Day Code Sineeske Almanak by Wan Fen Chen

Day Code Sineeske Almanak by Wan Fen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award yn Izer in Grafyk, Yllustraasje en Fisuele Kommunikaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

IzerGrafysk· 2022

Day Code Sineeske Almanak

by Wan Fen Chen

Client: Maruko Design Studio

A' Design Award yn Izer Winner in Grafysk Category

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The Design

About Day Code Sineeske Almanak

Yn Taiwan, kalinders is neist it fertellen fan de datum, se koenen fertelle de fortún oeren en hokker zodiac bisten tekens moatte wêze foarsichtich yn dy dei, neffens de kalinder. It befettet dingen dy't hjoed soepel kinne wurde berikt en hokker minsken foar in oare tiid oan 'e kant moatte sette. As jo nei de kalinder sjogge, tinkt Wan Fen Chen altyd: wat as Wan Fen Chen de ynformaasje op 'e kalinder transponearre fan printe wurden nei ikoanen? De side soe prachtich en unyk útsjen nei transposysje en werynrjochting. Dêrom kaam de Day Code - Sineeske Almanak yn wêzen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Izer

Day Code Sineeske Almanak is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Izer, in prestisjeuze erkenning foar goede ûntwerpen dy't foldogge oan de profesjonele en yndustriële easken dy't ferwachte wurde fan goed ûntwurpen skeppings. Izerwinners litte grutte feardigens, hege spesjalisaasje, deskundich begryp en kreatyf fermogen fan har makkers sjen. Fan Day Code Sineeske Almanak wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierbere skepping is dy't praktysk en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Izer yntegrearret de bêste praktiken fan de sektor en hat feardige technyske skaaimerken ferbûn mei kennis en talint. Day Code Sineeske Almanak wurdt respektearre foar syn yngeandens en is ûntwurpen om ferbetteringen fan de kwaliteit fan it libben te leverjen dy't helpe de wrâld ta in bettere plak te meitsjen.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: On the calendar in Taiwan, in addition to providing information regarding the records of ancestors’ wisdom – lunar calendar. It also tells people to welcome good fortune and avoid bad omens every day. Nevertheless, the information is provided in verbal form. Day Code - Chinese Almanac presents signs transposed from words. It also filtered and deleted some suggestions for incompatibility in the regular lunar calendar and selected reminders suitable for modern people: marriage, business contract, opening a business, moving, etc. to remind them which items are suitable or unsuitable to be done today.
Dimensions & Packaging: w100 mm x d36 mm x h143 mm
Tags: Lunar calendar, calendar, graphic design, vintage, tiles with floral patterns
Production Technology: Risograph and Perfect Binding
Design Challenge: In the digital era and the modern times, few people use printed calendars. It may promote people’s intentions of using printed calendars by adding interesting and functions, such as: enlarging the note section, adding specially designed stickers for reminders, etc. to transform a regular calendar into a diary.
Research: Transpose words into simple and comprehensive graphics Using risograph technology, random derangement, uneven coloring, imperfect and unexpectable printing features adds a vintage feel. Traditional Taiwanese tiles with floral patterns and iron windows are used on the design to add Taiwanese style to the design. Now, the lunar calendar is commonly used by the Taiwanese in daily life. Therefore, in addition to dates of the solar calendar, the lunar calendar, corresponding to the wax and wane of the moon, are displayed completed.
Inspiration: Is today suitable for moving? In the 1960s to 1980s, on the walls of every family in Taiwan, calendars presented by xx companies or oo stores were hanging there. People tore off one page early in the morning to celebrate the coming of a new day. In addition to telling you the date, you could tell the fortune hours and which zodiac animals signs should be careful during that day, according to the calendar. It includes things that could be achieved smoothly today and which ones I should put aside for some other time. On this little piece of paper, many codes of daily life were hidden there.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2022 and finished in December 2022 in Taiwan
Operation Flow: No punch holes on the calendar. Pages are intact. The calendar is placed on a special rack to present a simple setting. On the note column and blanks, reminders of today can be written there. Using the corresponding reminder stickers, users can record things to do, time arrangement, thoughts, wish lists, etc. transforming a calendar into a diary.
Image Credits: Creator & Visuals: Wan Fen, Chen