Time Capsule Verpackung by Koichi Namimoto

Time Capsule Verpackung by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award in Bronze in Verpackungsdesign Competition Category.

BronzeVerpackung· 2024

Time Capsule Verpackung

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Verpackung Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Verpackung

Time Capsule ist eine Verpackung, die für eine Gemeindebibliothek in der Stadt Nishi-Tokyo entworfen wurde. Die Time Capsule wird den Bibliotheksnutzern jeweils für ein Jahr ausgeliehen. Persönliche Schätze und Familienandenken werden darin aufbewahrt, wobei Datum und Uhrzeit der Öffnung von den Nutzern selbst festgelegt werden. Die Verpackung sieht aus wie ein Buch und kann daher auf den hohen Regalböden präsentiert werden, die für die Nutzer unerreichbar sind und auf denen Bücher bei Erdbeben nicht sicher gelagert werden können. Fünf Farben bringen Bewegung in den Raum und bewahren zugleich eine ruhige Atmosphäre. Lichtbeständige Farben und formstabiles Papier eignen sich für eine langfristige Präsentation.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Time Capsule Verpackung ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Time Capsule Verpackung wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Time Capsule Verpackung befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Time Capsule are loaned to the Machi Library located in MUFG PARK users on an annual basis. Users keep their treasures and family mementos etc. in this package, and set the date and time to open . It would deliver the thoughts and feelings over time to a future self or someone special.
The bookshelves in the library tower high into the ceiling, making it impossible for users to reach books at the top. In addition, Japan's unique natural environment, with its frequent earthquakes, makes it impossible to arrange books on high shelves. But to leave the tops of all the bookshelves in a library open would spoil the intellectual atmosphere of the library.
For these reasons, I intended to design Time Capsule to look like a book and maintain the atmosphere of the library.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width:258mm x Depth:85mm x Height:315mm
Tags: Packing design, Japanese, machi-library, Space design, Graphic design
Production Technology: The color scheme and materials were simulated several times, as it was important that the time capsules looked beautiful when lined up in the library space. The boxes were manufactured by Morita Corporation, which can make a combination of machine-made and hand-made parts, because it would be too numerous and expensive to hand-machine them, and too few and expensive to machine them.
Design Challenge: This package has been on display for a long time. Therefore, I considered colors that would not easily fade and paper materials that would resist warping.
Research: In recent years, libraries have been in need of attractive designs. There are more than 1,000 Machi-libraries in Japan, and during the design process, user data was used to understand the needs of users. The time capsule serves not only as a visual design in space, but also as a communication design.
Inspiration: Time Capsule will be displayed like books in the library. Therefore, it was designed to express not only intelligence, but also a sense of fun. As a result, they create a kind of 'movement' in the space with their five-color range, while creating a calm and beautiful atmosphere, like a dictionary.
Project Duration: This project began in June 2022 and finished in June 2023 in Nishi-Tokyo City.
Operation Flow: The size and design of the boxes was determined by research into what items people keep carefully at home and what they would like to put in.
Image Credits: Photographer: Masahiro Tamura