Mood Tree 卓上メモホルダーは by Sameh Ibrahim Emam

Mood Tree 卓上メモホルダーは by Sameh Ibrahim Emam is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 画材・文房具デザイン Competition Category.

鉄画材· 2023

Mood Tree 卓上メモホルダーは

by Sameh Ibrahim Emam

Client: Kokuyo

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 画材 Category

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The Design

About Mood Tree 卓上メモホルダーは

木の上に一枚の紙を貼って、毎日の気分を表現するところを想像してみてください。ムードツリーは、異なるメモデザインを備えたユニークなメモホルダーです。すべての紙には 2 つの異なる色があり、上部のバラは幸福を表し、下部の黄色は悲しみを表しています。メモはいつでも使えて、捨てるときは今の気分を表したフェイスに貼り付けられます。または、古い紙を裏返して、現在の気分を表現することもできます。 1名様から7名様までご利用いただけます。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Mood Tree 卓上メモホルダーはは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Mood Tree 卓上メモホルダーはは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Mood Tree 卓上メモホルダーはは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Imagine expressing your daily moods with a simple piece of paper on a tree! Mood tree is a unique memo holder with a different memo design (every paper has 2 different colors "Rose at the top representing happiness, and yellow at the bottom representing sadness"). You can use the memos whenever you like and when you dispose of them, you will put them on the face that represents your mood now. Or you can flip an old paper to express your current mood. It can serve from one person up to seven.
Dimensions & Packaging: Material: WoodPLAy Wood Fill PLA 3D Printed filament
Length: 21.87 cm
Width: 4.36 cm
Height: 11.89 cm
Memos: 40 memo
Tags: Mood, Tree, Bonsai, Emotion, Social issues, Memo, Desktop, Memo Holder
Production Technology: As the memo holder represents a tree (Bonsai tree) it was made by 3D printer Technology with the shape of it as 2 halves (vertically) the filament used to print it was WoodPLAy Wood Fill PLA that looks, smells and feels like wood. Gravimetrically filled with up to 40% ground wood particles, it is also Biodegradable.
The memo pad and the lower stand were also printed with the same specifications and the same material.
Memos on other hand was made as 2 sides color memo
Design Challenge: The main challenge in this project was how to make this mood shower tool be seen as a normal and beautiful object to be placed on the desktop and also to match the Japanese culture.
Research: This project is part of a more significant project about engaging Gamification with product design to produce products that can help solve big problems like global warming, scarcity of resources, and many Social issues.
Inspiration: Displaying intense emotion is usually avoided in Japanese communication. This is especially the case in formal situations such as in the workplace or school, which may make this environment very stressful and out of balance. In Japanese traditions, the Bonsai tree symbolizesharmony, peace, order of thoughts, and balance. Mood Tree is simply an elegant way of communicating your feelings and emotions to others in order to restore this balance between your inside thoughts and outside reaction
Project Duration: The project started on July 2022 in Japan. The target of the project was to design desktop products and sets that can solve social issues and make people embrace their changes and differences. Then the project was finished as a concept ready for realization on September 2022, then it was 3D printed and tested between October and December 2022.
Operation Flow: As you can see right away it looks like a Bonsai tree, with some leaves on it, so you find yourself thinking about Japanese culture, a calm and peaceful environment. Take your memo and write down whatever you want, and then peacefully hang your memo on the face that represents your current mood. And that's it! You can now see other people who observe your current upright color changing their behavior to match your mood. It a such an easy and very efficient way to calm yourself down and also to communicate your mood without saying or making any social contact. Inside a small product on your desk.