Otsuchi Moli Laulau by Yuto Yamada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Malamalama Competition Category.

ArioMalamalama· 2026

Otsuchi Moli Laulau

by Yuto Yamada

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Malamalama Category

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The Design

About Otsuchi Moli Laulau

O le Otsuchi o se moli laulau e faia mai le pa'u aila mai Otsuchi, Iwate, Iapani. O le taulaga na taia e le galulolo na mafua mai le Mafuie Tele o Sasa'e o Iapani i le 2011. Na mulimuli ane faaleagaina fua o faatoaga a le nuu ina ua faateleina le aofai o aila ae faaitiitia le aofai o tagata nofomau. Na amata ai e tagata tulimanu o le nuu se pisinisi aano o manu vao ina ia faaaogaina aila na tulia o ni manu faalavelave. O le moli ua fausia mai se fausaga lomitusi 3D ua ufitia i le pa'u aila, ma o lona foliga vaaia e faamanatu mai ai le foliga o se manu ola. O le mamanu e faamamaluina ai le ola o le aila ma ofoina atu ai se lagona filemu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Otsuchi Moli Laulau, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Otsuchi Moli Laulau e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Otsuchi Moli Laulau o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This table lamp exists
in the space between design and art.
It resembles a light fixture, yet also conveys the vitality of an animal.
Its texture evokes the breath of a living deer.
Dimensions & Packaging: w255 x d320 x h345mm
Tags: Table Light, Art, animal, deer, leather, Gibier
Production Technology: Crafted from 3D printed structure coverd by deer leather.
Inspiration: The Table lamp is made from a deer leather captured in Otsuchi, Iwate, Japan. Otsuchi was destroyed by the devastating tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Our crop has been damaged due to a significant increase in number of deer, while the population of local residents declined. Local hunters started
the Gibier business to carry on the life of a deer that was hunted as vermin. This lamp was created in a hope to carry on deer's life and create a feeling of peace to the user.
Project Duration: The project started in Apr. 2023 in Otsuchi, Iwate and finished in Jan, and was exhibited in Salone del Mobile in June 2024.
Operation Flow: This table lamp conveys an organic, animalistic impression to people,
and also gives a wild impression.
This lamp, which makes you feel the vitality of a deer that once lived,
gives people the warmth of life.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yuto Yamada, 2026.
Image Credits: Photographer / Kenichi Kikuchi