Time Capsule Emballasje by Koichi Namimoto

Time Capsule Emballasje by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award i Bronse in Emballasjedesign Competition Category.

BronseEmballasje· 2024

Time Capsule Emballasje

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

A' Design Award i Bronse Winner in Emballasje Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Emballasje

Tidskapsel er en emballasje designet for et lokalt bibliotek i Nishi-Tokyo City. Tidskapselen lånes ut til bibliotekbrukere på årsbasis. Personlige skatter og familieminner oppbevares inni, og brukeren fastsetter en dato og et klokkeslett for åpning. Emballasjen ser ut som en bok, slik at den kan plasseres på høye hyller som brukerne ikke kan nå, og hvor bøker ikke kan settes trygt under jordskjelv. Fem farger gir bevegelse til rommet samtidig som en rolig atmosfære bevares. Farger som er motstandsdyktige mot falming og papir som er motstandsdyktig mot krumming, er godt egnet for langvarig utstilling.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Bronse

Time Capsule Emballasje er vinner av A' Design Award i Bronse, en høyt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles enestående design som utmerker seg ved kreativitet, oppfinnsomhet og skarpsindighet. Bronsevinnere er rikt dyktige og påfallende kreative gjenstander som bekrefter designernes store erfaring, fantasi og ressurssterkhet. Time Capsule Emballasje forventes å være en høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt gjenstand som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonell og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Bronse, rommer beste praksis innen kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi og utmerker seg ved sin omtanke for detaljer. Time Capsule Emballasje tilfredsstiller behov på en strålende måte, berører ønsker, sjarmerer følelser og vekker nysgjerrighet.

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