Nakayoshi-ya Luxury Black Gift Box

PrizeOfficial Selection in Illustrate (graphic)
ArtistKoyo Kitamura
CategoryNon-Professional
CreditKoyo Kitamura

A one-of-a-kind black gift box, not for sale, was created as a symbol of Nakayoshi-ya Farm, a lemon farm located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Original box molds are made to order by traditional Wajima lacquer craftsmen, and the surface of the box is repeatedly coated with lacquer to create a deep and elegant lacquer-black texture. For the pattern of the box, we precisely painted the actual lemon leaves at Nakayoshi-ya Farm and placed the pattern of the leaves on the box. The rhythmically arranged patterns of the leaf patterns represent the space and time of falling leaves.