Time Capsule Tepitzintli by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse in Tlaquimilolli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.
BronseTlaquimilolli· 2024
Time Capsule Tepitzintli
Client: Lang Design
Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse Winner in Tlaquimilolli Category
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About Time Capsule Tepitzintli
Time Capsule ce tepitzintli tlachihchiuhtli īpampa cē āmoxcalli cehcēyōtl ītech Nishi-Tokyo Āltepētl. Time Capsule mocuiliā in tequitcāhuān āmoxcalli cē xihuitl īpan cē xihuitl. Īnepan mopiya in netlazohtiliztli īxquich huān ilnamiquiliztli chāntli, huān cē tōnalli īhuān cāhuitl īpampa tlapōhualiztli mochīhua īca tequitqui. In tepitzintli mottaz iuhquin āmoxtli, ic huel motēca īpan in cuauhtlapechtli huēyacāyōtl in tequitcāhuān ahmo huel āhcih, huān in ahmo huel motēcah āmoxtin ipan tlālollīnaliztli īca yeccan. Māctlactli chicuacen tlapālli quihuālcuiliā ōlīniliztli īpan in tlālli īnīc mopiya cē yamānqui yohualli. Tlapālli in ahmo pati huān āmatl in ahmo cuecuetzoca cualli monequi īpampa huehcāuh nēztiliztli.
The Recognition
About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Bronse
Time Capsule Tepitzintli 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 Time Capsule Tepitzintli ca tlazohtli tlamantli, mahuiztic ihuan cualli. Ni dizayno in quicuic Bronse quipia cualli toltecayotl ihuan quitta in tlen tepiton. Time Capsule Tepitzintli 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
- 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
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