Aquetha Саке төргәге by Tacto Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге in Упаковка Дизайны Competition Category.

КөмешУпаковка· 2024

Aquetha Саке төргәге

by Tacto Inc.

Client: Tacto Inc

A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге Winner in Упаковка Category

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The Design

About Aquetha Саке төргәге

Aquetha — озак саклап тотылган япон сакесы өчен төргәк һәм бренд дизайны. Шешә пыяла остасы тарафыннан кул белән ясалган һәм авырлык көче тәэсирендә формалашкан, бу вакыт узуын искә төшерүче табигый түгәрәклек бирә. Түгәрәк форма шулай ук шешәгә салганнан соң тигез өлгерүгә ярдәм итә. Үтә күренмәле этикеткалар боз температурасында өлгертүнең чиста характерын чагылдыру өчен буш хәрефле басма (blank letterpress) ысулы белән җитештерелә. Гади тышкы тартманың капкачы белән корпусы арасында өлгерү вакыты сызыгын белдерүче уентык бар. Дизайн озак саклап тотылган сакены гадәти продукт итеп түгел, ә сәнгать әсәре итеп тәкъдим итә.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге

Aquetha Саке төргәге – A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге җиңүчесе, бу гадәттән тыш абруйлы танып белү, ул югары класслы, чибәр һәм тәэсирле дизайннарга бирелә. Көмеш җиңүчеләре – үз дизайнерларының искиткеч белемен, талантын һәм үткенлеген күрсәтүче бик ялтыравыклы һәм иҗади эшләр. Aquetha Саке төргәге искиткеч, үрнәк булырлык, игътибарга лаеклы профессиональ һәм тирән яңалыклы әсәр булыр дип көтелә. A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге җиңүче бу дизайн – сәнгать, фән, дизайн һәм технология чикләрен алга җигүче файдалы, югары бәяләнгән уйлап табу. Aquetha Саке төргәге – күпләрнең көнләшкән, теләкләрне уятучы, уңай хисләр китерүче һәм хәйранлык һәм гаҗәпләнү тудыручы иҗат җимеше.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Aged sake is a minor genre among Japanese sake, and the design team needed to re-propose it to the world in a way that is not bound by the traditional context of Japanese sake. Therefore, they created a design to position AQUETHA, which is characterized by ice-temperature aging, as the umbrella for the online gallery “Kitamura Sake Exhibition,'' which views aged sake as works of art, and as the first of the works that will be exhibited and sold there. Based on this concept, they planned and developed bottles that are hand-made by artists, and a website that functions as a gallery. The selection of works for the second and subsequent editions is already underway, as they have been well-received by Western liquor fans and young people who were previously unable to approach aged sake.
Dimensions & Packaging: Bottle: width 110mm × depths110mm × height150mm
Package: width135mm × depth135mm × height 165mm
Tags: Packaging, Product Design, Website
Production Technology: Bottles and packaging that do not compromise
on every detail as a “artwork”.
Design team commissioned glass artist Yutaro Kijima to create a bottle that is shaped by the force of gravity and has a natural roundness that gives a sense of the passage of time. Furthermore, in order to make the most of the clear impression that is a characteristic of ice-cold aging, they created transparent labels printed using blank letterpress printing.

The outer box has a simple shape to make the flask-shaped bottle look more attractive. they created a dent on the border between the lid and the main body to express the aging timeline, creating a luxurious feel that incorporates the delicate image of the work.

A website that acts more like a gallery than EC site.
On the website, design team aimed to create a gallery-like space where the consumer could "feel" the work rather than "buying" the product. AQUETHA's greatest feature, the delicacy that matures slowly over time, is expressed through white-based visuals and delicate lines. The spacious design creates a clean, simple and sophisticated image.
Design Challenge: Since the Sake bottle is designed to be handcrafted one by one with glasswork craftsman, it was challenging to make them a perfect size and shape to keep the quality of sake among temperature and moisture. Design team and glass artist had tried so many different shape to test wether the bottle keeps the quality of sake in different atmosphere. They ended up using rounded bottle that helps smooth aging of sake after sake is bottled.
Inspiration: Design team faced business issue of what can they do to increase the value of aged sake, which is an idle asset in sake breweries across Japan. They found inspiration in paintings, which value of painting varies depending on popularity and the time. The solution was to open an online gallery as a curator to exhibit and sell aged sake, a treasure hidden throughout Japan.
Project Duration: 2months, Tokyo, Japan
Operation Flow: This tends to be SDGs project because lots of sake brewery have unsold sake that is asleep for a certain period of time (it is perfectly kept to be aged sake). The design team has branded them as Aged Sake to turn unsold sake into a value for brewery and customer, which ultimately prevented from lots of sake become a waste.
Team Members: Creative Director: Hayato Itakura
Strategist/Copy Writer: Takuro Nakajima
Art Director: Kohei Futakuchi
Visual Designer: Kazuya Sakamoto
Image Credits: Photographer: Masato Ishibashi
Glass Artist: Yutaro Kijima