Owada Zuika, Kumagai Tetuya, Naoyuki Kiyota, 3人でのデザインユニットKIKA。
「With Time」というテーマで、時間の経過によって美しさが宿るプロダクトというテーマで３人それぞれが制作を行い、Dutch Design Weekへ出展。Side by Sideのテーマを引き継ぎ、錆びることで強くなる耐候性鋼を用いて作り、日本の梅雨で自然に錆を作り出しました。
雨の強さ、風向き、花器の置き方によって、全く異なる錆模様。
錆びさせた後はコートを行い、錆の進行を防ぎ、「時間を止めた」もの、コートをせずにそのまま錆が進行し「時間が動いている」もの。２種類の仕上げ方法で制作してあります。
空間構成、ロゴデザイン、トートバッグ、全てを３人と、たくさんの人の協力のもと行いました。
Together with Owada Zuika and Kumagai Tetsuya, we form the design unit KIKA.
Under the theme “With Time”, each of us created a product that embodies the idea of beauty emerging through the passage of time, and we exhibited our works during Dutch Design Week.
Continuing from the theme “Side by Side,” I used weathering steel, a material that becomes stronger as it rusts, and allowed it to develop natural rust during Japan’s rainy season. The resulting rust patterns vary completely depending on the intensity of the rain, direction of the wind, and placement of the vase.
After the rusting process, some pieces were coated to stop the rust and freeze time, while others were left uncoated to allow the rust to continue evolving, representing time in motion.
These two finishing methods express contrasting relationships with time.
The spatial composition, logo design, and tote bags were all created together with the three of us and with the support of many great people.
Made in : JAPAN / Saitama, Toyko
Exhibited : Dutch Design Week 2024, Sectie-C
photograph : Yusuke Sakakibara
JAPAN / Tokyo
April 1, 2025
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