Time Capsule Paketea by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award in Ontziketa Diseinua Competition Category.

BrontzeOntziketa· 2024

Time Capsule Paketea

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Ontziketa Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Paketea

Time Capsule Nishi-Tokyo hiriko liburutegi komunitario baterako diseinatutako paketea da. Time Capsule urtero mailegatzen zaie liburutegiko erabiltzaileei. Barruan altxor pertsonalak eta familiaren oroigarriak gordetzen dira, eta erabiltzaileak berak ezartzen du irekitzeko data eta ordua. Paketeak liburu itxura du, beraz, erabiltzaileek iritsi ezin dituzten apalategi altuetan erakuts daiteke, non lurrikaren batean liburuak modu seguruan jarri ezin diren. Bost koloreek mugimendua ekartzen diote espazioari, giro lasaia mantenduz. Koloreek argiari aurre egiten diote eta paperak ez du okertzeko joerarik, eta horrek erakusketa luzeetarako egokia bihurtzen du.

The Recognition

About the Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award

Time Capsule Paketea Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, sormenak, asmamenak eta zorroztasunak bereizten dituzten diseinu bikainei ematen zaien aitorpen oso prestijiotsua. Brontze-mailako irabazleak trebetasunez beteriko eta nabarmenki sortzaileak diren artefaktuak dira, beren diseinatzaileen esperientzia zabala, irudimena eta ekimena egiaztatzen dutenak. Time Capsule Paketea oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den objektua izatea espero da, nabarmenki profesionala eta berritzailea dena. Brontzezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren praktika onenak biltzen ditu eta xehetasunei ematen dien arretagatik bikaina da. Time Capsule Paketea beharrak bikain asetzen dituen, desirak ukitzen dituen, sentimenduak xarmatzen dituen eta jakin-mina erakartzen duen lana da.

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