INNOVATIVE DESIGN
After centuries of chopstick usage in Asian cultures, finally appears a new concept never seen before. Chopsticks are conceived as an inseparable pair, one belonging to each other. "NICOICHI" means two become one in Japanese.
SIMPLE SOPHISTICATION
One sole diagonal cut through a simple wooden stick creates two identical chopsticks. Therefore, paired again, the two chopsticks can go back to their original shape - a simple wooden stick. The ultimate expression of simplicity, the culture of WABISABI.
CONVENIENCE
For those who are unfamiliar using chopsticks, simply moving around "nicoichi" upwards or sideways enables easy scooping or cutting of food with chopsticks. It makes the experience to eat with chopsticks much more comfortable and pleasant.
JAPANESE CRAFTMANSHIP
Behind this utter simplicity, there hides a highly skilled Japanese craftsmanship of wood carving and lacquer coating. Only the finest wood can obtain a pair of chopsticks out of a single precise cut. Lacquer coating, one of Japan's most well known traditional crafts allows objects to become waterproof, heat pot and bacteria-proof - ideal conditions for a fine culinary tool.
A MULTICULTURAL APPROACH
The nicoichi chopstick series has been developed by designer duo Duneghen Park and Javier Villar Ruiz. Coming from different cultural backgrounds, Duneghen from Busan, South Korea and Javier from Barcelona, Spain, they are enjoying their lives together in Tokyo since 2010. As at directors, Duneghen and Javier designed the nicoichi concept in 2014. The chopsticks are actually made by Kota Matsumoto, a lacquer craftsman from Kagawa prefecture in Japan. He studied his craft under the guidance of Masami Isio, who is an intangible cultural assets as designated by the Japanese government. Matsumoto won numerous awards in exhibitions of Japanese lacquerware combining tradition and modernity.
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