Kintsukuroi means “to repair with gold.” When a piece of pottery is broken, it is repaired with precious gold. There is an understanding that the piece is now more beautiful for having been broken. The past ‘misfortune’ of the piece is not concealed, it is highlighted and prominently featured. The damage is now what makes the piece of pottery more unique, more sacred, more valuable, more special, more loved.
“It is imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. But it is beautiful.”
Mood board for techniques used as inspiration.
Consumer : She is living in a metropolitan city of Japan. She is a women of somewhere between 30 to 45 years old. She is well educated. She runs her small business in the city. She does group shopping. She likes to flaunts and pamper herself. She is traditionally modern. She spend her money on buying luxury products. She pays for the quality. She has a distinctive taste. She reads. She expresses her individual style.
Independent Social Self-indulged
Colour Theme : Pastel shades with a smoother finish leather complementing the bag style and the environment. This colour palette is picked from Promostyl Fashion Trend Book for the season Spring- Summer 17.
This is an open mouth shoulder bag. The technique used on the bag is developed by joining the golden foil leather and sheep metallic nappa with the golden zari thread running across both the panels by embroidery thus joining them. Layering is also done so as to show more intensity to technique and to the bag itself. This bag is designed for work place to keep the essentials within the reach. The form of the bag is inspired from Lauren Geoghegan handbag collection named Jane Moriss bags.
This tote bag has one handle to provide the shoulder more comfort as the length of the shoulder handle is shorter than usual which gives the bag the space to fold its upper part and thus making it more congenial to use and to look at. The technique used in this bag is directly inspired from kintsukuroi's basic technique that is to join the broken with gold. The cuts which are a manually made to give the look of the torn leather which is then stitched which golden zari thread by embroidery to give an elevated and minimalistic look.
This is a sling bag with golden chain as a strap. By understanding the meaning of kintsukuroi that is to repair with gold, this bag simple with a golden chain giving an illusion of a seam of golden chain. The form is inspired from the Chloe drew bag collection.
The clutch bag is structured and is easy to access providing confidence to the user. The joinery on this bag is followed by golden rivets and the lining underneath the front panel in black colour so as to bring harmony to the product. The form is used from one of the Candamill designs.
This wallet is the usual long zipper wallet. As wallets are a necessity for everyone in todays life, this wallet is full of extra space with three compartments inside and one coin pocket to make it more handy to use. The technique done on the surface of the wallet is an elementary technique to make it look luxurious yet simple.
Consumer : He is a young adult. He belongs to a high class background. He attends the most acclaimed college of Japan. He is somewhere between the age of 18- 25 years old. He is smart. He is a trend setter for the people around. He likes to get ready in high-end brand clothes and accessories to help him around all day.
Confident Opinionated Self- admiring
Colour Theme : Shades of nude and brown and blues are in trend for the season giving an elevated element to the products. This colour palette is picked from Promostyl Fashion Trend Book for the season Spring- Summer 17’.
This backpack is for the usual daily purposes of a person. The backpack has no internal partition to avoid the stating of obvious use of the product. The techniques used in the bag is the strip of golden colour polyester between the panels suggesting obvious meaning of kintsukuroi (joining with gold). The bag is stitched with a cross Y pattern on the front two stripes. The bag is light weighing and is spacious to make it user friendly and adaptable.
Carryall is a modernised and more stylish version of a traveler’s bag. The bag is small and the size of the bag is feasible to avoid any weight problem. There are two types of handles given to bag to make it more convenient to use. The bag can accommodate three pairs of cloths and a pair of shoes and other accessories. The techniques used on the bag is weaving with golden eyelets to secure the weaving and to make it look more striking.
This sling bag is simple and elementary in design. The technique used in this bag is just stitch lines in and around the structure of the bag. A minimal cross stitch is done one the front strap adding another component to the look of the bag. With the design of the sling bag, the wearer can move freely without having to worry about dropping anything from the bag.
This leather laptop sleeve is made for a 13 inch laptop screen and has a little extra space to make it more serviceable. The design of the sleeve is kept minimal yet chic to match the consumer needs. It has a pocket at the front panel which has a technique explored for kintsukuroi. The technique is done with the help of the thread and is just stitching the panel together and then stretching the leather to form an empty space between the panels which is then replaced by the thread. The laptop sleeve also have a handle on the front panel making it more convenient and simple to use without feeling the pressure on the arms of the user.
