Cats In The Bag 插畫 by Kozo Asada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 平面設計 Competition Category.

鐵平面· 2021

Cats In The Bag 插畫

by Kozo Asada

Client: Kozo Asada

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Cats In The Bag 插畫

《袋中貓》係一系列以貓喺袋入面休息為主題嘅裝框插畫作品。每幅作品都描繪一個簡單嘅日常生活場景，主角係貓咪。呢個系列展示咗長毛貓、短毛貓同無毛貓，配搭唔同形狀嘅袋子。插畫先以數碼方式繪製，然後用絲網印刷技術印喺壓克力板上面。多塊印刷板疊放喺一個特製畫框入面，背後仲加入紙張同切割片，令圖像喺觀賞角度改變時呈現立體效果。每件方形作品尺寸為422 x 422毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Cats In The Bag 插畫是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Cats In The Bag 插畫將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Cats In The Bag 插畫因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a project to bring the presence of cats into everyday life.
He drew a simple graphical representation of a cat and a bag, a scene that could exist in everyday life.
When you actually look at the work, it looks three-dimensional and therefore attracts your attention in your daily life.
The theme of the work is cats with a wide variety of hair, including long-haired, short-haired, and hairless cats.
She has also chosen to use bags with different appearances.
Dimensions & Packaging: Height:422mm x Width:422mm x Depth:50mm (including the frame)
Tags: cat, bag, illustration, art, silkscreen
Production Technology: He examined what methods are appropriate for fixing digitally painted illustrations to the acrylic plates.
A silk-screening technique was employed. We also experimented with a method of creating a three-dimensional effect by layering the acrylic plates.
An original picture frame is made to fit two acrylic plates.
Materials used: acrylic plate, silk screen, acryl gouache. paper, cutting seat.
Design Challenge: When you see a painting in an actual gallery.
Which size of exhibit looks the most beautiful?
Because of the distance between you and the person viewing your work and the influence of the lighting.
Which size of picture is best suited to create
He created and considered a variety of sizes.
For the display of this piece, there was a need to create the minimalist and simple presence of the illustration, so I
He made it a primitive square.
Research: The first thing we did was to investigate what types of cats there are.
They have different lengths and patterns of hair depending on the type.
It also has its own unique pose and big changes in appearance.
He have examined those differences in combination with the bag and the way it looks attractive.
Inspiration: This project was born from the essential relationship between cats and bags in daily life. It is common to see a cat sleeping in a bag or a plastic bag in daily life with a cat, which is a posterior neck.Cats are said to have always liked small spaces, and it is said that they used to protect themselves from enemies and to rest in small spaces. For cats kept in modern houses, the bag seemed to be used as a single nest for them.Watching them resting in their bags, as if the two had been that way from the beginning. I felt that the relationship was complementary to each other.
Project Duration: The project began in Tokyo in April 2016.
Solo exhibitions have been held in Tokyo and Hiroshima.
Operation Flow: Multiple silkscreened acrylic boards are stacked on top of each other, and paper and cutting sheets are placed at the bottom to create a single painting.
Between the acrylic boards, He put them in a special frame.
It is made to produce a three-dimensional effect by shifting the viewfinder's perspective from a few millimeters away.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Kozo, 2016
Team Members: Art Director: Kozo Asada, Illustrator: Kozo, Photographer: Arisa Kasai
Image Credits: Image 1: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016 .
Optional Image 1: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.
Optional Image 2: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.
Optional Image 3: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.
Optional Image 4: Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.