Kikumi Yoshida · CLIENT: Hagata Farm
To reflect the client's personality, they used the client's hand and daikon radish seeds as motifs in the logo. The green paper on the lid represents a daikon leaf. The colors and strength of the vegetable are expressed through fine dotted patterns that evoke texture and depth. To highlight the whiteness of the daikon, they minimized the label design, allowing the vegetable to stand out. The green paper covering the lid serves as packaging and a letter of appreciation to the consumer on the reverse side, reinforcing the connection between the product and the customer experience.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- To reflect the individuality, the hand held by the client and the vegetable seed were used as the logo motif. The green paper on the lid imitates a vegetable leaf. The deep hue and the strength of the vegetable are expressed in fine dots.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 80 mm,Depth 80 mm,Height 75 mm
- Tags
- Package design , pickles , farmers , Japanese food
- Production Technology
- We pondered how to express the personality of Hagata Farm. We realized that the hands they hold belong to proud farmers who embody dedication. We reflected these hands in the design and used dotted vegetable leaves to represent the quiet yet powerful life force in the field. This design connects the essence of the farm to the product telling a story of nature hard work and pride. By highlighting the farmers connection to the land we aimed to create a design that resonates with the values of the community and the beauty of agriculture.
- Design Challenge
- Many other companies already sell pickle products. We needed to find a way to differentiate ourselves from them and appeal to the interests of people in locally grown vegetables and the project with an appealing design.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2022 in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture.
- Operation Flow
- The green paper covering the lid also decorates the surface of the package, while the reverse side is a letter of appreciation and product concept to the consumer. By putting thought into every part of the package, we aimed to create a package that will be a keepsake, rather than a package that will be thrown away.
- Research
- Team members discussed every possible direction, including what expressions the clientele liked, what magazines they preferred, and what designs they preferred, and carefully shaped them in a layered manner.
- Inspiration
- The project involved making pickles using vegetables from the Hagata farm, and using the profits from the sales to cover the costs of growing vegetables for school lunches. The client wanted to deliver first class vegetables to school children while taking on the challenges of agriculture.
- Image Credits
- #1: Designer Kikumi Yoshida, Kuuche design,Photographer Keijiro Ando, 2022.
#2: Designer Kikumi Yoshida, Kuuche design,Photographer Rui Tokunaga,2022.
#3: Designer Kikumi Yoshida, Kuuche design, 2022.
#4: Designer Kikumi Yoshida, Kuuche design, 2022.
#5: Designer Kikumi Yoshida, Kuuche design, 2022.
Writer Tomomi Takada,Video production Hiroshi Minao
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