TMD Journal Fungsi Utamo: Majalah by Tomohiro Kaji

Perak Cetak · 2026

TMD Journal Fungsi Utamo: Majalah

by Tomohiro Kaji

A' Design Award Perak 2026 in Cetak
CLIENT: Tomodachi Ltd.
Estimated Number of Design Views: 21,105
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About TMD Journal Fungsi Utamo: Majalah

Book Text: TMD Journal maniliti disain h-huruf indak sabagai gaya visual doh, tapi sabagai suatu sistem tasusun nan mangatur makna. Mananggapi pamakaian font digital nan lah maluweh sabagai aset di tingkek pamukoan, publikasi ko manatokan baliak tipografi sabagai suatu media untuak mambangun pikiran jo komunikasi. Satiok bab manyajian suatu sistem h-huruf asli malalui premis konseptualnyo, logika strukturalnyo, sarato konteks aplikasinyo, nan mampaliekan baa kaputusan tipografi baralih ka bantuak jo pamakaian. Jurnal ko manyadioan suatu karangko untuak mamahami h-huruf sabagai suatu komponen aktif dalam branding jo komunikasi.

About the A' Design Award Perak

TMD Journal Fungsi Utamo: Majalah adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. TMD Journal Fungsi Utamo: Majalah dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. TMD Journal Fungsi Utamo: Majalah adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

Press Kit

Unique Properties: TMD Journal positions typefaces as systems that organise meaning rather than visual styles. Each typeface is examined through its conceptual premise, structural logic and applied context within a unified publication.

By combining original type development with editorial analysis, the journal establishes a framework where typography is not presented as form, but understood as a system that shapes communication, identity and interpretation.
Dimensions & Packaging: 210 × 297 mm (A4)
52 pages
Tags: Typography, Editorial Design, Type Design, Print Publication, Typographic Research, Visual Communication, Branding System, Independent Publishing, Communication Design, Design Systems
Production Technology: The publication is constructed as a sequence of chapters, each dedicated to a distinct type system. The editorial structure follows a consistent progression from concept to structure to application.

This method translates abstract typographic ideas into a readable system, allowing relationships between design decisions and communication outcomes to become visible through use rather than explanation.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge was translating conceptual typographic research into a coherent editorial system. Typefaces informed by historical structures needed to function within a contemporary format while maintaining clarity and usability.

Balancing conceptual depth with readability required continuous iteration. Maintaining consistency across multiple type systems while preserving their individual logic was critical to achieving both coherence and distinction.
Research: Type of Research
Practice based research in typographic systems and communication design

Objective
To examine how typefaces construct meaning and function within branding and editorial contexts

Methodology
Comparative analysis of historical typography and experimental type development

Process and Tools
Archival references, typographic specimens and digital type design software

Outcome
A publication demonstrating how typographic structure influences communication

Impact
Provides a framework for integrating typography into branding systems
Inspiration: In the digital era, typefaces are increasingly consumed as visual surfaces detached from the ideas they were originally designed to express. Historically, typography functioned as a medium for structuring thought and communication.

This project begins with a question: can type operate again as a system that carries meaning rather than appearance. Drawing from typographic history and calligraphic traditions, TMD Journal reconsiders the role of type as an active structure within communication.
Project Duration: The typefaces were developed between March 2023 and September 2025. Editorial research and design were conducted in parallel.

The journal was completed and published in November 2025 in Kamakura, Japan.
Operation Flow: The journal is read sequentially through chapters, each focusing on a typeface. Readers move from conceptual explanation to structural breakdown and then to application examples.

This structure allows readers to actively understand how typographic decisions influence meaning, shifting the experience from passive viewing to analytical reading.
Image Credits: Images: Tomodachi Ltd