Anima Code Persoonlike Seëlstempel by Takuma Yamazaki

Anima Code Persoonlike Seëlstempel by Takuma Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Brons in Idee en Konseptuele Ontwerp Competition Category.

BronsIdee· 2021

Anima Code Persoonlike Seëlstempel

by Takuma Yamazaki

Client: Takuma Yamazaki

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Idee Category

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The Design

About Anima Code Persoonlike Seëlstempel

Anima Code is 'n persoonlike seëlstempel met 'n gegraveerde QR-kode. Die kode bevat 'n toegangsleutel tot 'n persoon se aanlyn digitale data. Baie mense teken hul lewens op sosiale media aan, tog word hierdie argiewe dikwels ontoeganklik na die dood. Anima Code stel die nabestaandes in staat om 'n vooraf gestempelde kode te skandeer en toegang te verkry tot die digitale argiewe van die oorledene. Die stempel is gemaak van deursigtige akriel, lasergegraveer tot presiese afmetings, en meet 10 mm vierkant en 62 mm lank. Die verpakking is gemaak van paulownia-hout, 'n materiaal wat lank reeds in Japan vir berging gebruik word.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Anima Code Persoonlike Seëlstempel is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Brons, 'n hoogs prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan uitstaande ontwerpe wat gekenmerk word deur kreatiwiteit, vindingrykheid en skerpsinnigheid. Wenners in Brons is ruimskoots vaardige en opvallend kreatiewe artefakte wat die groot ervaring, verbeelding en vindingrykheid van hul ontwerpers bevestig. Daar word verwag dat Anima Code Persoonlike Seëlstempel 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde voorwerp is wat merkwaardig professioneel en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Brons gewen het, inkorporeer die beste praktyke in kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie en is uitstekend vanweë sy aandag aan detail. Anima Code Persoonlike Seëlstempel bevredig behoeftes pragtig, raak aan begeertes, bekoor gevoelens en spreek die nuuskierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Anima Code is a Hanko (Japanese personal seal) with an engraved QR code. The unique code contains a key to a person's online digital data, and after his or her death, the bereaved ones can reach the person's digital archives by scanning the code stamped beforehand. Through the physical interaction of stamping a seal, this project explores the secure yet intimate approach for inheritance in the digital era.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimensions of the stamp are 10mm square and 62mm long; the proportions complement the delicacy and precision of the QR code engraving. The packaging is made of paulownia wood, a material that is highly airtight and suitable for storage to maintain proper internal humidity. The box made of paulownia wood has been used in Japan since ancient times to store and preserve porcelain and art objects, and also means "inheritance".
Tags: Hanko, Seal, Digital, Inheritance, QR Code, Analogue, Social Media, Die, Graves, Tomb
Production Technology: This product adopts acrylic as a major material for its highly weather-resistant and processability. This transparent material is also a metaphor for the intangibility and ambiguity of digital data and its anti-ageing property. In cooperation with a technical manufacturer, it will be laser-engraved to cut out highly precise dimensions. The engraved surface will also be hydrophilic coated for sharp-edge printing so that a camera can read at 10mm square QR code.
Design Challenge: In terms of the attempt to bridge the present world to afterlife, this product exists between the real and unreal worlds. Because of its unique characteristic of the project, the biggest challenge was how I could design ambiguity without ruining the function as a stamp. For proceeding the project, deliberation and respect for various cultures and religions are also required, reconciling diverse views on life and death with the universality of the event of passing away.
Research: In addition to the digital data after one’s death, the shortage of land for cemeteries and their management has become a social issue in recent times. In a complex age that is technology-driven but still largely material, this project examines the end of life from both digital and analogue perspectives. Through the miniaturization of graves and the harmonization of data and physicality, this product is intended to be an alternative solution to these problems.
Inspiration: Since the rise and domination of social media, many of us continue to leave a trace of our life online with texts, photos and videos. While that uploaded media collective has the potential to projects a multifaceted view of an individual's life, however, once the contributor dies, such digital archives are forgotten and not accessible to even our loved ones. I found the possibility of a physical and emotional act of stamping as a solution to this ongoing social issue.
Project Duration: Began in Japan in 2019 and is underway for official launch in 2021.
Operation Flow: Users register their social media accounts with the product through a dedicated service before their death. A stamp is produced with an imprinted QR code that serves as an access key to those online services. People who are given the seal will be able to read it with a camera and access the archived data of the deceased.
Team Members: Takuma Yamazaki
Image Credits: Photo:Takuma Yamazaki
Design: Takuma Yamazaki