Anima Code Henkilökohtainen sinettileima by Takuma Yamazaki

Anima Code Henkilökohtainen sinettileima by Takuma Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award in Ideamuotoilu Competition Category.

PronssiIdeat· 2021

Anima Code Henkilökohtainen sinettileima

by Takuma Yamazaki

Client: Takuma Yamazaki

Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Ideat Category

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The Design

About Anima Code Henkilökohtainen sinettileima

Anima Code on henkilökohtainen sinettileima, johon on kaiverrettu QR-koodi. Koodi sisältää pääsyavaimen henkilön verkossa olevaan digitaaliseen dataan. Monet ihmiset tallentavat elämäänsä sosiaalisessa mediassa, mutta nämä arkistot jäävät usein saavuttamattomiin kuoleman jälkeen. Anima Coden avulla omaiset voivat skannata etukäteen leimatun koodin ja päästä käsiksi vainajan digitaalisiin arkistoihin. Leima on valmistettu läpinäkyvästä akryylista, laserkaiverrettu tarkkoihin mittoihin, ja se on kooltaan 10 mm neliö ja 62 mm pitkä. Pakkaus on valmistettu paulownia-puusta, materiaalista, jota on käytetty Japanissa pitkään säilytystarkoituksiin.

The Recognition

About the Pronssipalkinto A' Design Award

Anima Code Henkilökohtainen sinettileima on Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, erittäin arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään erinomaisille designeille, joita luonnehtivat luovuus, nerokkuus ja oveluus. Pronssivoittajat ovat runsaan taitavia ja silmiinpistävän luovia taiteellisia tuotoksia, jotka todistavat suunnittelijoidensa laajaa kokemusta, mielikuvitusta ja kekseliäisyyttä. Anima Code Henkilökohtainen sinettileima:n odotetaan olevan korkeassa arvossa pidetty, ihailtu ja rakastettu esine, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja innovatiivinen. Tämä Pronssipalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign sisällyttää itseensä parhaita käytäntöjä taiteessa, tieteessä, designissa ja teknologiassa ja on erinomainen huomiollaan yksityiskohtiin. Anima Code Henkilökohtainen sinettileima tyydyttää upeasti tarpeita, koskettaa haluja, viehättää tunteita ja vetoaa uteliaisuuteen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Anima Code is a Hanko (Japanese personal seal) with an engraved QR code. The unique code contains a key to a person's online digital data, and after his or her death, the bereaved ones can reach the person's digital archives by scanning the code stamped beforehand. Through the physical interaction of stamping a seal, this project explores the secure yet intimate approach for inheritance in the digital era.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimensions of the stamp are 10mm square and 62mm long; the proportions complement the delicacy and precision of the QR code engraving. The packaging is made of paulownia wood, a material that is highly airtight and suitable for storage to maintain proper internal humidity. The box made of paulownia wood has been used in Japan since ancient times to store and preserve porcelain and art objects, and also means "inheritance".
Tags: Hanko, Seal, Digital, Inheritance, QR Code, Analogue, Social Media, Die, Graves, Tomb
Production Technology: This product adopts acrylic as a major material for its highly weather-resistant and processability. This transparent material is also a metaphor for the intangibility and ambiguity of digital data and its anti-ageing property. In cooperation with a technical manufacturer, it will be laser-engraved to cut out highly precise dimensions. The engraved surface will also be hydrophilic coated for sharp-edge printing so that a camera can read at 10mm square QR code.
Design Challenge: In terms of the attempt to bridge the present world to afterlife, this product exists between the real and unreal worlds. Because of its unique characteristic of the project, the biggest challenge was how I could design ambiguity without ruining the function as a stamp. For proceeding the project, deliberation and respect for various cultures and religions are also required, reconciling diverse views on life and death with the universality of the event of passing away.
Research: In addition to the digital data after one’s death, the shortage of land for cemeteries and their management has become a social issue in recent times. In a complex age that is technology-driven but still largely material, this project examines the end of life from both digital and analogue perspectives. Through the miniaturization of graves and the harmonization of data and physicality, this product is intended to be an alternative solution to these problems.
Inspiration: Since the rise and domination of social media, many of us continue to leave a trace of our life online with texts, photos and videos. While that uploaded media collective has the potential to projects a multifaceted view of an individual's life, however, once the contributor dies, such digital archives are forgotten and not accessible to even our loved ones. I found the possibility of a physical and emotional act of stamping as a solution to this ongoing social issue.
Project Duration: Began in Japan in 2019 and is underway for official launch in 2021.
Operation Flow: Users register their social media accounts with the product through a dedicated service before their death. A stamp is produced with an imprinted QR code that serves as an access key to those online services. People who are given the seal will be able to read it with a camera and access the archived data of the deceased.
Team Members: Takuma Yamazaki
Image Credits: Photo:Takuma Yamazaki
Design: Takuma Yamazaki