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Deer Mesh Stole by Kohei Nishino Wins the A' Design Award in Fashion and Travel Accessories Design
Kohei Nishino acknowledged for fashion and travel accessories design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Deer Mesh Stole by Kohei Nishino, designed for Sixelevenone, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Fashion and Travel Accessories Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Deer Mesh Stole
Two layers of extremely thin deerskin are brought together and made into a mesh. The mesh design makes the stole light, supple and comfortable to wear. The leather used is a sustainable material from venison producers in New Zealand. A leather stole may give the impression of being hot and heavy, however the extremely fine leather and mesh design solve this issue. Instead the leather adapts to the skin and becomes soft and supple over time. A special design features traditional gold leaf from Kanazawa, Japan's center of gold leaf production.
About Kohei Nishino
His grandfather is a composer and accordion player. His parents met in a family of music, and he spent his childhood as a boy with many opportunities to come into contact with sound. When he was 25, he used his experience in apparel to open a select shop vanilla in the Kanazawa fashion building in 2003. On the first day, all products sold out, and the brand became a much talked about topic. The following year, he founded Sakura GROUP Co., Ltd. At the same time, he relocated the select shop to a roadside store.
Award Record
This recognition makes Kohei Nishino a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Fashion and Travel Accessories Design Award
The A' Accessory Design Award is an international fashion design competition recognizing good accessory designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to accessory designers, fashion designers, travel accessory designers and luxury goods manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include handbags, scarves, belts, luggage, hats and travel bags. Awarded accessory designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/accessory
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/126757
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/126757
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!126757
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/309918
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://koheinishino.jp/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Deer Mesh Stole
- Function
- Stole
- Category
- Fashion and Travel Accessories Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Fashion and Luxury
- Colors
- Light Gray, Silver, Light Slate Gray, Dark Gray and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Sixelevenone
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kohei Nishino
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #126757
Credits
- Team
- MANABU SHIRAYAMA
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Bringing together time-honoured Japanese craftsmanship and modern uniqueness, this double-face mesh design leather stole, made of two layers of extremely thin deerskin to which traditional Japanese gold leaf has been applied, is a first. The mesh design is the main contributor in making the stole light, supple and comfortable to wear. A traditional leather stole may give the impression of being hot, heavy and unwieldy, however, the extremely fine leather and mesh design are proof to the contrary. The stole is available in a variety of solid colours as well as the traditional Kyoto tie-dye. In addition to these designs, a particularly luxurious piece was designed.
- Inspiration
- A new challenge leather stole lay behind the designer's inspiration for this piece. Central to this design was the designer's wish to produce fashion apparel made of sustainable material, with a stole being his first design. The stole is made from sustainable deer leather, sourced from venison producers in New Zealand. A further deciding inspirational component was a desire to use a fundamentally Japanese traditional craft, that of applying gold leaf to the stole. The designer sees gold leaf as a symbol of Japanese tradition and luxury.
- Research
- Based on the designer's reflection of wanting to produce a variety of clothes made of sustainable materials, he reached the conclusion that he wanted to use quality leather of animals which are already consumed for their meat. He subsequently started thinking about what kind of item to produce and decided on designing a comfortable stole made of leather. Obstacles to overcome were to find a leather which was very light and not stuffy, while at the same time being durable and thin. These various quests were answered in collaboration with a team of experts who were involved in the product development of the leather.
- Challenge
- In pursuit of lightness and excellent wearability, the designer worked deer leather to less than 0.3mm thick, and used two pieces for the double-faced finish.
- Realization and Technology
- The leather is produced as a byproduct of deer raised for meat in New Zealand. The leather is of consistent quality with few blemishes. The leather is made from a single piece of leather with no seams on either side, maximising the amount of leather that can be used per animal to avoid waste. The leather is dyed without any surface treatment to preserve its softness, smoothness, breathability and retain its natural texture. The surface finish does not deteriorate over time, and the leather becomes more comfortable as it is used. The leather is thinly made to 0.3 mm and then 2 pieces are laminated to each other to reduce fluff and ensure strength.
- Operation and Interaction
- A stole is usually a consumable item, but since this stole is made of leather, it will adapt itself to the skin of the wearer the longer it is worn. The company calls it a growing stole because it becomes soft and expandable as it is used, changing the concept of consumable stoles. In addition, this stall is meshed so it will not wrinkle easily even if badly stored. It can be worn by both men and women.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2015 in Japan and finished in 2020.
- Specifications
- A short stole of about 70 cm in its unstretched state. Feature film is about 80 cm. When stretched, it grows from about 160 cm to about 240 cm. Since it is leather, the longer it is used, the longer it will grow, therefore the exact length cannot be stipulated.
- Keywords
- stole, leather, Gold leaf, Sustainable, Deer leather, fashion, gold, accessory, fashion item
