ABOUT
Crafting across the boundary between stillness and motion.
Cherishing the inner identity found beyond decoration.
COLLECTION:
An experimental exploration, pushing the boundaries of bag design.
BASICS:
BASICS:Timeless essentials rooted in universality.
○Brief biography
2015, while still a university student, I began independently producing bags and other items.
After graduating.
2018, I opened an atelier in Kyoto.
Launching "KENTO HASHIGUCHI"
2023, I began expanding my activities to include client work and designing items other than bags.
2026, I moved my studio to Tokyo.
○Exhibition
- Disney collaboration bag released
(Available for purchase at the "Walt Disney Archives Exhibition" at Matsuya Ginza)
-Release of "Hand-rubbed Silver Foil Shopper Bag" in collaboration with traditional craftspeople
- Provided bags and costumes for TV Tokyo's "The Chef is a Great Detective"
- Exhibiting at "MAISON & OBJECT AND MORE 2022"
- Kyoto International Photography Festival KYOTOGRAPHIE | Collaboration bag with KG+ released
- Exhibiting at SHOPPE OBJECT (Cooperation and support: JETRO/SHOWCASE JAPAN)
- Selected as BEST OF MOM (Maison & Object and more). Exhibited at MAISON&OBJET.
- Created a 25th anniversary JR Kyoto Isetan Shopper bag (Macmillan/Isetan).
- Selected as a return gift for Kyoto City's hometown tax donation program.
-POP UP event held on the 1st floor of Hankyu Umeda Main Store
○ Designer
Kento Hashiguchi '93
Graduated from Kyoto Institute of Technology, Department of Design Management Engineering.