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Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Pine A Tagata Tamo'e by Junichi Kawanishi

Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Pine A Tagata Tamo'e by Junichi Kawanishi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Fa'ailoga Tauvaga Competition Category.


ApamemeaFa'ailoga Tauvaga· 2021

Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Pine A Tagata Tamo'e

by Junichi Kawanishi

Client: Rimi Riga Marathon

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Fa'ailoga Tauvaga Category

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The Design

About Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Pine A Tagata Tamo'e

O le pine 30 tausaga o le Riga International Marathon Course o loʻo i ai se foliga faʻatusa e fesoʻotaʻi ai alalaupapa e lua. O le ata fa'aauau pea o lo'o fa'atusalia e le 3D curved surface o lo'o mamanuina i lapopo'a e lima e tusa ai ma le maila o le pine, e pei o le malafoni atoa ma le afa malafoni. O le fa'ai'uga o le 'apamemea matte, ma le pito i tua o le pine o lo'o togitogia ai le igoa o le ta'amilosaga ma le maila. O le lipine e aofia ai lanu o le aai o Riga, faʻatasi ai ma faʻasologa ma faʻasologa masani a Latvian i mamanu faʻaonapo nei.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Pine A Tagata Tamo'e, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Pine A Tagata Tamo'e e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Pine A Tagata Tamo'e e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Riga Marathon medal design. Designed a 30th anniversary medal for all participants on Kids Day or 5 distances marathon, half marathon, 10 km, 5.5 km, 4.2 km Family run.The world is 1 through a sport and also shows the eternal friendship which also connects with an Olympic stage.The runner who had a medal in his hand piles up the landscape of river with a hollow part, and I think when you'd leave a wonderful memory of 2020 Riga marathon.A ribbon made the color of the landscape of Riga a gradation, and the surface arranged for the traditional pattern, the mileage and the back.Such as changing the color respectively according to the participation distance, I think the design which makes beautiful history in Riga.
Dimensions & Packaging
medal:Punching & Cut brass metal
42.195km:H88mm,21km:H79mm,
10km:H71mm,5.5km:H64mm,4.2 km Family run:H58mm
Ribbon:Nylon print42.195km:H475mm,21km:H430mm,
10km:H380mm,5.5km:H350mm,4.2 km Family run:H300mm
Tags
Riga Maraton,Medal Design,Rimi Riga 30th
Production Technology
medal:Punching,Cut brass metal
Ribbon:Nylon print
Design Challenge
Instead of the traditional medal design, we wanted an innovative, conceptual and symbolic shape. Therefore, it is a difficult technology to make metal into 3D, but those problems have been technically solved. As you can see in the photo of the document, we made three types of finishes. We compared matte finishes and glossy finishes, and chose the most subdued finish.
The joint between the medal and the ribbon is embedded so that the metal fittings cannot be seen from the outside.
Research
The Riga Marathon medal to commemorate the 30th anniversary is a 3D model of the two bridges that connect between generations. As for the finish, I made various samples and chose a matte bronze finish.
Inspiration
2 bridges where the history of the place name called Riga is born from the meaning as circle and connects Riga marathon course, an old town and a new town.It's regarded as the symbol which connects a heart and a heart in today and all generations with history.People of all over the world gathered through Riga marathon in the medal design, and I thought it was notional and I'd like to express the image connecting endlessly abstractly.And the course the track where a runner runs produces was made the form like the flower which celebrates an end of the 30th time of meet.I compose the surface of the medal by the curved surface, draw a three-dimensional turn and assume brilliant completion.
Project Duration
Designed in Japan between December 2019 and January 2020
Operation Flow
The world is always discriminatory and full of disparities. The world we aim for is to have everyone talk from the same perspective and remember the spirit of compassion. What people get through design will surely be a hint of a wonderful future.
Patents
Copyright is Junichi Kawanishi
Team Members
Junichi Kawanishi
Image Credits
Photographer Renals Koris

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