Hitoe® Fold Aria - Foschia

11 Design Awards Worldwide

Hitoe® Fold Aria has won a total of 11 of the world's most prestigious design awards, including the iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award, the world's most prestigious design awards.

The ultimate in functional beauty

"HITOE® Fold" has established the highest amount of crowdfunding (*) for wallet in Japan by collecting more than 1200 pieces of support in just 5 minutes. (* As of December 17, 2020)
The topical work is even thinner, smaller, lighter, stronger, and easier to use, and is now available in the "ARIA" series.
With its sophisticated design and exquisite chraftsmanship, it has been sublimated into a breathtakingly complete functional beauty.
You can choose right-handed or left-handed.

What is HITOE® FOLD?

"Go out lightly without a bag!"
 The HITOE® series was created to make this wish come true.
It was made in pursuit of minimalism, ease of use and high-capacity storage suitable for a cashless society.

Light as air "ARIA"

"ARIA" which means "Air" in Italian. It also means singing song lyrically in opera and religious music.
HITOE® FOLD ARIA wallet is thin and light as air yet beautiful and very original.
All parts are made by gluing two layers of ultra-thin leather together.

This technique is said to be one of the highest luxuries in leather products, making them stronger, lighter, and thinner.
The white powder on the surface leather is a wax called bloom. The more you use it, the more it rubs and penetrates, giving you a transparent look.

The interior leather is the same color leather that has not been waxed. When it's opened, it shows a beautiful gradation with the exterior.

Misty Black aging example

"HITOE® (Single layer) Structure"

Conventional wallets get thicker because the cards and coins overlap. The solution to this is "HITOE® (Single layer) Structure". It prevents cards and coins from overlapping. And there are only 4~5 layers of leather overlapping each other.
Even when storing 5 bills and 5 cards, this wallet will be only 9mm-thin. It is also extremely light - only about 33g.

Lean layout

Commitment to design

1 "Perfection is achieved when there is nothing left to take away."

This is the word of Saint-Exupery, the author of "The Little Prince".
Reduce the elements as much as possible and make the rest directly related to usability. This is the "perfection" we aim for.

- Smoothly opening and closing.
- Easy to insert and remove the contents.
- Thinness that you'll forget it's even in your pocket.

The simple design and comfortable use of HITOE® FOLD ARIA has reached the stage of perfection.

2 Pursuit of thinness

If we change the "seam allowance", which is a feature of the appearance, to "roll-in", we can reduce the size by about 2 mm. Still, the reason for using "seam allowance" instead of "rolled-in" is to achieve thinness.
"Roll-in" is inconsistent with the concept of this wallet "thinness", because the leather overlaps each other and becomes thicker.Highlighting the concept gave it a dignified appearance.

Left-"seam allowance" Right-"Roll-in"

Beautiful seam allowance edge treatment

3 Design based on natural order

"Why is the golden ratio beautiful?"
The golden ratio is a rectangle that spirally repeats a square with a Fibonacci sequence (1 2 3 5 8 13 21 ...) as one side. It converges to about 1: 1.618.
And this sequence is hidden everywhere in nature. Tree branches, blood vessel branches, number of petals, sunflower seeds.
The spiral shape that connects the vertices can be found not only in shells, typhoons, spiral galaxies, but also in the most beautiful arts such as the pyramids, the Parthenon, and the Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai.
Since it is deeply related to the natural order and nature of life, the golden ratio based on the Fibonacci sequence will touch the heartstrings of us.
It is not important to use the golden ratio in each element. By using the Fibonacci sequence as a ratio from details to whole, it becomes well-proportioned design which resonates in our heart.

Design based on the Fibonacci sequence

Seven well-thought-out usability

It's not just thin and compact. We also pursued usability so that each movement can be completed with the least amount of action.

1 New idea to use stored cards

We invented the "Corner holder" that hooks onto the cards to be stored. (Patent in process)
It keeps the flap closed while preventing the cards from falling out unexpectedly.

 "Corner holder" integrated with bill holder
Firmly prevents unexpected card drops

2 No metal parts, only leather

Nothing extra sticks out, such as metal parts or bands, so there is no catching in your pocket and clothes are never damaged.

Consists of leather without using any hardware

3 Smoothly opening and closing

You can easily open the wallet by bending the border of the cards and coins into a "dogleg" shape. By this one action, you can access your coins, bills, and cards for quick checkout.

Bend into a "dogleg" to open and close smoothly

4 Without folding bills

Just insert bills without folding them. It has high visiblity and is easy to take out.
It is compatible with a variety of bills, including dollars, euros, and Japanese yen.

Compatible with a variety of bills

5 Card pocket

It is easy to insert and remove cards as your fingers can go deep inside.
It can hold up to six cards.

6 Shallow coin pocket

With a shallow coin pocket, you can quickly find the coin you need and quickly remove it. When the wallet is closed, the coins will not spill.
It can hold up to about 15 coins.

7 High durability

Most problems about wallets are caused by metal parts or sewing. No metal parts are used and there are only 3 pieces to sew. In addition, we avoid sewing on edges, bends and other easily damaged areas.
So you can use it for a long time.

Lean and minimalist shape

Made in TOKYO

This wallet is manufactured at a long-established leather factory with the highest level of solid-pasting technology. The finish looks like a single layer of leather.
In addition, the leather is laminated under high pressure of more than a dozen tons. The edges are polished clear and fine lines are added with a heated iron.
From design to production, we do everything in Tokyo and deliver the world-class "Made in TOKYO" quality.

Pursuing simplicity, the engraving is hidden under the card

Precision sewing

Intellectual property protection efforts

"HITOE® FOLD ARIA" has obtained three design registrations in Japan and has applied for one patent. Furthermore, with a view to global expansion, we have applied for international design registrations in the United States, Europe, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, etc.

The joy of opening the box

We will deliver it in a special just-sized box that can be used even during storage. It is also ideal for gifts.