Anima Code Osebni pečat by Takuma Yamazaki

Anima Code Osebni pečat by Takuma Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronasta nagrada A' Design Award in Idejno in konceptualno oblikovanje Competition Category.

BronastaIdeja· 2021

Anima Code Osebni pečat

by Takuma Yamazaki

Client: Takuma Yamazaki

Bronasta nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Ideja Category

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The Design

About Anima Code Osebni pečat

Anima Code je osebni pečat z vgravirano QR kodo. Koda vsebuje dostopni ključ do osebe digitalnih podatkov na spletu. Mnogi ljudje beležijo svoje življenje na družbenih omrežjih, vendar ti arhivi po smrti pogosto postanejo nedostopni. Anima Code svojcem omogoča, da s skeniranjem vnaprej odtisnjenega pečata dostopijo do digitalnih arhivov pokojnika. Pečat je izdelan iz prozornega akrila, lasersko gravirán na natančne dimenzije, in meri 10 mm v kvadrat ter 62 mm v dolžino. Embalaža je izdelana iz lesa pavlovnije, materiala, ki se na Japonskem že dolgo uporablja za shranjevanje.

The Recognition

About the Bronasta nagrada A' Design Award

Anima Code Osebni pečat je prejemnik Bronaste nagrade A' Design Award, zelo prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje izjemnim oblikovanjem, ki se odlikujejo po ustvarjalnosti, iznajdljivosti in bistrosti. Prejemniki Bronaste nagrade so v celoti spretni in presenetljivo ustvarjalni artefakti, ki potrjujejo bogate izkušnje, domišljijo in zvitost svojih oblikovalcev. Od Anima Code Osebni pečat se pričakuje, da bo visoko cenjen, občudovan in ljubljen predmet, opazno profesionalen in inovativen. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Bronasto nagrado A' Design Award, vključuje najboljše prakse v umetnosti, znanosti, oblikovanju in tehnologiji ter je odlično po pozornosti do podrobnosti. Anima Code Osebni pečat sijajno zadovoljuje potrebe, se dotika želja, očara čustva in vzbuja radovednost.

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