Currently on view as part of her degree show, RCA Industrial Design Engineering student Naoki Kawamoto has come up with this fantastic piece of luggage called "Orishiki".
"With Orishiki, you don’t need to pack and unpack, because you have a nomadic piece of interior architecture that allows you to carry a patch of your own habitat anywhere. Orishiki is a hybrid Japanese word of my her invention. “Ori” refers to Origami folding paper art. “Shiki” comes from furoshiki which describes the use of a large handkerchief folded to provide endless functions such as carrying wine bottles or toys, or even wearing as an item of clothing. The furoshiki’s versatility inspired the way that Orishiki works.
Orishiki is a wheeling case with a hard, faceted shell. Sleek, and functional, the exterior allows it to pass through the hubbub of global cities while protecting and concealing the interior: a sculpturally personalised, soft layer of exquisitely patterned silk. At home or in a hotel room, you open Orishiki by unfolding a continuous surface onto which specific clothes and other necessities are affixed and organised to create a rich and textured modular wall tapestry. When your stay is over, you don’t “pack,” but simply fold up the wall tapestry and your vessel is ready for the voyage".
Clever stuff indeed.
