Tomori Aid Igikoresho cy'Itara by Yuji Yanagisawa

Tomori Aid Igikoresho cy'Itara by Yuji Yanagisawa is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Urumuri Competition Category.

BuronzeUrumuri· 2022

Tomori Aid Igikoresho cy'Itara

by Yuji Yanagisawa

Client: Yuji Yanagisawa Design Inc

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Urumuri Category

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The Design

About Tomori Aid Igikoresho cy'Itara

Tomori Aid ni igikoresho cy'itara gishobora kwikubagurwa, gihindura itashi (flashlight) kuba itara ryoroshye rimurika neza. Iki gikoresho gikorwa mu ikarito (cardboard) kandi gishyirwaho hakoreshejwe imiterere yoroshye n'uburyo bworoshye bwo kugifatanya. Itashi iyo ari yo yose ifite ingano ikwiye irashobora gukoreshwa, bityo iyo itashi imwe itakiri myiza yashyirwamo indi. Iyo cyikubagiye, Tomori Aid ifata ingano ya A4 kandi yoroshye gutwara mu mufuka w'ibikoresho by'ubwirinzi ku byago. Iyo cyubatswe, itara rigera kuri milimetero 260 mu burebure, kandi buri ruhande rugera kuri milimetero 170. Iyi miterere yateguwe kugira ngo ikoreshwe mu gihe cyo kwimuka ku mpamvu z'ubwirinzi ndetse no mu buzima bwa buri munsi mu rugo.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Tomori Aid Igikoresho cy'Itara ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Tomori Aid Igikoresho cy'Itara biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Tomori Aid Igikoresho cy'Itara ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It is a lighting kit that changes the light of a linear LED flashlight into the light of a soft lantern born from the designer's own evacuation experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: When folded:H260mm x W180mm
When assembled:H260mm x W170mm D170mm
Tags: lantern, light, sustainable, prevention, flashlight, eco-friendly, disaster,
Production Technology: Tomori Aid is a collapsible lighting kit made of cardboard. Easy to assemble with simple structures and fixing methods, any flashlight of the right size can be turned into a lantern. It is designed to fit in A4 size when folded and is easy to carry. If one flashlight fails, you can substitute another flashlight, so you don't have to worry about lighting when you need it.
Design Challenge: It has both "portability that can be carried in a disaster prevention bag when evacuating" and "design that makes you want to decorate", and it is designed that it can be used as both a daily light and a light when a natural disaster strikes.
Research: During a power outage cause of a typhoon in Japan, the method of putting a PET bottle filled with water was spreading in news and SNS. So I realized that there was an urgent need to have an indirect light like a lantern, even though they had a flashlight, at the actual site, and started development to improve it.
Inspiration: When evacuating to a shelter due to typhoon damage in Japan, I've experienced the difference between imagination and reality. So I've developed Tomori Aid to solve problems by design when a natural disaster strikes.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2019 in Tokyo and finished in February 2021.
Operation Flow: Based on the designer's own evacuation experience, in order to solve the problems of power outages and lights at evacuation shelters, it has ben achieved both portability that is useful during evacuation and design that can be used in daily life.