The prestigious SOEN AWARDS JAPAN 2014 winners and full collections ◎装苑賞2014年で輝いた優秀な若手デザイナーを全公開します！
The SOEN Awards is a long-standing design competition in Tokyo, now in it’s 88th iteration. Created by SOEN Magazine with support from Bunka Fashion College, and judged by a panel of the country’s top designers (like Tsumori Chisato and Keita Maruyama) it is one of the most prestigious in the world. I wish it got more international press, because these are worth seeing!
装苑賞とは、東京で昔から続いているデザイナーの大会で、
The goal of the contest is to find the most fantastical, innovative, fresh, and creative young designers who are based in Tokyo. Hopefuls go through a very rigorous screening process which takes almost a year, and work with the judges every step of the way.
This year was not only one of the most fantastic in recent memory, but it was also clearly the most international with a few winners either coming from outside Japan, or from culturally mixed backgrounds in the country. Perhaps this is what lent to the wide array of awesome designs. There is a difference between being interested in in being abroad and actually letting it into the borders and I was very pleased.
Meet your future design superstars from Japan who picked up cash prize money, study abroad packages, and major bragging rights:
装苑賞の目的は、革新的でフレッシュなクリエーションをする東京
今年は近年の中で期待以上にファンタスティックなショーだったけど、
日本を背負って立つことになるであろう未来のスーパースターは、
Grand Prize Winner 装苑賞
SHOHEI OHASHI
大橋聖平
Clear plastic encasing layers of intricately cut colored vinyl for a victorian-meets-2050 vibe.
クリアビニールでくるんだ素材とカラービニールで表現された複雑に
Runner up 佳作 1
VICTORIA VESELOVA (Russia)
ヴェセロヴァ•ビクトリア （ロシア）
Hers was inspired by David Lynch’s story of small-town horror, “Twin Peaks”, and that immediately made hers one of my favorites.
彼女の作品はデビッドリンチのスモールタウンホラーというストー
ROOMS Award
Park Min Seo (korea) & Lee Chinhua (Taiwan)
パク•ミンソ （韓国）＆ リ•チンハ（台湾）
Yohei Ohnuki
大貫洋平
This one didn’t win any awards but I liked it alot. The designs were interesting, new, and artistic. It was amazing then that when I looked at his portfolio, I saw that it seemed inspired by anime costumes. I then ran to the designer because somehow it changed my feelings on the collection and I wanted to discuss it. Everyone is allowed to have their own muse, but I wanted to know if Ohno was more interested in 2D women wearing his designs than 3D ones. He assured me it was a one-time concept for this collection. I actually felt bad for even mentioning it, but I was so surprised at myself for having my feelings about a collection being swayed by it’s background story.
受賞はしなかったけど、ミーシャイチオシはこれ！
Shohei Kinoshita
木下翔平
This also didn’t win any awards, but the mix of the trench coat in layers was very chic- like a more avantagarde version of Sacai.
彼も受賞を逃したけど、
ITOKIN AWARD
ジバジャ•ウエネ•ディエゴ•アンドレ•ケイ (ペルー) (Peruvian)
He created his fabric by layering shapes on top of each other by hand. It was incredible work to see up close. It’s no wonder he got the Itokin award
彼オリジナル生地は、1枚1枚手で編み込まれ重ねられている。
RUNNER UP 佳作２
Yuta Ogawa
小川優太
Daiki Shimizu
清水大輝
He created these pieces from menswear textiles.
メンズスーツのテキスタイルからレディースピースを制作。
Hirokatsu Kowata
小綿洋勝
A really interesting 3-pieces collection made from plastic bags- if it were silk organza it would look just as beautiful.
ビニール袋でつくった3体とは実に興味深い！プラは凄いけど、
Rika Nikaido
二階堂梨花
She tried to recreate the texture of fake flowers with fabric and knit techniques.
フェイクフラワーを布で具現化することにチャレンジ。
The shoe heels were pretty cool though. 靴がすごいかわいいと思いました。ヒールなねんどで作られたらしい。
In Sou
ソ•イン
Another really cool collection in my opinion.
ミーシャ的にはこちらもほんとにクールなミニコレクション。
SHOES! 靴！足下に注目しすぎ！？w
Eriko Iio
椎尾絵里子
Tatsuya Hojoh
北条達也
Junnosuke Katoh
加藤淳之介
Woven to look like an exoskeleton
編み地が骨格みたい！
Mirei Kim
金美玲
“Frozen”
Ayumi Tanaka
田中歩美
Phew! Have any favorites??
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素敵な文章です。
でもちょっと訂正しもらいたいところがあって、訂正してもよろしいでしょうか?
ルームス賞をいただいたの李さんの国籍は中国じゃなくて、台湾なんです！
彼女の名前も間違っていますけど………
Lee chinhua リ チンファ →これこそ正しい名前です。
すみませんが、訂正してもよろしいでしょうか？
ありがとうございます。
ご丁寧に教えていただきありがとうございます。訂正いたしましたーー m(-_-)m
xo
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