和柄あめ (Wagara Ame) - Japanese pattern candy

About the renders:
I created the vector versions of the designs in Inkscape, I imported them and retopologized in Blender.
Procedural materials for the candies.
Tatami mats and Shoji doors created all with Geometry Nodes (models, UV unwrap with seams and layouts), more info in my dedicated projects in the Geometry Nodes Album.
For the outside backgroud I used an image from Unsplash by David Emrich.

About Wagara Ame:
It is a beautiful design project made for Tokyo Midtown Award 2009 Design Competition, winner of the Kenya Hara Award.
Theme: New Japanese Gift
Designers: 高山　真由美 (Mayumi Takayama) and 伊藤　裕平 (Yuhei Ito)
For this wagara ame project I found this list with colour and element of each design:
Green: Arabesque; Blue: Waves; Red: Water vapor; Emerald green: Bamboo; Yellow: Haze; Light blue: Running water; Yellow green: Grass; Orange: Clouds.

Wagara are traditional Japanese patterns, each with a specific meaning, originally created for decorating traditional garments. The patterns are largely inspired by nature. They were worn with purpose for different seasons and occasions.