tatsuo kuroda: suzu hana for koizumi factory

suzu-hana in two different shapes

suzu-hana (‘suzu’ means tin, ‘hana’ means flower in japanese) is shape-changing flower vase made from pure 100% tin, and it is made by silicon casting technique.

pure 100% tin is soft and can easily be bent by hand, and tin container keep water clean and helps flowers last longer. it is a flower vase design which is made used of these advantages of the material, so that you can bend and change shape of it, and enjoy arranging flowers in your own way even when it is a bouquet or a single flower.

suzu-hana is showed in Interior Lifestyle Tokyo 1st-3rd June 2011. this is designed for koizumi factory (http://super.co.jp/) which is in Takaoka City, Toyama, Japan by tatsuo kuroda. now it is in production.

project name: suzu-hana design: tatsuo kuroda production: koizumi factory material: 100% tin  size: W: 60mm, H: 160mm, D: 60mm

this is my profile below:

I was born in 1983 in Japan, and studied and obtained MA at design academy eindhoven 2007-2009. I am currently based in Tokyo since 2010, mainly design product and furniture.

I showed ‘knot chair’ with normann copenhagen at salone international del mobile 2011. 

suzu-hana in original shape

how to bend

arrangement with a single flower

vertical arrangement

arrangement with a bouquet

horizontal arrangement

suzu-hana in different forms

http://www.tatsuokuroda.com