LACQUER, GOLD AND TEA CEREMONY: THE SECRETS OF JAPANESE NATSUME
The beauty of exceptional Japanese craftsmanship is concentrated in a single object that fits in the palm of your hand: jet-black urushi lacquer wi...
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AT THE CONVERGENCE OF THE HAND, THE HEART, AND THE MIND
The Hand
Craft, the strength of the hand.
The slow and patient rhythm of the artisan's hand brings timelessness to things made, and an extra soul.
The Heart
ethical and responsible consumption
In a changing world, craftsmanship gives meaning to our actions, and preserving know-how by transcending their borders is our raison d'être.
The Reflection
Successful narrative and business-driver
Craftsmanship is a powerful soft-power tool, which brings differentiation and sincerity, and an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
Colissimo Status
PROJECT EXAMPLE
Define the communication strategy to promote the know-how of artisanal brands, or brands working with artisans, and articulate its operational declination (social networks, partnerships, articles, media...)
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Designing and setting up a retail pop-up of Asian crafts, around a storytelling and a product selection able to generate a strong consumer interest.
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Coordinate an exhibition in an event space around a unique artisanal know-how, in the presence of the artisans, to allow discoveries and exchanges.
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Enable artisans to explore new territories by putting them in touch with buyers, designers, brands, and help them develop their identity and communication.
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Create rich and varied content (photographs, articles) on destinations, artisans, know-how, objects, addresses, for publications and brands.
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Coordinate a trip for buyers, creatives, entrepreneurs or groups of friends to a region or city in Asia to meet with artisans and discover the know-how.
Atelier Ikiwa
AN AGENCY
...marketing and communication, with a deliberately non-generalist positioning, which has a taste for beauty without ostentation, for quality, for detail, and a wide openness to the world, its diversity and complexity.
...which puts to music the slowness of craft, of responsible consumption, of the valorization of know-how, with the speed and the quality of execution aiming at generating business opportunities.
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Let's discuss your projects, our achievements, and what we could do together to promote crafts and artisans.
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