corona

globe

2009.12

for 361° watanabe kyogu

Watanabe Kyogu makes high-spec, hand-applied globes at their educational products firm in Soka, Saitama Prefecture outside of Tokyo. We wanted to take full advantage of Watanabe Kyogu’s high level of craftsmanship. We were also interested in creating a new kind of globe that would be more emotional, rather than simply presenting information.
By reducing the amount of information, and rendering the oceans in white and landmasses in black, the corona globe highlights the reliefs of islands and coastlines. A globe’s stand should complement the globe, so we created a gentle curve that recedes rather than standing out, and powder-coated the steel for a fresh, gentle finish that blends with the globe’s lustrous surface.
To fit a variety of interiors, we created three sizes: a standard 26 cm diameter version, a floor model that stands 110cm tall, and a smaller version with a 15cm diameter.

Watanabe Kyogu在他们位于东京郊外琦玉县索价市的教育产品公司生产高规格的手工地球仪。我们想充分利用渡边京谷的高水平工艺。我们也有兴趣创造一种新的更感性的地球，而不是简单地呈现信息。

通过减少信息的数量，将海洋渲染成白色，将陆地渲染成黑色，日冕地球突出了岛屿和海岸线的轮廓。一个地球仪的支架应该是对地球仪的补充，所以我们创造了一个柔和的曲线，让它后退而不是突出，并在钢材上涂上粉末，使其焕然一新的、柔和的表面与地球仪光泽的表面融合。

为了适应不同的室内设计，我们设计了三个尺寸:一个标准的26厘米直径的模型，一个110厘米高的地板模型，以及一个较小的15厘米直径的模型。