Arch-able Шрифт by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Бронзовая премия A' Design Award in Дизайн графики, иллюстрации и визуальных коммуникаций Competition Category.
БронзоваяГрафика· 2020
Arch-able Шрифт
by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi
Client: Arch-Able
Бронзовая премия A' Design Award Winner in Графика Category
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About Arch-able Шрифт
Arch-able — это трафаретный шрифт, разработанный для цифрового изготовления. Шрифт поддерживает платформу Arch-able, которая архивирует и распространяет цифровые данные проектов архитекторов. Набор символов включает 26 букв, 10 цифр и 26 символов. Все углы закруглены, чтобы сверла, лазерные резаки и другие инструменты могли достигать каждого угла и следовать по нему. Многие трафаретные шрифты имеют прямые углы, которые невозможно вырезать. Arch-able снимает это ограничение и помогает начинающим создавать трёхмерные надписи с помощью обычных инструментов.
The Recognition
About the Бронзовая премия A' Design Award
Arch-able Шрифт — лауреат Бронзовой премии A' Design Award, весьма престижного признания, присуждаемого выдающимся проектам, отличающимся творческим подходом, изобретательностью и сообразительностью. Обладатели Бронзовой премии — это в полной мере искусные и поразительно творческие произведения, свидетельствующие об огромном опыте, воображении и находчивости их авторов. Ожидается, что Arch-able Шрифт станет высокоценимым, вызывающим восхищение и дорогим сердцу объектом, заметно профессиональным и инновационным. Этот проект, получивший Бронзовую премию A' Design Award, воплощает лучшие практики в искусстве, науке, дизайне и технологиях и превосходен вниманием к деталям. Arch-able Шрифт прекрасно удовлетворяет потребности, затрагивает желания, очаровывает чувства и пробуждает любопытство.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- ARCH-ABLE is a platform to archive and distribute digital data of architects’ designs. Anyone can download and reproduce architects’ designs as long as they are following the creative commons license.
This typeface is digital fabrication friendly because it has stencil style shapes and all corners are rounded for all drill bits, laser cutter, and other tools.
It makes all users comfortable to reproduce their products easier. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 26 letters, 10 numbers, and 26 symbols
- Tags
- Typeface, Typography, DigitalFabrication, GeometricDesign, Simple, Idea,GraphicDesign, Future, Friendly, Japan
- Production Technology
- People had a problem about making 3D typography because it must have stencil style. And some stencil typefaces couldn’t engrave all corners even inside or outside because they have right angle corners.
So ARCH-ABLE typeface solved all issues for making 3D typography because it has stencil style shapes and all corners are rounded especially for all drill bits. - Design Challenge
- This typeface structure has very strict rules. It was really hard to make all the characters. It should be all rounded, 45 degrees, geometric, 4x6, stencil style, and stylish. So we have to make it conceptual but keep it beautiful typeface as well. It was a very important thing.
- Research
- One day I had a chat with one of my friend who is an architect in Japan. He told me that Almost times I couldn’t engrave the corners of typefaces because they have right angle corners. That was the starting point.
We started to search so many stencil style typefaces all over the world through internet. Then we figured out we have to make all rounded corners typeface for all digital fabrication creators. - Inspiration
- Nowadays Digital fabrication DIY culture is a boom in Japan. Almost users can use digital fabrication tools but they can’t make original stencil typeface for it. This typeface is digital fabrication friendly and beginner-friendly as well.
- Project Duration
- This project term was from November 2018 to January 2020 in Tokyo, JAPAN.
- Operation Flow
- People had a problem about making 3D typography because it must have stencil style. And some stencil typefaces couldn’t engrave all corners even inside or outside because they have right angle corners.
So this typeface is digital fabrication friendly because it has stencil style shapes and all corners are rounded for all drill bits, laser cutter and other tools. It means all drill bit can reach and fit all rounded corners.
It makes all users comfortable to make their products easier. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to BANANA inc., 2020
- Team Members
- Art Director: Miki Takafumi
Designer: Miki Takafumi
Designer: Tomoki Mitsuhashi - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, ARCH-ABLE, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, ARCH-ABLE, 2020.
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