Arch-able Ituaiga Tusitusiga by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Arch-able Ituaiga Tusitusiga by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Ata Fa'atusa Competition Category.

ApamemeaAta Fa'atusa· 2020

Arch-able Ituaiga Tusitusiga

by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Client: Arch-Able

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Ata Fa'atusa Category

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The Design

About Arch-able Ituaiga Tusitusiga

Book Text: O le Arch-able o se ituaiga tusitusiga fa'ata'ita'iga (stencil) na fuafuaina mo le gaosiga fa'akomepiuta. E lagolagoina e le tusitusiga le fa'avae Arch-able, lea e teuina ma tufatufaina atu ai fa'amaumauga fa'akomepiuta o mamanu a tusiata fausaga (architects). O le seti o mataitusi e aofia ai mataitusi e 26, numera e 10, ma faailoga e 26. O pito uma ua fa'alaupepeina, ina ia mafai e pī vili, tipi lasa (laser cutters) ma isi meafaigaluega ona ō atu ma mulimuli i pito uma. O le tele o ituaiga tusitusiga fa'ata'ita'iga e iai pito e fa'atulaga tu'usa'o (right angle) e le mafai ona vaneina. O le Arch-able e aveesea lea tapula'a ma fesoasoani i i latou e fai muamua e gaosia mataitusi fa'atolu-vaega (three-dimensional) e fa'aaoga ai meafaigaluega masani.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Arch-able Ituaiga Tusitusiga, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Arch-able Ituaiga Tusitusiga e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Arch-able Ituaiga Tusitusiga e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

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.