Tateishi, Tokyo. Where Ideas Become Leather.
Tateishi, Tokyo.
Here is the workshop where STUDIUM's craftsmanship begins.
Looking only at the finished wallet, it appears simple.
But countless decisions go into turning that small leather product into a single form.
Choosing the type of leather.
Deciding the thickness.
Cutting.
Sewing.
Fitting the hardware.
Making prototypes.
And then using them ourselves.
STUDIUM products are born at our workshop in Tateishi, Tokyo, through repeated planning, design, prototyping and improvement.
Think about movement before creating the form.
With a wallet, it isn't enough for cards to simply fit.
Which orientation makes them easy to take out?
Can your fingers slip in naturally?
Are coins easy to find?
Do you have to shift your grip unnecessarily to take out bills?
Does it catch when you put it back in your pocket?
Precisely because these are motions repeated many times every day, even the slightest difference affects how comfortable it is to use.
What STUDIUM thinks about is not just the leather product itself.
It is the "movements of the person" who uses it.
Never overlooking a 1 mm difference.
Leather is not a uniform industrial material.
Each type differs in firmness, as well as in thickness and appearance.
How thin should the material be made?
Where should it be folded?
Where should it be stitched?
How should the tension of the thread and sewing machine be adjusted?
At the Tateishi workshop, we work closely with the material and verify each step one by one.
That is because slight differences affect how it opens, how it feels to the touch, its durability, and how comfortable it is to use.
Not finishing, but testing and going back again.
Once a prototype is made, that is not the end.
We actually use it.
Open it.
Put things in it.
Carry it around.
If there is even a small sense that something is off, we think it through again.
STUDIUM's distinctive structures were not born solely for the sake of design.
They are "forms with a reason," which remained after observing the movements of users and repeating prototyping and improvement.
A place where leather and ideas become products.
In the workshop, there is leather.
There is thread.
There are sewing machines.
There are tools.
But those alone do not make a STUDIUM product.
"Can we make it easier to use?"
Only when that question is added does the making truly begin.
Today, too, in Tateishi, we touch the leather, test, think, and make again.
An idea that doesn't yet have a name will someday become a tool indispensable to someone's daily life.
STUDIUM's leather goods are born in a place like that.
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