Zlata Kuhinjska posoda · 2025
Redesign of Kurojyoka Posoda za pijačo
by Yuki Ijichi
- Zlata nagrada A' Design Award 2025 in Kuhinjska posoda
- CLIENT: MATHERuBA
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 61,399
- Verification code 4E3BD01382 · Verify this award
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About Redesign of Kurojyoka Posoda za pijačo
To je prenovljena zasnova kurojyoke, tradicionalnega keramičnega čajnika za shochu iz Kagoshime, prilagojena sodobnemu načinu življenja. Tradicionalna kurojyoka je bila oblikovana na osnovi japonskega ognjišča, njena oblika pa je ostala nespremenjena kljub spreminjajočim se načinom življenja. Ta projekt predstavlja nadaljevanje kagoshimske kulture shochuja in tradicionalne obrtnosti s prilagajanjem tega vidika in posodobitvijo kurojyoke za sodobni način življenja.
About the Zlata nagrada A' Design Award
Redesign of Kurojyoka Posoda za pijačo je prejemnik Zlate nagrade A' Design Award, neizmerno prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje prvovrstnim, čudovitim in izvrstnim oblikovanjem. Prejemniki Zlate nagrade so izjemno inovativne, vizionarske in bleščeče osupljive stvaritve, ki odražajo genij, modrost in mojstrstvo svojih oblikovalcev. Od Redesign of Kurojyoka Posoda za pijačo se pričakuje, da bo zelo hvaljen, trende postavljajoč in monumentalen izum, ki prinaša brezprecedenčno vrednost. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Zlato nagrado A' Design Award, je spektakularno, spoštovano delo, ki v veliki meri koristi in premika meje umetnosti, znanosti, oblikovanja in tehnologije. Redesign of Kurojyoka Posoda za pijačo ustvarja intenzivna čustva želje, prebuja strast, spodbuja ustvarjalnost in nas prevzame.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This is a redesign of the Kurojyoka, a traditional Kagoshima ceramic earthenware teapot for shochu, to fit modern lifestyles. The traditional Kurojyoka was shaped based on heating in a Japanese hearth, and the Satsuma ware craftsmen did not revise the Kurojyoka to fit their changing lifestyles, but this project is characterized by its sublimation into a modern Kurojyoka by revising this aspect of the project. The fact that the shape has been modified for the modern age.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Kurojyoka, Width 120mm x Depth 146mm x Height 160mm
Cup, Width 75mm x Depth 75mm x Height 45mm
Warmer, Width 114mm x Depth 102mm x Height 63mm
Pitcher for Maewari, Width 80mm x Depth 84mm x Height 205mm - Tags
- Product Design, Redesign, Tableware, Sakeware, Kurojoka, Kurojoka6442, Satsuma ware, Earthenware shochu teapot
- Production Technology
- The redesigned Kurojyoka has a mass produced design so that it can be used as a modern earthenware teapot for shochu and as an everyday household item for enjoying shochu. It is made using casting molding, a technique for mass producing ceramics, in which muddy ceramic clay is poured into a plaster mold.
The material is porcelain, which is durable and can be used for commercial purposes.
The glaze uses shirasu from the Shirasu Plateau, a characteristic of Kagoshima's soil, with the aim of it becoming an everyday household item made from local materials. - Design Challenge
- In redesigning the Kurojyoka, we tried to make it a mass production type for easy general use, but there was a difficulty in that Kagoshima does not have mass production technology. Therefore, we asked a Nagasaki potter with mass production technology to manufacture the product, but used Kagoshima materials for the glaze, thereby creating a Kurojyoka with elements of the production area.
- Inspiration
- The project began with a request from MATHERuBA, which operates a cafe and store in Kagoshima, to redesign the Kurojyoka, a traditional Kagoshima porcelain earthenware teapot for shochu, to suit modern lifestyles and create an original product.
We therefore researched the origin of the shape of Kurojyoka for shochu traditionally used in Kagoshima, and found design inspiration in the abacus shape described in literature, which we redesigned into a shape that fits today's lifestyle. - Project Duration
- The project began in Kagoshima in February 2018 and ended in November 2019 and has been sold.
- Image Credits
- Image #1 : Photographer Masahiko Kukiyama
Image #2 : Photographer Masahiko Kukiyama
Image #3 : Photographer Masahiko Kukiyama
Image #4 : Photographer Masahiko Kukiyama
Image #5 : Photographer Masahiko Kukiyama
