Arch-able محرف طباعي by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Arch-able محرف طباعي by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية in تصميم الرسوم والتوضيح والاتصال البصري Competition Category.

برونزالرسوم· 2020

Arch-able محرف طباعي

by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Client: Arch-Able

جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية Winner in الرسوم Category

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The Design

About Arch-able محرف طباعي

‏Arch-able هو محرف طباعي مُفرَّغ (ستنسل) مصمَّم للتصنيع الرقمي. يخدم هذا المحرف منصة Arch-able التي تؤرشف البيانات الرقمية لتصاميم المعماريين وتتيح توزيعها. تتضمن مجموعة المحارف 26 حرفًا و10 أرقام و26 رمزًا. جميع الزوايا مُدوَّرة، بحيث تستطيع رؤوس الحفر وأجهزة القطع بالليزر وغيرها من الأدوات الوصول إلى كل زاوية وتتبعها. تحتوي كثير من المحارف المُفرَّغة على زوايا قائمة لا يمكن نقشها، أما Arch-able فيتجاوز هذا القيد ويساعد المبتدئين على إنتاج حروف ثلاثية الأبعاد باستخدام أدوات شائعة.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية

Arch-able محرف طباعي هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية، وهي تقدير رفيع المكانة يُمنح للتصاميم المتميزة التي تتسم بالإبداع والبراعة وحدة الذكاء. والفائزون بالبرونزية مصنوعات بارعة بوفرة ومبدعة بصورة لافتة، تؤكد الخبرة الواسعة والخيال وسعة الحيلة لدى مصمميها. ويُتوقع أن يكون Arch-able محرف طباعي قطعة عالية التقدير ومحل إعجاب وحب، شديدة الاحترافية والابتكار. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية يتبنى أفضل الممارسات في الفن والعلم والتصميم والتكنولوجيا، ويتميز بعنايته بالتفاصيل. ويلبّي Arch-able محرف طباعي الاحتياجات على أفضل وجه، ويلامس الرغبات، ويأسر المشاعر، ويستثير الفضول.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: ARCH-ABLE is a platform to archive and distribute digital data of architects’ designs. Anyone can download and reproduce architects’ designs as long as they are following the creative commons license.
This typeface is digital fabrication friendly because it has stencil style shapes and all corners are rounded for all drill bits, laser cutter, and other tools.
It makes all users comfortable to reproduce their products easier.
Dimensions & Packaging: 26 letters, 10 numbers, and 26 symbols
Tags: Typeface, Typography, DigitalFabrication, GeometricDesign, Simple, Idea,GraphicDesign, Future, Friendly, Japan
Production Technology: People had a problem about making 3D typography because it must have stencil style. And some stencil typefaces couldn’t engrave all corners even inside or outside because they have right angle corners.
So ARCH-ABLE typeface solved all issues for making 3D typography because it has stencil style shapes and all corners are rounded especially for all drill bits.
Design Challenge: This typeface structure has very strict rules. It was really hard to make all the characters. It should be all rounded, 45 degrees, geometric, 4x6, stencil style, and stylish. So we have to make it conceptual but keep it beautiful typeface as well. It was a very important thing.
Research: One day I had a chat with one of my friend who is an architect in Japan. He told me that Almost times I couldn’t engrave the corners of typefaces because they have right angle corners. That was the starting point.
We started to search so many stencil style typefaces all over the world through internet. Then we figured out we have to make all rounded corners typeface for all digital fabrication creators.
Inspiration: Nowadays Digital fabrication DIY culture is a boom in Japan. Almost users can use digital fabrication tools but they can’t make original stencil typeface for it. This typeface is digital fabrication friendly and beginner-friendly as well.
Project Duration: This project term was from November 2018 to January 2020 in Tokyo, JAPAN.
Operation Flow: People had a problem about making 3D typography because it must have stencil style. And some stencil typefaces couldn’t engrave all corners even inside or outside because they have right angle corners.
So this typeface is digital fabrication friendly because it has stencil style shapes and all corners are rounded for all drill bits, laser cutter and other tools. It means all drill bit can reach and fit all rounded corners.
It makes all users comfortable to make their products easier.
Patents: Copyrights belong to BANANA inc., 2020
Team Members: Art Director: Miki Takafumi
Designer: Miki Takafumi
Designer: Tomoki Mitsuhashi
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, ARCH-ABLE, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, ARCH-ABLE, 2020.