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YAMA Lab

 
 
The Genesis of YAMA
 
On early 2011, with the same notion of “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, I joined hands with my cousin Ran founding the YAMA Design Lab. YAMA means mountain in Japanese, which symbolized a small mountainous town where we were born and raised. YAMA is been named simply to keep reminding us our home, wherever we are at.
 
Since the time we called it a Lab, it means that we do not only take challenges from clients' side to reach a business balance, but also seek those sheer beautiful stuff in this world to satisfy our nature of craftsmanship deep down in out heart.
 
2011年、「シンプルさは究極の洗練である。」という同じ理念を抱いていた思言(スエン)は従兄弟の然(ゼン)と手を組んでYAMA Design Labを創立した。見ての通り、YAMAは日本語の山の意味のほか、僕らを育てた町の印でもある。そして、その簡単な名付けはいつでもどこでも二人の郷愁を誘ってくれる。
 
「Lab」と呼ばれる以上、単にクライアントからの依頼を成し遂げるというビジネス的な目的を達成するだけではなく、さらに、こういう世界中にある最高の美しさを探し出し、心の奥の職人としての誇りを守りたい。
 
 
 
The Making of YAMA

We took our inspirations from the most stuff we have seen in our life: the mountains. To take the peak part as a graphical metaphor and combine it with a modern type is how our logo come into being.
 
To further showcase the spirits of YAMA, we took the inspiration from the 3 most common objects in a mountain and traditional chinese medical elements(metal, wood, water, fire and earth), and form into our own 3 elements: Lava, Crystal, Soil.
 
インスピレーションは主にどこにもある「山」から生まれる。山の頂を視覚的な隠喩にして、さらに、現代的なフォントの形に加わって、それでロゴはできた。

YAMAの魂を深く広げるため、3つの山の基礎元素と伝統漢方薬の元素(金、木、水、火、土)から自分の三元素「溶岩、結晶、粘土」を決めった。
YAMA Intro Video (Eng)
YAMA Intro Video (Jap)



The 3 Element Effects

As mentioned above, the 3 elements of YAMA, which are Lava, Crystal and Soil, their symbolizations are the rudiments of how we craft things up.
 
Lava, which comes from the bottom and core part of a mountain, symbolizes the researching for true beautiful stuff. Crystal, which is the hardest object in this world, symbolizes the relentless pursuing for perfection in crafting, Soil, which is the fountain of nourishing, symbolizes countless open-sourced stuff to be contributed to the world.
 
見ての通り、YAMAの三元素としての 溶岩結晶粘土 は仕事の態度を示している。

山の中心部分にある溶岩は本当の美へ探求を示し、そして、世界中に一番かたいものとしての結晶は仕事の完璧への追求を示し、最後は栄養の源としての粘土は無数の無償作品を世界に捧げたい心を示す
The Development of 3 Elements
 
With the 3 elements as the rudimental spirits and guides in brand making, furtherly, we take them onto the creating of the application part of YAMA brand.  
 
ブランドメーキングの時、三元素は基本の精神と導きの役だけではなく、さらに、彼らをYAMAブランドの創作中心にしていた。
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
YAMA Casa
       YAMA Website
         YAMA Crew (Ran, Siyan, Skinny)
 
 
 
Credits
 
Creative direction: Siyan Ren
Art ditection: Ran Ren, Siyan Ren
Photography: Siyan Ren, Kai Yang
Post Production: Siyan Ren
Music: Sippin of B.ames
Music Editing: Lei Xie
Special Modeling: Skinny
Web development: Ran Ren
 
 
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