Time Capsule Ngwugwu by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ngwungwu Competition Category.

BronzNgwungwu· 2024

Time Capsule Ngwugwu

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ngwungwu Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Ngwugwu

Time Capsule bụ ngwugwu e chepụtara maka ọba akwụkwọ obodo dị na Nishi-Tokyo City. Time Capsule bụ ihe a na-agbazinye ndị ọrụ ọba akwụkwọ kwa afọ. Ihe onwunwe onwe na ihe ncheta ezinụlọ ka a na-edebe n'ime ya, ndị ọrụ na-ahọpụtakwa ụbọchị na oge a ga-emeghe ya. Ngwugwu ahụ dị ka akwụkwọ, nke mere na enwere ike ido ya n'elu ikpo ngwa dị elu nke ndị ọrụ na-enweghị ike iru aka, ebe a na-adịghị edebe akwụkwọ n'enwe nchekwa n'oge ala ọma jijiji. Agba ise na-eweta mmegharị na oghere ahụ ma na-echebe ọdịdị dị jụụ. Agba ndị na-adịghị apọfa na akwụkwọ ndị na-adịghị agbagọ na-adabara ngosi ogologo oge.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Time Capsule Ngwugwu meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Time Capsule Ngwugwu ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Time Capsule Ngwugwu na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

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