PROJECT

ZENBLACK

"Baƙin Duniya mafi baƙi" aikin da ke amfani da fasahar nanotechnology. Carbon nanotubes sun haɗu da al'adar lacquerware mai shekaru 1200—tsohuwar sana'a ta sami juyi.

HOW

Launin baki na karshe don al'ummar dorewa.

Mun fara yanke shawarar ba da suna ga babban baƙin fata na duniya wanda zai iya bayyana zurfi da alamarsa a cikin al'adun Japan. Bayan binciken kalmomi da yawa, a ƙarshe mun zaɓi sunan "ZENBLACK." Yana riƙe da ma'anar "baƙin Zen" da "gabaɗayan baƙi." Tambarin ya ƙunshi hexagons na carbon da alamar "enso"–fasahar rubutun Zen lokacin zana da'ira da bugun ɗaya.

A matsayin aikin farko na ZENBLACK da za a nuna, mun karɓi kwamiti daga Shenzhen Design Week don gina abin da ke tsakiya a ƙofar shiga, inda muka yanke shawarar mai da hankali ga masana'antar kera. 

ZENBLACK GARDEN shigar ne ta amfani da tawada mafi baƙi a duniya "ZENBLACK" ta amfani da carbon nanotubes, a matsayin "Kareisansui" (lambun Zen na gargajiya tare da duwatsu). Gawayi ne da aka yi da kwayoyin carbon iri ɗaya, yana haskaka tsaftataccen baƙin tasiri na ZENBLACK, duk da kasancewa baƙi iri ɗaya.

Duwatsun ZENBLACK sun yi kama da siffar da ta faɗaɗa na ƙwayar gawayi, wanda sannan aka sanya a tsakiyar iska, kamar ana ƙyale nauyi, yana ba da jin damuwa a cikin dukan sararin samaniya. ZENBLACK, wanda kawai aka fitar, an nuna shi a kan dandamali daban-daban na watsa labarai a China, yana yin gagarumin ci gaba a fasahar Japan don fitar da ƙasa zuwa waje.

Bisa ga kwatancin lambun dutse na Haikalin Ryoanji (wani shahararren haikalin Zen) wani "Kareisansui" (lambun Zen na gargajiya da duwatsu), mun kirkiro wannan da gawayi, muna maye gurbin duwatsun halitta da guntuwar ZENBLACK da aka nuna a salon Japan. Nunin ya sami yarda da yawa kuma ya yi shahara bayan an nuna shi a jaridu daban-daban na kasar Sin. 

Bugu da kari, a aikinmu na biyu, mun ba da shawarar sabon baki ta hanyar hada fasahar bazuwar CNT da fasahar aikin fenti. Duk da haka, mun gane cewa duk da kasancewa mai narkewa, danshi ya yi yawa wanda bai yi kyau ba. Bayan gwaje-gwaje daban-daban, mun iya samar da fenti wanda ya hada duka veneer da CNT. Ana iya cewa sabon fenti da aka kirkira daga ZENBLACK shine mafi baƙin ciki tun lokacin da aka gabatar da shi zuwa Japan shekaru 1200 da suka wuce. Mun yanke shawarar kirkiro kwanon komai kore wanda yayi kama da kwanon shayi na Kuroraku wanda Senrikyu ke amfani da shi sosai da wannan sabon fenti. 

Shekara guda bayan fara aikin, ZENBLACK ya zama daya daga cikin mahimman ayyukan ci gaba na Toyo Ink Group sakamakon wadannan kalubalen. Shirin kirkiro sabon baki yana ci gaba. 

Zen Black Bowl, kwano shayi mafi baƙi a duniya da aka yi da carbon nanotubes.

WHY

Launi yana daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke haifar da wahala wajen sake amfani.

Baƙar fata an san shi a matsayin launi na musamman a al'adun Jafan. Wannan launi yana nuna alamar "wabi-sabi" (falsafar Jafan ta gargajiya na godiya da kyawun wucewa da rashin cikakke), natsuwa, da zurfi fiye da hotuna mara kyau. Ko da yake wasu ƙasashe suna kallon launin baƙar fata a matsayin launi marar sa'a, baƙar fata a al'adun Jafan alama ce ta kaɗaici, kwanciyar hankali, da zurfi fiye da hoton mara kyau. Al'adun Jafan sun haɗa da baƙar fata a wuraren da ake buƙatar mafi girman matakin kwanciyar hankali—misali, rigunan Buddhist, kwanonin shayi na baƙar fata na Senrikyu, zuwa kayan aikin lacquer na baƙar fata. Kamar yadda Jafan ta kafa kanta a matsayin ƙasa mafi ci gaba a fasaha, masana'antu kamar kasuwancin fenti na motoci sun inganta fasaha don baƙar fata akan lokaci. Ko da a cikin masana'antar salon zamani, Yohji Yamamoto da Rei Kawakubo sun yi tasiri ga tasirin launin baƙar fata, a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi mahimmancin launuka a kyawun Jafan.

Mun yanke shawarar yin aiki akan shawara don sabon baƙar fata, ta amfani da fasahar carbon nanotube (CNT) wacce masana'anta babbar masana'antar fenti ta Jafan "Toyo Ink Group" ke da ita. Sun ci gaba a cikin ƙirƙirar fasahar rarrabawa wacce ke narkar da ruwa daban-daban. Fasahar CNT ta asali iri ɗaya ce da VANTA BLACK, wanda daga baya ya zama shahararren a duniya. 

A lokacin, muna yin tambarin sabbin dabarun don Echizen Lacquerware—yanki mafi girma na samar da lacquerware a Jafan. Masana'antar gida cike yake da ƙalubale waɗanda suke shafar makomarinmu na kusa, kamar raguwar tallace-tallace, da rashin magada. Yayin da masu fasaha ke tsufa, mun fahimci cewa ya zama dole mu farfaɗo da masana'antar da fasaha don ci gaba da al'ada don gaba, nemo hanyar ƙirƙirar makomar launin baƙar fata da kiyaye fasahar gargajiya tare da waɗannan al'amura biyu. Don haka aikin samar da baƙar fatar Jafan da ta shahara a duniya daga haɗin zamanin da ya wuce ya fara.

WILL

Kalubalen mafi kyawun baƙar fata na duniya ya ci gaba.

Toyo Ink Group yana daya daga cikin manyan masana'antun tawada a masana'antar da ke nazarin launuka daban-daban. Don haka mun nemi shawarar mu wajen binciko ƙarin fasahohi da dabaru tare. Mun ci gaba da aikin tare da membobin Toyo Ink Group kuma mun tattauna yadda ZENBLACK zai iya kai matakin mafi girma a duniya. Mun gano cewa za mu iya samar da baƙar fata mai tsanani ba kawai daga carbon nanotubes ba har ma da wasu kayan. ZENBLACK ba launi ɗaya ba ne, amma launi ne da ke nufin nau'ikan baƙar fata tara daban-daban na "baƙar fata mafi baƙi a duniya" mallakar Toyo Ink Group. Manyan kamfanonin Japan sun fara ɗaukar ma'aikata da shirya ayyuka don haɓaka mallakar fasaha da aka yi amfani da ita.

Har ila yau, Tachikawa ya gabatar da yuwuwar baƙar ciki kamar yin amfani da shi a cikin na'urar hangen nesa ta Alma ga Steve Pompea, masanin taurari na Amurka wanda ya haɗu da shi kai tsaye.

Kalubalen baƙar fata mafi baƙi a duniya wanda ya fito daga haɗin al'adun da ba su da lokaci da sabbin abubuwa yana ci gaba.

INFORMATION
What
ZENBLACK
When
2018
Where
Japan
Client
Scope
Branding / Branding stationary / Logo / Installation / Exhibition / Concept Development / Naming / Product / Concept Development
Award
  • FRAME Award: Final Round2019
  • DSA Kukan Design Award: Best 1002019
CREDIT
Art Direction
NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa)
Space Design
NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa, Sui Fujikawa, Ryusei Noguchi)
Graphic Design
NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa, Ryota Mizusako)
Product Design
NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa, Niyen Lee)
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