DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
: Japanese culture and nature, identity as a Japanese.
DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
: Express a plant.
DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
: Raise my motivation.
DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
: Three month.
DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
: I designed it for my own quest.
DI: 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?
: It is using by another company.
DI: What made you design this particular type of work?
: Inspiration from nature.
DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
: A Japanese designer who is my master, Sori Yanagi.
DI: Who is the target customer for his design?
: People who like modern nature.
DI: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
: Original structure and beautiful material.
DI: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
: First impression of the work was felt as the image of the ballerina skirt "TUTU" than "Dahlia". The origin of the name of "TUTU" comes from overlapping the pronunciation of the Japanese "cylinder TUTU(筒）" with the ballerina "TUTU".
DI: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
: Material and hand made work.
DI: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
: Insight as a Japanese.
DI: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
: I completed it myself.
DI: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
: Material and light balance.
DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
: I collected a lot of materials and made experiments to pass light.
DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
: Strength of material.
DI: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
: I want to introduce my design to people.
DI: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
: I could make modern shapes with paper and strings.
By making a slit in the petal part I was able to incorporate more light.
DI: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
: I want to make works with natural flow. Becouse I am in a neutral mind.
