows behind light and have found a sense of beauty in these shadows. Therefore, we designed this table based on the hypothesis that we could create essentially Japanese furniture by designing the shadows that fall from the table, which modern people are usually unaware of.
Inspiration: This table is a conceptual design in my lab. I tried to incorporate Japanese essential aesthetics into a Western furniture table.
Cherry blossom is an important symbol in Japan. But cherry blossoms bloom for only about one week of the year. Japanese people are fascinated by the momentary brilliance of cherry blossoms. I designed it with the fleeting brilliance of the Cherry blossom tree.
Project Duration: The project started in 2022 in Nagoya Japan and finished at the end of 2023.
Operation Flow: During the day, users relax with a cup of tea or a book at the table, where they can feel the warmth of the wood. At night, they can spend a special time drinking a glass of wine on the table, which becomes as brilliant as a cherry tree in full bloom thanks to the shadows cast by the room light. We envision that this table will also used in restaurants or pubs.