Tokinone Embalagem de Alimentos by Toshiki Okada

Tokinone Embalagem de Alimentos by Toshiki Okada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Embalagem Competition Category.

BronzeEmbalagem· 2021

Tokinone Embalagem de Alimentos

by Toshiki Okada

Client: Zikkichi Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Embalagem Category

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The Design

About Tokinone Embalagem de Alimentos

Tokinone é um projeto de embalagem para o Dorayaki, um doce tradicional japonês feito com pasta de feijão entre duas panquecas. A versão Tokinone acrescenta creme de manteiga e sabores como frutas e chá verde. O padrão gráfico utiliza sete cores, uma para cada sabor, com formas aleatórias que sugerem uma textura macia. As cores e as formas combinam referências antigas e novas, japonesas e ocidentais. A caixa é confeccionada em papel de alta qualidade sem brilho, que dialoga com a textura do doce. Cada bolinho recebe um espaço amplo dentro da caixa. Todas as partes são de papel reciclável e podem ser dobradas e achatadas após o uso.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Tokinone Embalagem de Alimentos conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Tokinone Embalagem de Alimentos seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Tokinone Embalagem de Alimentos satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

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