Received the Akita Sakigake Shimbun Award at the 52nd Kakunodate Town Birch Crafts Traditional Crafts Exhibition
[Birch sticker]
In the traditional craft of birch crafts, mountain cherry bark, which has small cracks and fissures, cannot be used for large surfaces, and much of it ends up as scraps. With birch stickers, we aim to use the best parts of the scraps in even smaller sizes, and to create an environmentally friendly product that does not waste materials. In addition, for this product, "Birch Stickers," we collaborated with the people at "Aisen," a disability welfare service facility designated by the social welfare corporation Akita Welfare Heart Net, and entrusted them with part of the manufacturing process.
[Product planning, design, and branding]
Honda Sara, 4th year student, Humanity Design Laboratory, Department of System Design, Faculty of Design and Engineering, Hosei University
[Birch sticker]
In the traditional craft of birch crafts, mountain cherry bark, which has small cracks and fissures, cannot be used for large surfaces, and much of it ends up as scraps. With birch stickers, we aim to use the best parts of the scraps in even smaller sizes, and to create an environmentally friendly product that does not waste materials. In addition, for this product, "Birch Stickers," we collaborated with the people at "Aisen," a disability welfare service facility designated by the social welfare corporation Akita Welfare Heart Net, and entrusted them with part of the manufacturing process.
[Product planning, design, and branding]
Honda Sara, 4th year student, Humanity Design Laboratory, Department of System Design, Faculty of Design and Engineering, Hosei University
Professor Shin Asaka (Visiting Professor at Akita University of Art)