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Tacto Inc. ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Aquetha ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ

Tacto Inc. ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Aquetha ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2024 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾


ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ· 2024

Aquetha ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ

Tacto Inc. ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ

ᱜᱟᱦᱟᱠ: Tacto Inc

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Aquetha ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

ᱟᱠᱩᱮᱛᱷᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱟᱯᱟᱱᱤ ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱽᱨᱟᱸᱰᱤᱝ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱵᱚᱛᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱸᱪ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱽᱨᱟᱵᱷᱤᱴᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱯᱨᱟᱠᱨᱤᱛᱤᱠ ᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱮᱢᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱯᱟᱨᱚᱢ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱚᱛᱚᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱮᱨᱮᱡ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱨᱚᱲᱚᱜ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱣ ᱨᱮᱦᱚᱸ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱵᱚᱨᱚᱯ ᱛᱟᱯᱢᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱣ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱪᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱪᱟ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱣᱜ ᱞᱮᱵᱮᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱽᱞᱮᱸᱠ ᱞᱮᱴᱟᱨᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱪᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱥᱟᱫᱟ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱠᱥᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱰᱷᱟᱠᱱᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱲᱢᱚ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱣ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱠᱮ ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱠᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

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A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

Aquetha ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Aquetha ᱥᱟᱠᱮ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

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ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱠᱤᱴ

ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ
Aged sake is a minor genre among Japanese sake, and the design team needed to re-propose it to the world in a way that is not bound by the traditional context of Japanese sake. Therefore, they created a design to position AQUETHA, which is characterized by ice-temperature aging, as the umbrella for the online gallery “Kitamura Sake Exhibition,'' which views aged sake as works of art, and as the first of the works that will be exhibited and sold there. Based on this concept, they planned and developed bottles that are hand-made by artists, and a website that functions as a gallery. The selection of works for the second and subsequent editions is already underway, as they have been well-received by Western liquor fans and young people who were previously unable to approach aged sake.
ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ
Bottle: width 110mm × depths110mm × height150mm
Package: width135mm × depth135mm × height 165mm
ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ
Packaging, Product Design, Website
ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ
Bottles and packaging that do not compromise
on every detail as a “artwork”.
Design team commissioned glass artist Yutaro Kijima to create a bottle that is shaped by the force of gravity and has a natural roundness that gives a sense of the passage of time. Furthermore, in order to make the most of the clear impression that is a characteristic of ice-cold aging, they created transparent labels printed using blank letterpress printing.

The outer box has a simple shape to make the flask-shaped bottle look more attractive. they created a dent on the border between the lid and the main body to express the aging timeline, creating a luxurious feel that incorporates the delicate image of the work.

A website that acts more like a gallery than EC site.
On the website, design team aimed to create a gallery-like space where the consumer could "feel" the work rather than "buying" the product. AQUETHA's greatest feature, the delicacy that matures slowly over time, is expressed through white-based visuals and delicate lines. The spacious design creates a clean, simple and sophisticated image.
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ
Since the Sake bottle is designed to be handcrafted one by one with glasswork craftsman, it was challenging to make them a perfect size and shape to keep the quality of sake among temperature and moisture. Design team and glass artist had tried so many different shape to test wether the bottle keeps the quality of sake in different atmosphere. They ended up using rounded bottle that helps smooth aging of sake after sake is bottled.
ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ
Design team faced business issue of what can they do to increase the value of aged sake, which is an idle asset in sake breweries across Japan. They found inspiration in paintings, which value of painting varies depending on popularity and the time. The solution was to open an online gallery as a curator to exhibit and sell aged sake, a treasure hidden throughout Japan.
ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ
2months, Tokyo, Japan
ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ
This tends to be SDGs project because lots of sake brewery have unsold sake that is asleep for a certain period of time (it is perfectly kept to be aged sake). The design team has branded them as Aged Sake to turn unsold sake into a value for brewery and customer, which ultimately prevented from lots of sake become a waste.
ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ
Creative Director: Hayato Itakura
Strategist/Copy Writer: Takuro Nakajima
Art Director: Kohei Futakuchi
Visual Designer: Kazuya Sakamoto
ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱦᱟ
Photographer: Masato Ishibashi
Glass Artist: Yutaro Kijima

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