Love Letters Mìosachan le Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Tha Love Letters Mìosachan le Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou na bhuannaiche air leth urramach anns an fharpais chliùitich 2026 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award ann an Roinn Farpais Dealbhadh Sòisealta.

IarannSòisealta· 2026

Love Letters Mìosachan

le Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Neach-ceannach: Yezi Designs

Buannaiche Duais Iarainn A' Design Award ann an Roinn Sòisealta

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An Dealbhadh

Mu dheidhinn Love Letters Mìosachan

'S e mìosachan a th' ann an Love Letters a chaidh a dhealbhadh gus beatha làitheil a cheangal ri mothachadh air bith-iomadachd. Tha gach tè de na dà chairt dheug a' giùlan litir bho ghnè a tha ann an cunnart, a' toirt cuireadh do bheachdachadh, do gheallaidhean pearsanta agus do chomharrachadh cinn-latha chudromach. Tha gach cairt a' pasgadh gu structar a sheasas leis fhèin gun cheangal, agus faodar a cur an dèidh sin na cèis phàipeir airson a postadh no a thasgadh. Tha an seata air a chlò-bhualadh le offset air pàipear neo-chòmhdaichte le teisteanas FSC agus air a chumail ann am bogsa pàipeir ann an stoidhle drathair a ghabhas ath-chleachdadh mar chuimhneachan no mar nì teagaisg.

An Aithneachadh

Mu dheidhinn Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Tha Love Letters Mìosachan air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Love Letters Mìosachan na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air Love Letters Mìosachan airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.

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Creideasan, buill sgioba agus fiosrachadh teicnigeach a chuir an dealbhaiche ri chèile.

Feartan Sònraichte: This project reimagines the calendar as a tool for emotional storytelling and environmental action. Each month features a letter from an endangered species, inviting reflection, personal pledges, and meaningful dates. The foldable card becomes both calendar and time capsule, using ritual, empathy, and biodegradable materials to turn awareness into active care, a purpose led experience connecting biodiversity loss to daily life.
Tomhasan & Pacadh: The finished product measures 110 mm × 230 mm × 40 mm. The calendar set includes 12 illustrated calendar cards, 12 paper envelopes, and a calendar storage box. The cards are designed to be folded into a self standing three dimensional structure without additional binding. After use, each card can be placed into its corresponding envelope for mailing or archiving. The complete set is housed in a paper based calendar box suitable for storage and distribution.
Tagaichean: Emotional calendar, Eco conscious design, Endangered animals, Interactive daily ritual, Foldable cards, User engagement, Mailable cards, Educational gift, Modular structure
Teicneòlas Cinneasachaidh: The calendar is produced using FSC certified uncoated paper with high opacity to enhance durability and color accuracy. Offset printing is applied for production, combined with spot color control to ensure consistent tones across animal illustrations in different batches. Multiple rounds of prototyping and user testing were conducted to optimize the calendar’s size, thickness, and interaction details for daily use.
Dùbhlan Dealbhaidh: The main challenge was integrating a daily use object with abstract concepts to encourage genuine user engagement. This required designing a full interaction flow, from using the calendar, writing messages, to mailing actions, and adding playful, foldable features to the calendar cards. Constraints included production feasibility, material limits, and balancing usability with emotional and eco conscious objectives.
Rannsachadh: Type of research: iterative design and user centered study. Objectives: to create an engaging, emotionally meaningful calendar. Methodology: multiple prototyping rounds and user testing. Tools: physical prototypes and feedback sessions. Participants: 15 users evaluated interaction and usability. Results: optimized foldable structure, size, and display clarity. Insights: users valued emotional engagement and eco consciousness. Impact: informs sustainable, interactive product design for daily life.
Brosnachadh: This project makes biodiversity loss personal and actionable by breaking it into monthly rituals, reflection, pledges, date marking, and small acts of care. Drawer style box and red envelopes create a sense of reveal, while foldable calendar cards combine animal storytelling with practical use. Guided prompts turn awareness into everyday action, embedding ecological urgency into time based rituals.
Faid a' Phròiseict: The project started in March 2025 in Georgia and Michigan, USA, and completed prototype testing and design refinements by September 2025. Since then, it has been in ongoing serial production, ensuring quality, consistency, and readiness for distribution.
Sruth Obrachaidh: Most calendars function as tools, this one is designed as a relationship. The project bridges personal ritual and planetary care through a system that encourages reflection, action, and emotional continuity. Love Letters transforms a calendar into a twelve month exchange between users and endangered animals, packaging empathy and awareness through monthly interaction. The drawer style outer box symbolizes preservation and is designed for second life use as a keepsake or educational object.
Peutantan: Copyrights belong to Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou, 2026
Buill na Sgioba: Yefan Liu
Zilan Zhou
Jiayi Chen
Kangwen Shi
Creideasan Dhealbhan: #Main Image: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 1: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 2: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 3: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 4: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.