Day Code Almanac Sínis by Wan Fen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dearadh Grafach Competition Category.

IarannGrafaic· 2022

Day Code Almanac Sínis

by Wan Fen Chen

Client: Maruko Design Studio

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Grafaic Category

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The Design

About Day Code Almanac Sínis

I Taiwan, tá féilirí sa bhreis ar an dáta a insint, d'fhéadfadh siad a insint na huaireanta fhortún agus ba chóir a bheith cúramach le comharthaí ainmhithe stoidiaca i rith an lae sin, de réir an fhéilire. Áiríonn sé rudaí a d’fhéadfaí a bhaint amach go réidh inniu agus na cinn ba cheart do dhaoine a chur ar leataobh ar feadh tamaill eile. Nuair a fhéachann tú ar an bhféilire, smaoiníonn WAN Eanach Chen i gcónaí: cad a tharlaíonn má d'aistrigh Wan Fen Chen an fhaisnéis ar an bhféilire ó fhocail chlóite go deilbhíní? Bheadh cuma iontach agus uathúil ar an leathanach tar éis trasuímh agus athshocrú. Mar sin, tháinig an Cód Lá - Almanac Síneach ar an saol.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Day Code Almanac Sínis Duais Iarainn A' Design Award, aitheantas gradamach a bhronntar ar dhea-dhearaí a chomhlíonann na riachtanais ghairmiúla agus thionsclaíocha a bhíonn á n-éileamh ó chruthuithe a ndearnadh go maith iad. Léiríonn buaiteoirí Iarainn scil mhór, speisialtóireacht ard, tuiscint saineolaí agus cumas cruthaitheach a gcruthaitheoirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Day Code Almanac Sínis ina chruthú a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear atá praiticiúil agus nuálach. Comhtháthaíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Iarainn A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr sa tionscal agus tá saintréithe teicniúla inniúla aige nasctha le heolas agus le tallann. Tá meas ar an dearadh Day Code Almanac Sínis as a dhúthracht agus dearadh é chun feabhsuithe cáilíochta beatha a sholáthar a chabhraíonn leis an domhan a dhéanamh ina áit níos fearr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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