Time Capsule Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Sepache by Koichi Namimoto

Time Capsule Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Sepache by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Phuthelo Competition Category.

BoronsePhuthelo· 2024

Time Capsule Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Sepache

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Phuthelo Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Sepache

Mongolo oa Buka: Time Capsule ke sepache se etselitsoeng laebrari ea sechaba tsa Nishi-Tokyo City. Time Capsule e adimoa ho basebelisi ba laebrari ka selemo se seng le se seng. Ka hare ho boloka lintho tsa bohlokoa tsa botho le lintho tse hopolisang ba lelapa, 'me letsatsi le nako ea ho bula li beheloa ke mosebelisi ka boeena. Sepache se shebahala joalo ka buka, ka hona se ka behoa liaparelong tse phahameng tseo basebelisi ba sa fihleleng le moo libuka li sa kang tsa behoa ka polokeho nakong ea litšisinyeho tsa lefatše. Mebala e mehlano e tlisa motsamao sebakeng sena ha e ntse e boloka moea o khutsitseng. Mebala e hanang ho fifala le pampiri e hanang ho sokameha li loketse pontšo e telele.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Time Capsule Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Sepache ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Time Capsule Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Sepache e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Time Capsule Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Sepache e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Time Capsule are loaned to the Machi Library located in MUFG PARK users on an annual basis. Users keep their treasures and family mementos etc. in this package, and set the date and time to open . It would deliver the thoughts and feelings over time to a future self or someone special.
The bookshelves in the library tower high into the ceiling, making it impossible for users to reach books at the top. In addition, Japan's unique natural environment, with its frequent earthquakes, makes it impossible to arrange books on high shelves. But to leave the tops of all the bookshelves in a library open would spoil the intellectual atmosphere of the library.
For these reasons, I intended to design Time Capsule to look like a book and maintain the atmosphere of the library.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width:258mm x Depth:85mm x Height:315mm
Tags: Packing design, Japanese, machi-library, Space design, Graphic design
Production Technology: The color scheme and materials were simulated several times, as it was important that the time capsules looked beautiful when lined up in the library space. The boxes were manufactured by Morita Corporation, which can make a combination of machine-made and hand-made parts, because it would be too numerous and expensive to hand-machine them, and too few and expensive to machine them.
Design Challenge: This package has been on display for a long time. Therefore, I considered colors that would not easily fade and paper materials that would resist warping.
Research: In recent years, libraries have been in need of attractive designs. There are more than 1,000 Machi-libraries in Japan, and during the design process, user data was used to understand the needs of users. The time capsule serves not only as a visual design in space, but also as a communication design.
Inspiration: Time Capsule will be displayed like books in the library. Therefore, it was designed to express not only intelligence, but also a sense of fun. As a result, they create a kind of 'movement' in the space with their five-color range, while creating a calm and beautiful atmosphere, like a dictionary.
Project Duration: This project began in June 2022 and finished in June 2023 in Nishi-Tokyo City.
Operation Flow: The size and design of the boxes was determined by research into what items people keep carefully at home and what they would like to put in.
Image Credits: Photographer: Masahiro Tamura