Onde (Small): Chikusen no Utsuwa (Collaboration with AC/AL) | Yukata Fabric, Glass & Wood | Presented at Maison & Objet
- Product number
- 01-02-117-0566
- Brands
- Chikusen
- Categories
- Tableware
- Shipping methods
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For Europe:5,000円(JPY)
For United States:5,000円(JPY)
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- Payment methods
- Returns
- Returns and exchanges are only accepted when the delivered products are different from ordered products, or if the products are damaged.
Description
Chikusen expresses a world of more spacious living spaces, with the aim of passing on traditions to the future.
Chikusen no Utsuwa is a new-style tray in which Chikusen's yukata (summer kimono) fabric is sandwiched in glass.
Our fabric is made through the integration of the characteristics we value most—beauty of design and artisanal handcraft. You will find Chikusen's distinctiveness in both of these.
Onde was launched as a collaboration series of Chikusen no Utsuwa with the design supervised by French design studio AC/AL.
For Onde, a yuioke wooden tub specialist made the handle parts using Japanese cypress to match the curved glass prepared by a glass specialist.
Use your imagination with Onde, it is not only tableware but also makes a wonderful interior decoration piece.
Size: H2.5cm × W28cm × D16.5cm
Chikusen
https://www.chikusen.co.jp/
The flagship product of Chikusen is cotton yukata—casual summer kimono. However, they also offer edo-komon patterned kimono made of silk and everyday goods, such as tenugui hand cloths and furoshiki wrapping cloths.
Using all original designs, Chikusen produces and sells dyed fabrics using hand-carved paper patterns made with a traditional technique called katazome.
Chikusen's founder is said to have been well connected to writers, artists, and kabuki actors, who loved his taste and style, and regularly used his products.
Advertised by trendsetters of the time, Chikusen's products spread to the public. As they stood out among other yukata, they also spread to the rest of Japan as souvenirs from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) in the late Edo period (1781-1867).
Since its establishment, Chikusen has carried out everything from planning and production to sales. Based on their belief, "create by yourself, sell by yourself," their artisans take the market needs perceived by Chikusen's leaders, put a Chikusen spin on them and apply them to their product designs.
Their devotion to this belief can be seen in three main components that are essential to the completion of their products; their original designs, their materials, and their dying.
They not only use designs inherited from the past but also create new patterns and use materials carefully selected by the company leaders. Artisans with different techniques then cooperate to dye fabrics and make the final products.
While their designs do follow trends, they consistently maintain their principles and apply them to the designs.
