Day Code Kitajski Almanah by Wan Fen Chen

Day Code Kitajski Almanah by Wan Fen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Železna nagrada A' Design Award in Grafično oblikovanje, ilustracija in vizualna komunikacija Competition Category.

ŽeleznaGrafika· 2022

Day Code Kitajski Almanah

by Wan Fen Chen

Client: Maruko Design Studio

Železna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Day Code Kitajski Almanah

Na Tajvanu koledarji poleg tega, da povedo datum, lahko povedo ure sreče in katera zodiakalna živalska znamenja morajo biti v skladu s koledarjem previdna tisti dan. Vključuje stvari, ki bi jih lahko brez težav dosegli danes in bi jih ljudje morali odložiti za kdaj drugič. Ko pogleda koledar, Wan Fen Chen vedno pomisli: kaj če bi Wan Fen Chen prenesel informacije na koledarju iz tiskanih besed v ikone? Stran bi bila po prenosu in preureditvi videti čudovita in edinstvena. Zato je nastal Day Code – kitajski almanah.

The Recognition

About the Železna nagrada A' Design Award

Day Code Kitajski Almanah je prejemnik Železne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje dobrim oblikovanjem, ki izpolnjujejo profesionalne in industrijske zahteve, pričakovane od dobro zasnovanih stvaritev. Prejemniki Železne nagrade kažejo veliko spretnost, visoko specializacijo, strokovno razumevanje in ustvarjalne zmožnosti svojih ustvarjalcev. Od Day Code Kitajski Almanah se pričakuje, da bo visoko cenjena, občudovana in ljubljena stvaritev, ki je praktična in inovativna. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Železno nagrado A' Design Award, vključuje najboljše prakse panoge in ima kompetentne tehnične lastnosti, povezane s strokovnim znanjem in talentom. Zaradi svoje temeljitosti si Day Code Kitajski Almanah zasluži spoštovanje in je zasnovan tako, da zagotavlja izboljšave kakovosti življenja, ki pomagajo narediti svet boljši kraj.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: On the calendar in Taiwan, in addition to providing information regarding the records of ancestors’ wisdom – lunar calendar. It also tells people to welcome good fortune and avoid bad omens every day. Nevertheless, the information is provided in verbal form. Day Code - Chinese Almanac presents signs transposed from words. It also filtered and deleted some suggestions for incompatibility in the regular lunar calendar and selected reminders suitable for modern people: marriage, business contract, opening a business, moving, etc. to remind them which items are suitable or unsuitable to be done today.
Dimensions & Packaging: w100 mm x d36 mm x h143 mm
Tags: Lunar calendar, calendar, graphic design, vintage, tiles with floral patterns
Production Technology: Risograph and Perfect Binding
Design Challenge: In the digital era and the modern times, few people use printed calendars. It may promote people’s intentions of using printed calendars by adding interesting and functions, such as: enlarging the note section, adding specially designed stickers for reminders, etc. to transform a regular calendar into a diary.
Research: Transpose words into simple and comprehensive graphics Using risograph technology, random derangement, uneven coloring, imperfect and unexpectable printing features adds a vintage feel. Traditional Taiwanese tiles with floral patterns and iron windows are used on the design to add Taiwanese style to the design. Now, the lunar calendar is commonly used by the Taiwanese in daily life. Therefore, in addition to dates of the solar calendar, the lunar calendar, corresponding to the wax and wane of the moon, are displayed completed.
Inspiration: Is today suitable for moving? In the 1960s to 1980s, on the walls of every family in Taiwan, calendars presented by xx companies or oo stores were hanging there. People tore off one page early in the morning to celebrate the coming of a new day. In addition to telling you the date, you could tell the fortune hours and which zodiac animals signs should be careful during that day, according to the calendar. It includes things that could be achieved smoothly today and which ones I should put aside for some other time. On this little piece of paper, many codes of daily life were hidden there.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2022 and finished in December 2022 in Taiwan
Operation Flow: No punch holes on the calendar. Pages are intact. The calendar is placed on a special rack to present a simple setting. On the note column and blanks, reminders of today can be written there. Using the corresponding reminder stickers, users can record things to do, time arrangement, thoughts, wish lists, etc. transforming a calendar into a diary.
Image Credits: Creator & Visuals: Wan Fen, Chen