Arch-able Ffont Teip by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Arch-able Ffont Teip by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award in Graffeg Competition Category.

EfyddGraffeg· 2020

Arch-able Ffont Teip

by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Client: Arch-Able

Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award Winner in Graffeg Category

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The Design

About Arch-able Ffont Teip

Mae Arch-able yn deip stensil a gynlluniwyd ar gyfer gweithgynhyrchu digidol. Mae'r deip yn cefnogi platfform Arch-able, sy'n archifo ac yn dosbarthu data digidol o gynlluniau pensaerniol. Mae'r set gymeriadau yn cynnwys 26 llythyren, 10 rhif a 26 symbol. Mae pob cornel wedi'i chrynhoi, fel y gall driliau, torwyr laser ac offer eraill gyrraedd a dilyn pob cornel. Mae gan lawer o deipiau stensil gorneli ongl sgwâr na ellir eu naddu. Mae Arch-able yn dileu'r cyfyngiad hwnnw ac yn helpu dechreuwyr i gynhyrchu llythrennu tri dimensiwn gydag offer cyffredin.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award

Mae Arch-able Ffont Teip yn enillydd Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau rhagorol sydd yn nodedig am greadigrwydd, dyfeisgarwch a chraffter. Mae enillwyr Efydd yn arteffactau medrus iawn a thrawiadol o greadigol sydd yn dilysu profiad helaeth, dychymyg a dyfeisgarwch eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Arch-able Ffont Teip fod yn wrthrych uchel ei fri, a edmygir ac a anwylir, sydd yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Efydd A' Design Award yn ymgorffori arferion gorau mewn celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg, ac yn rhagorol am ei sylw i fanylion. Mae Arch-able Ffont Teip yn bodloni anghenion yn odidog, yn cyffwrdd â dyheadau, yn swyno teimladau ac yn apelio at chwilfrydedd.

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.