Time Capsule Puke Wahi by Koichi Namimoto

Time Capsule Puke Wahi by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā ʻUhi Competition Category.

KeleaweʻUhi· 2024

Time Capsule Puke Wahi

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in ʻUhi Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Puke Wahi

He puke wahi i hoʻolālāʻia no kekahi hale waihona puke kaiāulu ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Nishi-Tokyo. Hoʻohaʻawiʻia ka Puke Wahi i ka poʻe hoʻohana i ka hale waihona puke i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Mālamaʻia nā mea waiwai pilikino a me nā hoʻomanaʻo ʻohana i loko, a hoʻonohoʻia kekahi lā a me kekahi manawa e wehe ai e ka mea hoʻohana. Ke nānā ʻia, ua like ka puke wahi me kekahi puke maoli, no laila hiki ke hōʻikeʻia ma nā papa kiʻekiʻe i hiki ʻole ke kīkoʻo ʻia e nā mea hoʻohana a i kahi hiki ʻole ke waiho pono ʻia nā puke i ka wā olaʻi. ʻElima nā waihoʻoluʻu e hoʻopiha ai i ka lewa me ka neʻe akā e mālama pū ana i kahi ʻāina mālie. ʻO nā waihoʻoluʻu i kūpaʻa i ka mumulu ʻole a me ka pepa i kūpaʻa i ka kekeʻe ʻole, ua kūpono ia no ka hōʻike lōʻihi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Time Capsule Puke Wahi i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Time Capsule Puke Wahi he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Time Capsule Puke Wahi i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

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