Love Letters Karendari naYefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Dhizaini Love Letters Karendari naYefan Liu and Zilan Zhou ndiye mukundi anokudzwa zvikuru wemubairo unoremekedza we2026 Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award muChikwata cheKukwikwidza cheDhizaini yeZveVanhu.

SimbiZveVanhu· 2026

Love Letters Karendari

na Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou

Mutengi: Yezi Designs

Mukundi weMubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award muChikwata cheZveVanhu

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Love Letters ikarendari yakagadzirirwa kubatanidza hupenyu hwemazuva ese neruzivo rwezvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana. Rimwe nerimwe remakadhi gumi nemaviri rinotakura tsamba inobva kumhando yezvipenyu iri munjodzi yekutsakatika, ichikoka kufungisisa, zvitsidzo zvemunhu pachake uye kunyorwa kwemazuva anokosha. Kadhi rimwe nerimwe rinopetwa kuita chimiro chinozvimirira chega pasina kusungwa, uye rinogona kuzoiswa muhamvuropu yaro yepepa kuti ritumirwe netsamba kana kuchengetwa. Seti iyi yakadhindwa ne-offset papepa risina kutsvedzerera rine chitupa cheFSC uye yakachengetwa mubhokisi repepa remhando yedhirowa rinogona kushandiswazve sechinhu chekuchengeta kana chekudzidzisa nacho.

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Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Love Letters Karendari, rukudzo runokudzwa runopiwa kumadhizaini akanaka anozadzisa zvinodiwa zvehunyanzvi neyeindasitiri zvinotarisirwa kuzvigadzirwa zvakagadzirwa zvakanaka. Vakunda veSimbi vanoratidza unyanzvi hukuru, hunyanzvi hwakakwirira, kunzwisisa kwevakachenjera uye kugona kwekugadzira kwevagadziri vavo. Love Letters Karendari inotarisirwa kuva chigadzirwa chinokudzwa zvakanyanya, chinoremekedzwa uye chinodiwa, chinoshanda uye chine zvitsva. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award inosanganisa maitiro akanakisa eindasitiri uye ine hunhu hwetekinoroji hwakakwana hwakabatana neruzivo nehunyanzvi. Nekushanda kwayo zvakanaka, Love Letters Karendari inoremekedzwa uye yakagadzirirwa kupa kuvandudzwa kwehupenyu kunobatsira kuita kuti nyika ive nzvimbo iri nani.

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Hunhu Hwakasiyana: This project reimagines the calendar as a tool for emotional storytelling and environmental action. Each month features a letter from an endangered species, inviting reflection, personal pledges, and meaningful dates. The foldable card becomes both calendar and time capsule, using ritual, empathy, and biodegradable materials to turn awareness into active care, a purpose led experience connecting biodiversity loss to daily life.
Kukura & Kupakiwa: The finished product measures 110 mm × 230 mm × 40 mm. The calendar set includes 12 illustrated calendar cards, 12 paper envelopes, and a calendar storage box. The cards are designed to be folded into a self standing three dimensional structure without additional binding. After use, each card can be placed into its corresponding envelope for mailing or archiving. The complete set is housed in a paper based calendar box suitable for storage and distribution.
Matagi: Emotional calendar, Eco conscious design, Endangered animals, Interactive daily ritual, Foldable cards, User engagement, Mailable cards, Educational gift, Modular structure
Tekinoroji Yekugadzira: The calendar is produced using FSC certified uncoated paper with high opacity to enhance durability and color accuracy. Offset printing is applied for production, combined with spot color control to ensure consistent tones across animal illustrations in different batches. Multiple rounds of prototyping and user testing were conducted to optimize the calendar’s size, thickness, and interaction details for daily use.
Changamire yeDhizaini: The main challenge was integrating a daily use object with abstract concepts to encourage genuine user engagement. This required designing a full interaction flow, from using the calendar, writing messages, to mailing actions, and adding playful, foldable features to the calendar cards. Constraints included production feasibility, material limits, and balancing usability with emotional and eco conscious objectives.
Tsvakurudzo: Type of research: iterative design and user centered study. Objectives: to create an engaging, emotionally meaningful calendar. Methodology: multiple prototyping rounds and user testing. Tools: physical prototypes and feedback sessions. Participants: 15 users evaluated interaction and usability. Results: optimized foldable structure, size, and display clarity. Insights: users valued emotional engagement and eco consciousness. Impact: informs sustainable, interactive product design for daily life.
Chikurudziro: This project makes biodiversity loss personal and actionable by breaking it into monthly rituals, reflection, pledges, date marking, and small acts of care. Drawer style box and red envelopes create a sense of reveal, while foldable calendar cards combine animal storytelling with practical use. Guided prompts turn awareness into everyday action, embedding ecological urgency into time based rituals.
Nguva yePurojekiti: The project started in March 2025 in Georgia and Michigan, USA, and completed prototype testing and design refinements by September 2025. Since then, it has been in ongoing serial production, ensuring quality, consistency, and readiness for distribution.
Mafambiro eBasa: Most calendars function as tools, this one is designed as a relationship. The project bridges personal ritual and planetary care through a system that encourages reflection, action, and emotional continuity. Love Letters transforms a calendar into a twelve month exchange between users and endangered animals, packaging empathy and awareness through monthly interaction. The drawer style outer box symbolizes preservation and is designed for second life use as a keepsake or educational object.
Mapetenzi: Copyrights belong to Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou, 2026
Nhengo dzeTimu: Yefan Liu
Zilan Zhou
Jiayi Chen
Kangwen Shi
Zvikwereti zveMifananidzo: #Main Image: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 1: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 2: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 3: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 4: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.