Time Capsule Ferpakking by Koichi Namimoto

Time Capsule Ferpakking by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Ferpakkingsûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsFerpakking· 2024

Time Capsule Ferpakking

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Ferpakking Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Ferpakking

Time Capsule is in ferpakking ûntworpen foar in mienskipsbibleteek yn Nishi-Tokyo City. Time Capsule wurdt jierliks útliend oan bibleteekbrûkers. Persoanlike skatten en famyljeoantinkens wurde deryn bewarre, en in datum en tiid fan iepenjen wurdt troch de brûker fêststeld. De ferpakking sjocht der út as in boek, sadat it útstald wurde kin op de hege planken dy't brûkers net berikke kinne en dêr't boeken by ierdbevings net feilich delset wurde kinne. Fiif kleuren bringe beweging yn de romte, wylst in kalme sfear behâlden bliuwt. Kleuren dy't ferbliken tsjingean en papier dat net kromtrekt, binne geskikt foar langduorjende útstalling.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

Time Capsule Ferpakking is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan Time Capsule Ferpakking wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. Time Capsule Ferpakking foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

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