Time Capsule Verpakking by Koichi Namimoto

Time Capsule Verpakking by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award in Brons in Verpakkingsontwerp Competition Category.

BronsVerpakking· 2024

Time Capsule Verpakking

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Verpakking Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Verpakking

Time Capsule is een verpakking ontworpen voor een gemeenschapsbibliotheek in de stad Nishi-Tokyo. Time Capsule wordt jaarlijks uitgeleend aan bibliotheekgebruikers. Persoonlijke schatten en familieaandenkens worden erin bewaard, en de gebruiker stelt zelf een datum en tijdstip in voor het openen ervan. De verpakking ziet eruit als een boek, waardoor deze kan worden geplaatst op de hoge planken die gebruikers niet kunnen bereiken en waar boeken tijdens aardbevingen niet veilig kunnen staan. Vijf kleuren brengen beweging in de ruimte terwijl ze een rustige sfeer behouden. Kleuren die bestand zijn tegen verbleking en papier dat bestand is tegen vervorming zijn geschikt voor langdurige uitstalling.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Time Capsule Verpakking is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Time Capsule Verpakking wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Time Capsule Verpakking bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

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