About SYRINX
Designer
Architect Hirotaka Sato
Representative Director, Hirotaka Sato Architectural Design Office,
Representative Partner, SYRINX LLC,
First Class Registered Architect,
Member
of the Architectural Institute of Japan,
Member of the Japan Institute of Architects
Profile
- Born in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture
- 1996 Graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture.
- Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
- 1998
- Completed Master's program at the University of Tokyo
- Joined Plantech General Planning Office
- 2001
- Established Hironao Sato Architectural Design Office Co.
- 2014
- Part-time lecturer at Keio University Graduate School
- 2016
- Special Lecturer, The University of Tokyo and The University of Tokyo Graduate School
- Established SYRINX
Awards
SYRINX has received numerous prestigious design awards both domestically and internationally, and is highly regarded by society.
DNA Paris Design Awards 2022
Hitoe® Fold Aria
The DNA Paris Design Awards is a global design award that recognizes the best designers in the fields of architecture, interior design, landscape design, graphic design, and product design.
Omotenashi Selection 2022
Hitoe® Fold Less
The Hitoe® Fold Less Award was established to discover and promote the world's best Japanese products and services that are full of the spirit of Omotenashi (hospitality). The award is given to products and services that are born out of consideration for the people who use them, and that have been improved upon while carrying on the traditions of the past.
A' Design Award & Competition 2022
Hitoe® Fold Aria
The Hitoe® Fold Aria is one of the world's largest design competitions to select the best designs, design concepts, products, and services. It is recognized worldwide as a barometer of design quality and perfection.
iF Desing Award 2022
Hitoe® Fold Aria
A design award organized by the Hannover Industrial Design Association in Germany, one of the most prominent and prestigious international design awards, which judges industrial products from all over the world. It is one of the three most prestigious design awards in the world.
Red Dot Award 2022
Hitoe® Fold Aria
One of the world's three major design awards and one of the most prestigious international design awards, with over 10,000 entries each year from companies, organizations, and designers in more than 60 countries. It is organized by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
London International Creative Competition 2021
Hitoe® Fold Aria
Aimed to serve as a medium to connect talented artists with international audiences, the Hitoe® Fold Aria attracts artists from around the world, is juried by luminaries in six fields (architecture, interior design, art, graphics, photography, and products), and is based in London, where internationally acclaimed artists are gathered. It has been held annually since 2006.
IDA Design Awards 2021
Hitoe® Fold Aria
An international design award established in Los Angeles in 2007 to discover and recognize outstanding design visionaries in a wide range of fields. The awards are comprised of five categories including architecture, interior design, product design, fashion, and graphic design, and each year they attract the finest entries from the world's most talented designers.
NY Product Design Awards 2021
Hitoe® Fold Aria
The Hitoe® Fold Aria is a product design award sponsored by International Award Associate (USA), which was newly established in 2021.
In its first year, more than 500 entries were received from all over the world.
MUSE Design Awards 2021
Hitoe® Fold Aria
One of the international award programs organized by International Award Associate (USA), which aims to create a new standard of value in design.
The award is presented to designers who combine unparalleled creativity and technical skill, like a "muse.
European Product Design Award 2021
Hitoe® Fold Aria
A design competition created to recognize the efforts of talented international product designers. From thousands of design projects submitted from around the world, a jury selects the most beautiful, functional, and innovative products.
K-DESIGN AWARD 2021
Hitoe® Fold Aria
An international design competition organized by DESIGNSORI, a Korean design portal. It is one of the three most prestigious design awards in Asia, along with the Golden Pin Design Award and the DFA Design for Asia Awards.
Omotenashi Selection 2021
Hitoe® Fold Aria
The Hitoe® Fold Aria is an award established with the aim of discovering and promoting to the world products and services that are brimming with Japan's outstanding spirit of hospitality. The award is given to products and services that are born out of consideration for the people who use them, and that have been improved upon while carrying on the traditions of the past.
Omotenashi Selection 2020
Hitoe® Fold
The Hitoe® Fold Award was established with the aim of discovering and promoting to the world outstanding Japanese products and services that are brimming with the spirit of hospitality. The award is given to products and services that are born from the consideration of the user, and that have been improved upon while carrying on the traditions of Japan.
Campfire Crowdfunding Award 2020
Hitoe® Fold
The Hitoe® Fold is an award that honors the best of the more than 10,000 projects on the crowdfunding site Campfire.
Omotenashi Selection 2019
Hitoe® L-zip L & S
The Hitoe® L-zip L & S Award was established to discover and promote the world's best Japanese products and services with a spirit of hospitality. The award is given to products and services that are born out of consideration for the people who use them, and that have been improved upon while carrying on the traditions of the past.
iF DESIGN AWARD 2019
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case
The iF DESIGN AWARD, one of the world's three major design awards, is organized by iF International Forum Design GmbH and has been one of the most prestigious design awards in the world since 1953. iF logo is widely recognized around the world as "a sign of excellent design. Each year, more than 7,000 entries from 50 countries are submitted for judging.
A' Design Award & Competition 2019
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case
One of the world's largest design competitions to select the best designs, design concepts, products, and services. It is recognized worldwide as a barometer of design quality and perfection.
DFA Design for Asia Awards 2019
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case
Established in 2003 by the Hong Kong Design Centre, this international design award recognizes outstanding design from an Asian perspective. Awards are judged and presented from four perspectives: overall design excellence, technical applicability, Asian influence, and commercial and social success.
European Product Design Award 2019
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case
The Tsutsumu® Name Card Case is a design competition created to recognize the efforts of talented international product designers. From thousands of design projects submitted from around the world, a panel of judges will select the most beautiful, functional, and innovative products.
IDEA 2018
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case
The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), one of the three major design awards in the world, has been sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) in the United States for more than 25 years. The IDEA is designed to recognize and promote unique and innovative works that make a significant difference and contribution to the quality of the economy.
Asia Design Prize 2018
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case
An international design competition organized by DESIGNSORI, a Korean design portal. It is Asia's first public-spirited award that attempts to solve social problems in Asia through design. Designs that address social issues such as extreme weather, social inequality, racial discrimination, and food crisis will be awarded.
Omotenashi Selection 2018
Tsutsumu® A3
This award was established with the aim of discovering and promoting to the world products and services that are full of excellent Japanese "Omotenashi" (hospitality). The award is given to a product or service that is "uniquely Japanese" and has a "unique appeal" that should be shared with the world.
Social Products Awards 2018
Log
This is the first award system in Japan that highlights excellent "social products" that lead to the realization of a sustainable society and evaluates both social and commercial aspects of the products.
Omotenashi Selection 2017
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case
This award was established with the aim of discovering and promoting excellent Japanese products and services with a spirit of "Omotenashi" (hospitality) to the world. The award is given to products and services that are born from the consideration of the users, and that have been improved upon while carrying on the traditions of Japan.
Omotenashi Selection 2017
Log
This award was established with the aim of discovering and promoting to the world products and services that are full of excellent Japanese "Omotenashi Spirit". The award is given to products and services that are created out of consideration for the users, and that have been improved upon while carrying on the traditions.
Crowd Funding
The projects that have brought this value to the world have repeatedly broken various records, and the total amount raised has exceeded 350 million yen.
2018
7,071,840 yen / 732 people
Hitoe® L-zip L v.2018 -Liscio-
1,870,200 yen/95 people
Tsutsumu® A3 v.2018 -Liscio-
7,727,840 yen / 867 people
Hitoe® L-zip S v.2018 -Liscio-
2019
21,097,260 yen / 1,534 guests
Hitoe® L-zip L v.2018 -Business-
Highest crowdfunding for a wallet in the country
23,157,840 yen / 1988 persons
Hitoe® L-zip S v.2019 -Liscio-
Hitoe® L-zip S v.2018 -Liscio- 2019
8,309,580 yen/726 persons
Hitoe® L-zip S v.2019 -Velluto-
2020
2,586,596 yen / 234 persons
Hitoe® L-zip S v.2019 -Natura
8,235,100 yen/729 persons
Hitoe® L-zip S v.2019 -Business
23,102,400 yen / 1486 persons
Hitoe® L-zip L v.2020 -Liscio-
Total crowdfunding reaches 100 million yen
51,795,439 yen / 3500 persons
Hitoe® Fold v.2020 -Liscio-
Hitoe® L-zip L v.2020 -Liscio- Reached the highest crowdfunding amount for a wallet in Japan
12,285,00 yen / 650 persons
Hitoe® L-zip L v.2020 -Business
1,794,000 yen/60 persons
Tsutsumu® A3 v.2018 -Liscio
1,853,800 yen/62 persons
Tsutsumu® A3 v.2018 -Liscio-
2021
2,611,400 yen/143 persons
Tsutsumu® Name Card Case Aria -Foschia-
78,540,000 yen / 2,480 persons
Hitoe® Fold Aria -Foschia-
55,481,020 yen / 2959 persons
Hitoe® Fold v.2021 -Liscio
Hitoe® Fold v.2021 -Liscio- -The highest
crowdfunding wallet in Japan
16,422,621 yen/902 persons
Hitoe® L-zip L v.2021 -Liscio
2022
25,944,600 yen / 873 persons
Hitoe® Fold Less -Foschia
13,002,000 yen, 394
Hitoe® Fold Aria -Ortensia- & Hitoe® Fold Aria -Monocromo-
Intellectual Property
Our original ideas and designs are protected by intellectual property rights. We have obtained intellectual property rights not only in Japan, but also in the United States, Europe, China, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, and other countries.
Intellectual property rights are introduced in " Explanation of Intellectual Property Rights".
- November 06, 2006
- Design registration No. 1285394, Assembly house
- 2016.10.14
- Trademark Registration No. 5888297, Class 9 SYRINX
- 2017.09.15
- Design registration No. 1587751 Speaker
- 2017.09.15
- Design registration No. 1587752 Speaker
- 2017.12.08
- Patent No. 6251926 Speaker
- 2017.12.22
- Design registration No. 1595192 TSUTSUMU A3 Case
- December 22, 2017
- Design registration No. 1595193 TSUTSUMU business card case
- April 20, 2018
- Design registration No. 1604369 HITOE L-zip L
- August 10, 2018
- Design registration No. 1612854 HITOE L-zip S
- December 28, 2018
- Design registration No. 1623076 MUSUBU Key Case
- July 05, 2019
- Design registration No. 16 37887 HITOE L-zip S
- Jul. 05, 2019
- Design registration No. 1637888 HITOE L-zip L
- 2019.02.26
- International Design Registration (China) ZL 2019 3 0076008.X HITOE L-zip S/L
- 2019.05.14
- International Design Registration (EU, US, Korea) DM/203565 HITOE L-zip S/L
- 2019.07.04
- International Trademark Registration (EU/Korea) Class 16 Class 18 SYRINX 1492116
- 2019.07.04
- International Trademark Registration (EU, China, Korea) Class 18 HITOE 1489157
- 2020.04.14
- Design registration No. 1659078 HITOE Fold
- Design registered in 2020.04.14
- Design registration No. 1659079 HITOE Fold
- May 21, 2020
- Trademark registration No. 6253419 Class 18 HITOE
- May 21, 2020
- Trademark registration No. 6253390, class 16, category 18 SYRINX
- Filed for
- Patent HITOE Fold Patent Application 2019-211321
- March 03, 2020
- International Design Registration (China) ZL 202030067426.5 HITOE Fold
- 2020.04.03
- International Design Registration (EU/Singapore) DM/207682 HITOE Fold
- DL 202030067426.5
- International Design Registration (Taiwan) D211838 HITOE Fold
- D211838 HITOE Fold
- International Design Registration (Australia) 202012701 202012702 HITOE Fold
- 2021.07.05
- Trademark registration in Class 35 SYRINX No. 6411307
- 2021.03.02
- Trademark registration in Class 18 TSUTSUMU No. 6358066
- 2020.07.09
- International trademark registration (EU/Korea) in Class 35 SYRINX 1549772
- 1549772 2021.01.16
- International Trademark Registration (Taiwan) in Class 18,35 SYRINX No. 02117510
- 2021.04.01
- International Trademark Registration (Taiwan) Class 18 HITOE No. 02130548
- Registration of International Trademark (US) No. 18,35
- International Trademark Registration (US) Class 18 HITOE 6,171,770
- 2020.09.28
- Design registration No. 1670259 HITOE Fold Aria
- September 25, 2020
- International Design Registration (China) No. 6378263 HITOE Fold Aria
- December 07, 2020
- International Design Registration (EU/Singapore) DM/211734 HITOE Fold Aria
- 2021.01.25
- International Design Registration (Australia) 202016654 HITOE HITOE Fold Aria
- 2021.07.05
- Registration of trademark MEKURU in Class 18, No. 6411510
- Registration of trademark in Class 18, MUSUBUBU
- Registration of trademark Class 18 MUSUBU No. 6411511
- Registration No. 6411511 on Jul. 5, 2021
- Registration of trademark in Class 18 HASAMU No. 6411512
- Jul. 11, 2021
- International Design Registration (Taiwan) D211838 HITOE Fold
- D211838 HITOE Fold
- International Design Registration (Taiwan) D21409 HITOE Fold Aria
- D21409 HITOE Fold Aria
- International Design Registration (Korea) DM/207682-0001 HITOE Fold
- International Design Registration (Korea)
- International Design Registration (Korea) DM/207682-0002 HITOE Fold
- October 01, 2021
- International Design Registration (Korea) DM/211734 HITOE Fold Aria
- DM/211734 HITOE Fold Aria
- International Design Registration (US) D948207 HITOE Fold
- D948207 HITOE Fold
- International Design Registration (US) D948208 HITOE Fold Aria
- D948208 HITOE Fold Aria
- Design registration No. 1712938 HITOE L-zip L
- L-zip L
- Design registration No. 1716605 HITOE L-zip L
- May 26, 2022
- Design registration No. 1716606 HITOE L-zip
- Filed for
- Design registration HASAMU A4 OW2022-005318
- Design registration HASAMU A4
- Design registration HASAMU A4 OWNED OBJECTION 2022-005319
- Design registration HITOE Fold
- Design registration HITOE Fold OWN application 2022-013272
- Design registration HITOE Fold
- Design registration HITOE Fold OWN application 2022-013273
Company
- Company name
- SYRINX LLC
- Representative
- Hirotaka Sato
- Address of head office
- Mita Hills 2F, 4-13-18 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073, Japan
- Mita Hills 2F, 4-13-18 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo