Time Capsule 패키지 by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 동상 in 패키징 디자인 Competition Category.

동패키징· 2024

Time Capsule 패키지

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 패키징 Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule 패키지

타임캡슐은 니시토쿄시의 지역 도서관을 위해 디자인된 패키지이다. 타임캡슐은 도서관 이용자에게 1년 단위로 대여된다. 개인의 소중한 물건과 가족의 추억이 담긴 기념품을 안에 보관하고, 개봉할 날짜와 시간은 이용자가 직접 정한다. 패키지는 책과 같은 형태를 지니고 있어, 이용자의 손이 닿지 않고 지진 시 책을 안전하게 놓아둘 수 없는 높은 선반에도 진열할 수 있다. 다섯 가지 색상은 차분한 분위기를 유지하면서도 공간에 움직임을 부여한다. 변색에 강한 색상과 뒤틀림에 강한 종이는 장기간 전시에 적합하다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Time Capsule 패키지, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Time Capsule 패키지, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Time Capsule 패키지, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

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