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Plants Trade Concept Book and Poster by Tsuyoshi Omori |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
TO: I feel that all the experiences I’ve had until today serves a drop of inspiration for my design.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
TO: My goal for this work was to visualize the wisdom of plants.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
TO: The CONCEPT BOOK is on sale on the PLANTS TRADE website http://plants-trade.com and also will be on sale at the Tokyo Art Book Fair 2019.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
TO: It took about six months.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
TO: I proposed PLANTS TRADE to make a concept book with my design.
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
TO: I am seriously looking for shops or publishers who would like to have this concept book on their product list.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
TO: I designed this concept book because I myself was really attracted by PLANTS TRADE’s beautiful products while I thought they could do more in terms of branding and promotion.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
TO: In designing this concept book, I was greatly influenced by Hideki Nakajima, Hideki Inaba as well as the CEO at my previous company.
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
TO: The main target of this concept book is specimen collectors or those who are interested in letterpress printing.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
TO: It is extremely different from typical botanical design both in concept and expression. Additionally, by using the letterpress printing, each book varies in color and texture.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
TO: We simply call it with the brand name ‘PLANTS TRADE Concept Book’.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
TO: I used Adobe Illustrator CC for this project.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
TO: I think the simplicity and artistic design are very unique in this design.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
TO: For this design, I received a great support of Mr.Shunsuke Ikai from Albert Design who has a very high level of knowledge and technique about letterpress printing. I’m pretty sure that this work couldn’t have done without him.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
TO: N/A
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
TO: With PLANTS TRADE customers, I conducted research about why they bought the products and their satisfaction level with the products.
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
TO: The efforts, time and cost related to letterpress printing posed a challenge in this design project.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
TO: I applied for the competition because I was inspired by a Japanese designer who won an international award ( I learned that via Facebook.)
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
TO: I acquired know-how on the letterpress printing through designing this book.
FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
TO: Since the images cannot tell the true beauty of graphics and photography of the concept book, I really would like you to touch and feel the book by your hand.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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