Anima Code Tlaixcopinaloni Tepersonaltl Sello by Takuma Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse in Tlanemiiliztli ihuan Tlanemiilizixiptlaliztli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.
BronseTlanemiiliztli· 2021
Anima Code Tlaixcopinaloni Tepersonaltl Sello
Client: Takuma Yamazaki
Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse Winner in Tlanemiiliztli Category
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About Anima Code Tlaixcopinaloni Tepersonaltl Sello
Anima Code se tlaixcopinaloni sello ihuan itech tlacuilolli QR code. In code quipia se tlaixmatiliztli tlanahuatilli itech se tlacatl itlanextiliz cualli itech tlahtolli-cencuahuitl (internet). Miec tlaca quihcuilohua inintlaliliz itech tlanextiliz nechicolli (social media), zan yeh in tlapiyalotl zan achi ocachi amo huelitiz momanahua zatepan miquiliztli. Anima Code quimanahuia in yolmiquic ihuan itech temachtilcalli ma quimatican se code achto tlaixcopintli ihuan ma ahciti itech tlahtolli-cencuahuitl in yolmiquic. In sello mochihua itech acrilico chipahuac, tlacuilolli ica laser ipan huel melahuac tlatamachihualiztli, ihuan quipia 10 mm cuadrado ihuan 62 mm ihueyica. In tlapachiuhcayotl mochihua itech quahuitl paulownia, se tlamantli huecauh tlein tequitilo itech Japon ipampa tlapiyaliztli.
The Recognition
About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse
Anima Code Tlaixcopinaloni Tepersonaltl Sello ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli tlachihualli in motenehua ipampa yancuic tlamantli, tlamatiliztli ihuan ixtlamatiliztli. In quicuicah Bronse ca tlachihualli in quipia toltecayotl ihuan quinextia in cenca miac nemiliztli ihuan tlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Anima Code Tlaixcopinaloni Tepersonaltl Sello ca tlazohtli tlamantli, mahuiztic ihuan cualli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Bronse quipia cualli toltecayotl ihuan quitta in tlen tepiton. Anima Code Tlaixcopinaloni Tepersonaltl Sello quipaquiltia in tlacah ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia in intlanequiliz.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Anima Code is a Hanko (Japanese personal seal) with an engraved QR code. The unique code contains a key to a person's online digital data, and after his or her death, the bereaved ones can reach the person's digital archives by scanning the code stamped beforehand. Through the physical interaction of stamping a seal, this project explores the secure yet intimate approach for inheritance in the digital era.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The dimensions of the stamp are 10mm square and 62mm long; the proportions complement the delicacy and precision of the QR code engraving. The packaging is made of paulownia wood, a material that is highly airtight and suitable for storage to maintain proper internal humidity. The box made of paulownia wood has been used in Japan since ancient times to store and preserve porcelain and art objects, and also means "inheritance".
- Tags
- Hanko, Seal, Digital, Inheritance, QR Code, Analogue, Social Media, Die, Graves, Tomb
- Production Technology
- This product adopts acrylic as a major material for its highly weather-resistant and processability. This transparent material is also a metaphor for the intangibility and ambiguity of digital data and its anti-ageing property. In cooperation with a technical manufacturer, it will be laser-engraved to cut out highly precise dimensions. The engraved surface will also be hydrophilic coated for sharp-edge printing so that a camera can read at 10mm square QR code.
- Design Challenge
- In terms of the attempt to bridge the present world to afterlife, this product exists between the real and unreal worlds. Because of its unique characteristic of the project, the biggest challenge was how I could design ambiguity without ruining the function as a stamp. For proceeding the project, deliberation and respect for various cultures and religions are also required, reconciling diverse views on life and death with the universality of the event of passing away.
- Research
- In addition to the digital data after one’s death, the shortage of land for cemeteries and their management has become a social issue in recent times. In a complex age that is technology-driven but still largely material, this project examines the end of life from both digital and analogue perspectives. Through the miniaturization of graves and the harmonization of data and physicality, this product is intended to be an alternative solution to these problems.
- Inspiration
- Since the rise and domination of social media, many of us continue to leave a trace of our life online with texts, photos and videos. While that uploaded media collective has the potential to projects a multifaceted view of an individual's life, however, once the contributor dies, such digital archives are forgotten and not accessible to even our loved ones. I found the possibility of a physical and emotional act of stamping as a solution to this ongoing social issue.
- Project Duration
- Began in Japan in 2019 and is underway for official launch in 2021.
- Operation Flow
- Users register their social media accounts with the product through a dedicated service before their death. A stamp is produced with an imprinted QR code that serves as an access key to those online services. People who are given the seal will be able to read it with a camera and access the archived data of the deceased.
- Team Members
- Takuma Yamazaki
- Image Credits
- Photo:Takuma Yamazaki
Design: Takuma Yamazaki
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