Chisaki
《Brand Story》 since 2016
自然に触れるうち、湧き出るように生まれる瑞々しい気持ち。
豊かな恵みは厳しさをくぐり抜けてただそこにあり、私たちから温かな感情を引き出してくれます。
その、押し付けることのない恵みの循環が、私たちを惹きつけるのかもしれません。
帽子を届けるあなたに、心地よさがそっと届き、いつしか喜びが湧いているような、そんな帽子をつくりたいと思います。
その人に寄り添い、愛着のわく、お守りのようなもの。
暮らしの中で、ベーシックになれるようなもの。
chisakiにとって帽子は、喜びを届けるための小さな媒介なのかもしれません。
つくる人、売る人、買う人、そして未来に対して、
よいものづくりをしていきたいと願います。
商いの「三方よし」どころか四方よし、と、ここは欲張ります。
人と人の間に、笑顔が生まれますように。
Peace begins with a smile.
Designer Noriko Chisaki / 苣木 紀子
偶然に教わることとなったひとつのベレー帽づくりから、引き込まれるようにスタートした帽子づくりの人生。
企業デザイナーとして12年、帽子ブランドを継続したのち、独立。
2016年に「chisaki」の名でブランドをスタート。
日本の帽子づくりの職人の技術や志の高さ、また心遣いに共感し、日本製に重きを置く一方で、
帽子の素材は国内外のさまざまな可能性に注目し、
美しくもつくり手を失い消えていく素材や技術の行く末にも心を割いてものづくりを進める。
帽体やリボンのkittaによる植物染色、コートジボアールから取り寄せたリサイクルガラスのビーズ、
金工の作家小原聖子に依頼した手づくりのチャームなど、
たとえ表から見えないディテールであっても細部に思いを込め、帽子の可能性を自由に表現している。
《Our philosophy》
When we connect with nature, we feel a refreshing current of emotions emerging from within.
The blessing of fertile mother nature is always present, sometimes harsh, sometimes gentle, but always bringing out warm feelings in us. We are quietly attracted to this humble blessing.
It is this feeling of comfort and pleasure that we would like to emulate for our customers.
We are committed to making hats that are both enjoyable and comfortable for our customers to wear. We want our hats to be an essential and indispensable part of your everyday life, and for you to cherish yours as you would a good-luck charm, with a bond of affection
In fact, we, at chisaki, consider all our hats to be vehicles for happiness for those who are touched by them. Our vision is indelibly linked to the satisfaction of our customers, which then brings satisfaction to the people who sell our products, and to ourselves as the designers and manufacturers. In Japanese business philosophy “a good sale is beneficial in three ways: to the customer, to the seller and to society". Our goal is to achieve “four-way” satisfaction, adding “consideration for our future” to the other three.
We hope that our hats, today and tomorrow, will bring us together, with new smiles on our faces.
Designer Noriko Chisaki
After taking a course by chance in beret-making, Noriko Chisaki became a hatmaker and then worked as a hat designer for 12 years before becoming independent and launching her own brand “chisaki“ in 2016.
Embracing the high standards, care and technical excellence of Japanese craftsmen, she emphasises the quality of Japanese craftsmanship in her creations, while using her talent with materials from all over the world to make the most of their qualities and potential. Noriko also strives to employ materials and techniques that are, despite their beauty, on the verge of being forgotten because of the dwindling number of craftsmen who master them.
Whether it is, for example, through the dyeing of ribbons or fabrics with vegetable dyes (carried out by the Atelier kitta), through the use of recycled glass beads from the Ivory Coast, or through charms ordered from Seiko OBARA, a talented metal artist, she expresses the mastery of her art with great creative freedom, putting the utmost care into the finishing of even the least visible details of her creations.