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Dress Pottery Furniture Collection by Masahiro Kito Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Masahiro Kito honored for fine arts and art installation 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 confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category for Dress Pottery Furniture Collection by Masahiro Kito. The recognition forms part of 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Dress Pottery Furniture Collection
Dress is a pottery furniture collection that is also shown as an art installation. The collection presents hanging cloth in porcelain, forming a momentary space that appears to defy gravity. Glass cloth is soaked in clay slurry and fired in layers at 1150 degrees Celsius for one day, which adds strength while keeping the material light. Sand supports the shape during firing. Chairs, tables and lighting fixtures have been developed in the collection. The porcelain also transmits light, so the pieces suit use as lamps.
About Masahiro Kito
I am designer based in Japan. We will create unique designs from the perspectives of phenomena, materials, and culture hidden in everyday life. I mainly design furniture and interior decoration. Taking advantage of the characteristics of various materials, we will consider a new approach. In addition, we also carry out total branding that is conscious of sales.
Award Record
Masahiro Kito is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Entries typically include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. Awarded art designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fine-art
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/134673
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/134673
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!134673
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/323149
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.instagram.com/masahiro.k_design/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dress Pottery Furniture Collection
- Function
- Pottery Furniture Collection
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Light Gray, White Smoke, Silver, Dark Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Masahiro Kito
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #134673
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photo/ Masahiro Kito/ 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Dress is an interior design collection and installation, in which hanging cloth is expressed in porcelain as a "momentary space" that defies the earth's gravity. By using pottery as a material for interior decoration, the quality of delicateness can be brought into daily life. To provide the installation strength, sheets of cloth are first soaked in clay and then baked it in layers.
- Inspiration
- Aichi Prefecture is the traditional center of pottery production in Japan. Having lived in Aichi Prefecture for many years, I decided to use, lightness, and beauty of the pottery as my own way of expressing furniture. Furniture made from pottery has a problem in terms of strength and tends to be heavy. I decided to create a collection that was stronger while preserving the lightness of the material.
- Research
- In this work, experiments were conducted to further expand the usage of porcelain materials. For firing, an electric kiln that allows the temperature to be set according to time was used. As a result of the experiment, a visually attractive pottery with spatial performance output was completed. In addition, because it has a unique light-transmitting property, it has become an eye-catching lighting fixture.
- Challenge
- The cloth used as a mold was required to be water-absorbent, quick-drying, and heat-resistant. Cotton and nylon could not absorb the slurry evenly, and it took a long time dry. The strength when baked was also low. We solved that problem with glass cloth made of glass fiber. It has water absorption and quick-drying properties, and by applying heat, it was possible to give the pottery even more strength.
- Realization and Technology
- This work is a pottery made by dipping glass cloth in slurry and baking it in layers.The firing temperature is 1150 degrees and it is baked for one day. At that time, the shape is maintained by reinforcing it with sand or the like.
- Operation and Interaction
- This work can be developed as interior decoration such as tables, chairs, and lighting. The organic natural shape is an accent to your life.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project began research and production in May 2019. It was exhibited at the exhibition held at Nagoya University of the Arts in February 2020.
- Specifications
- It has been developed as various interior decoration such as chairs, tables and lighting fixtures, and the sizes are as follows.[chair]W450,D450,H960,SH350 [desk]W400,D320,H600
- Keywords
- Pottery, chairs, furniture, desks, lighting, interiors, installations,
