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Day Code Кинески Алманах by Wan Fen Chen

Day Code Кинески Алманах by Wan Fen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Железна награда A' Design Award in Графички дизајн, илустрација и визуелна комуникација Competition Category.


ЖелезнаГрафика· 2022

Day Code Кинески Алманах

by Wan Fen Chen

Client: Maruko Design Studio

Железна награда A' Design Award Winner in Графика Category

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The Design

About Day Code Кинески Алманах

Во Тајван, календарите освен тоа што го кажуваат датумот, би можеле да ги кажат и богатите часови и кои хороскопски знаци треба да внимаваат во тој ден, според календарот. Вклучува работи кои би можеле да се постигнат непречено денес и кои луѓето треба да ги остават настрана за некое друго време. Кога го гледате календарот, Ван Фен Чен секогаш размислува: што ако Ван Фен Чен ги преточи информациите од календарот од печатени зборови на икони? Страницата би изгледала прекрасно и уникатно по транспонирањето и преуредувањето. Затоа, настана Ден Кодекс - Кинески алманах.

The Recognition

About the Железна награда A' Design Award

Day Code Кинески Алманах е добитник на Железната награда A' Design Award, престижно признание што се доделува на добри дизајни што ги исполнуваат професионалните и индустриските барања очекувани од добро дизајнирани творби. Железните добитници ја покажуваат големата вештина, високата специјализација, стручното разбирање и креативниот капацитет на нивните творци. Се очекува Day Code Кинески Алманах да биде високо ценета, восхитувана и сакана творба што е практична и иновативна. Овој дизајн со Железна награда ги интегрира најдобрите индустриски практики и има компетентни технички карактеристики поврзани со знаење и талент. Day Code Кинески Алманах е почитуван за својата темелност и е дизајниран да го подобри квалитетот на животот и да помогне светот да стане подобро место.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
On the calendar in Taiwan, in addition to providing information regarding the records of ancestors’ wisdom – lunar calendar. It also tells people to welcome good fortune and avoid bad omens every day. Nevertheless, the information is provided in verbal form. Day Code - Chinese Almanac presents signs transposed from words. It also filtered and deleted some suggestions for incompatibility in the regular lunar calendar and selected reminders suitable for modern people: marriage, business contract, opening a business, moving, etc. to remind them which items are suitable or unsuitable to be done today.
Dimensions & Packaging
w100 mm x d36 mm x h143 mm
Tags
Lunar calendar, calendar, graphic design, vintage, tiles with floral patterns
Production Technology
Risograph and Perfect Binding
Design Challenge
In the digital era and the modern times, few people use printed calendars. It may promote people’s intentions of using printed calendars by adding interesting and functions, such as: enlarging the note section, adding specially designed stickers for reminders, etc. to transform a regular calendar into a diary.
Research
Transpose words into simple and comprehensive graphics Using risograph technology, random derangement, uneven coloring, imperfect and unexpectable printing features adds a vintage feel. Traditional Taiwanese tiles with floral patterns and iron windows are used on the design to add Taiwanese style to the design. Now, the lunar calendar is commonly used by the Taiwanese in daily life. Therefore, in addition to dates of the solar calendar, the lunar calendar, corresponding to the wax and wane of the moon, are displayed completed.
Inspiration
Is today suitable for moving? In the 1960s to 1980s, on the walls of every family in Taiwan, calendars presented by xx companies or oo stores were hanging there. People tore off one page early in the morning to celebrate the coming of a new day. In addition to telling you the date, you could tell the fortune hours and which zodiac animals signs should be careful during that day, according to the calendar. It includes things that could be achieved smoothly today and which ones I should put aside for some other time. On this little piece of paper, many codes of daily life were hidden there.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2022 and finished in December 2022 in Taiwan
Operation Flow
No punch holes on the calendar. Pages are intact. The calendar is placed on a special rack to present a simple setting. On the note column and blanks, reminders of today can be written there. Using the corresponding reminder stickers, users can record things to do, time arrangement, thoughts, wish lists, etc. transforming a calendar into a diary.
Image Credits
Creator & Visuals: Wan Fen, Chen

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