Cotton Spate Konesola Fa'aali by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Cotton Spate Konesola Fa'aali by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Meafale Competition Category.

UʻameaMeafale· 2020

Cotton Spate Konesola Fa'aali

by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Client: MisoSoupDesign

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Meafale Category

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The Design

About Cotton Spate Konesola Fa'aali

'O le Cotton Spate o se konesola fa'aali na mamanuina mo se faleoloa pop-up. E fa'aalia e le konesola se numera itiiti o oloa ina ia tumau le gauai atu i mea ta'itasi. O lona foliga na maua manatu mai fanua o fugala'au cotton Pima fa'anatura, lea e ola i tafatafa o se vaituloto i Peru. O se luga galu fa'atolugafulu e lanu pa'epa'e e uu ai papa u'amea li'o ma'ale'ale e ave ai oloa. O le vaega galu e faia i vaega foam mafiafia lea na fa'afoliga i lima mai se fa'ata'ita'iga komepiuta, ma o papa e u'amea vali pa'epa'e. O le fa'itau ma le pupuni i fafo e faia i la'au. O le avanoa teuina o lo'o tu i lalo o le luga galu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Cotton Spate Konesola Fa'aali, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Cotton Spate Konesola Fa'aali e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Cotton Spate Konesola Fa'aali ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The typical pop-up store console place too many products that the customer loses their interest in those products immediately when they see the messy condition. However, the Cotton Spate minimizes the amount to emphasize the importance of products by the purity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length: 375 cm
Width: 90 cm
Height: 100 cm
Tags: MisoSoupDesign, Daisuke Nagatomo, Minnie Jan, Olivia Yves
Production Technology: The wavy material is high-density foam and crafted by hand by referencing a three-dimensional computer model. The circular surface is white painted metal inserted into the high-density foam. The counter and outside enclosure of the console is crafted by the carpenter with wood.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this project is to compose the right material and tools for archiving a three-dimensional surface portion due to the budget limitation. Usually, the best ways to compose such a design, it is best to utilize CNC digital fabrication, however, it costs too much for this pop-up shelf. In the end, the attentive solution is to incorporate other industry master craftsmen to cut the high-density foam by hand by referencing the computer model.
Research: The main objective of this project is to find the most efficient ways to craft a three-dimensional surface by choosing the right material and crafting tools. By incorporating other industry skills, the design archive the minimum expanse to assemble the shelf.
Inspiration: The inspiration for the design is the filed of organic Pima cotton flower which the brand exclusively used for its product. The Pima cotton flower grows by the lake in Peru and it creates a strong impression of purity. The shelf incorporates the identity of the brand by creating a white three-dimensional wavy surface and host circular thin metal plates to present their items.
Project Duration: The design phase started in July, finished construction in September and opened to the public on October 2019.
Operation Flow: The customer accesses from the front side to the items, while the store operator stands behind the counter. There is also storage space underneath of wavy surface console to keep their stock for sales.
Team Members: Minnie Jan
Daisuke Nagatomo
Zoe Li