Love Letters کیلنڈر by Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Love Letters کیلنڈر by Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award آسنین انعام in سوشل ڈیزائن Competition Category.

آسنسوشل· 2026

Love Letters کیلنڈر

by Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Client: Yezi Designs

A' Design Award آسنین انعام Winner in سوشل Category

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The Design

About Love Letters کیلنڈر

لَو لیٹرز (مہر ءِ کاگدان) یک کیلنڈرے کہ روچانی زندگی ءَ گوں جانورانی ءُ رستنی گوناگونی ءِ سرپدی ءَ ہور کنگ ءِ واستہ جوڑ کنگ بوتگ۔ ہر یکے چہ دوازدہ کارٹان یک کاگدے ءَ برجاہ کنت کہ چہ گار بوہگ ءِ نزیک راجے ءِ نیمگ ءَ آتکگ، ءُ مردمان چار گری، وتی وعدہ ءُ مہمین روچانی نشان جنگ ءِ واستہ لوٹ ات۔ ہر کارٹ بے بندش ءَ چوٹ وارت ءُ وت ودی اوشتنوکیں ڈولے ءَ کیت، ءُ رند ءَ وتی کاگدی لفافہ ءِ تہ ءَ ایر کنگ بہ بیت پہ ڈاک دیم دیگ یا سنبالگ ءِ واستہ۔ ای سیٹ آفسیٹ چاپ ءَ گوں FSC سند دار بے پوش کاگد ءِ سرا چاپ بوتگ ءُ یک دراز کش ڈولیں کاگدی ڈبہ ءِ تہ ءَ ایر کنگ بوتگ کہ پدا یات داشتی چیزے یا سبق دیگ ءِ سامانے ءِ ڈول ءَ کار مرز بہ بیت۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award آسنین انعام

Love Letters کیلنڈر A' Design Award آسنین انعام ءِ ورگ آ انت، معزز اعتراف کہ آ جوانیں ڈیزائناں دیگ بیت کہ جوانیں ڈولا ڈیزائن کنگ بوتگیں تخلیقاں چہ متوقع پیشہ ورانہ ءُ صنعتی ضرورتاں پورا کننت۔ آسن ءِ ورگ آ وتی خالقاں ءِ مزن مہارت، اعلیٰ ماہری، ماہرانہ سمجھ ءُ تخلیقی صلاحیت پیش کننت۔ Love Letters کیلنڈر چہ امید کنگ بیت کہ آ یک باز قدر کنگ بوتگیں، ساراہگ بوتگیں ءُ پیارکنگ بوتگیں تخلیق بیت کہ عملی ءُ جدت ءِ انت۔ ای ڈیزائن کہ A' Design Award آسنین انعام ءَ برتگ، صنعت ءِ بہترین طریقہ یکجا کنت ءُ علم ءُ صلاحیت گوں جوڑ بوتگیں قابل تکنیکی خصوصیتاں دار انت۔ Love Letters کیلنڈر ءِ سنجیدگی ءِ سببا عزت کنگ بیت ءُ آ زندگی ءِ معیار ءَ بہتری آرگ ءِ پہ جوڑ کنگ بوتگ کہ جہان ءَ جوانتر جاگہ جوڑ کنگ ءَ مدد کنت۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project reimagines the calendar as a tool for emotional storytelling and environmental action. Each month features a letter from an endangered species, inviting reflection, personal pledges, and meaningful dates. The foldable card becomes both calendar and time capsule, using ritual, empathy, and biodegradable materials to turn awareness into active care, a purpose led experience connecting biodiversity loss to daily life.
Dimensions & Packaging: The finished product measures 110 mm × 230 mm × 40 mm. The calendar set includes 12 illustrated calendar cards, 12 paper envelopes, and a calendar storage box. The cards are designed to be folded into a self standing three dimensional structure without additional binding. After use, each card can be placed into its corresponding envelope for mailing or archiving. The complete set is housed in a paper based calendar box suitable for storage and distribution.
Tags: Emotional calendar, Eco conscious design, Endangered animals, Interactive daily ritual, Foldable cards, User engagement, Mailable cards, Educational gift, Modular structure
Production Technology: The calendar is produced using FSC certified uncoated paper with high opacity to enhance durability and color accuracy. Offset printing is applied for production, combined with spot color control to ensure consistent tones across animal illustrations in different batches. Multiple rounds of prototyping and user testing were conducted to optimize the calendar’s size, thickness, and interaction details for daily use.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was integrating a daily use object with abstract concepts to encourage genuine user engagement. This required designing a full interaction flow, from using the calendar, writing messages, to mailing actions, and adding playful, foldable features to the calendar cards. Constraints included production feasibility, material limits, and balancing usability with emotional and eco conscious objectives.
Research: Type of research: iterative design and user centered study. Objectives: to create an engaging, emotionally meaningful calendar. Methodology: multiple prototyping rounds and user testing. Tools: physical prototypes and feedback sessions. Participants: 15 users evaluated interaction and usability. Results: optimized foldable structure, size, and display clarity. Insights: users valued emotional engagement and eco consciousness. Impact: informs sustainable, interactive product design for daily life.
Inspiration: This project makes biodiversity loss personal and actionable by breaking it into monthly rituals, reflection, pledges, date marking, and small acts of care. Drawer style box and red envelopes create a sense of reveal, while foldable calendar cards combine animal storytelling with practical use. Guided prompts turn awareness into everyday action, embedding ecological urgency into time based rituals.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2025 in Georgia and Michigan, USA, and completed prototype testing and design refinements by September 2025. Since then, it has been in ongoing serial production, ensuring quality, consistency, and readiness for distribution.
Operation Flow: Most calendars function as tools, this one is designed as a relationship. The project bridges personal ritual and planetary care through a system that encourages reflection, action, and emotional continuity. Love Letters transforms a calendar into a twelve month exchange between users and endangered animals, packaging empathy and awareness through monthly interaction. The drawer style outer box symbolizes preservation and is designed for second life use as a keepsake or educational object.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou, 2026
Team Members: Yefan Liu
Zilan Zhou
Jiayi Chen
Kangwen Shi
Image Credits: #Main Image: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 1: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 2: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 3: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 4: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.