Arch-able Mofuta oa Litlhaku by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Arch-able Mofuta oa Litlhaku by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Dikerafikhe, Ditshwantsho le Puisano ka Pono Competition Category.

BoronseKerafikhe· 2020

Arch-able Mofuta oa Litlhaku

by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Client: Arch-Able

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

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The Design

About Arch-able Mofuta oa Litlhaku

Arch-able ke mofuta oa litlhaku oa stencil o entsoeng bakeng sa tlhahiso ea dijithale. Mofuta ona oa litlhaku o tšehetsa sethala sa Arch-able, seo se bolokang le ho aba lintlha tsa dijithale tsa meralo ea baetsi ba meaho (architects). Sehlopha sa litlhaku se kenyelletsa litlhaku tse 26, linomoro tse 10 le matšoao a 26. Likhutlo tsohle li a chitja (rounded), e le hore lisebelisoa tsa ho phunya (drill bits), lisebelisoa tsa ho seha ka lesedi la laser le lisebelisoa tse ling li khone ho fihlela le ho latela khutlo ka 'ngoe. Mefuta e mengata ea litlhaku tsa stencil e na le likhutlo tsa likhutlo tse otlolohileng (right angle) tseo li ke keng tsa kgabisoa. Arch-able e tlosa moeli oo mme e thusa batho ba qalang ho hlahisa litlhaku tsa boraro-dimentšenale (three-dimensional) ka lisebelisoa tse tloaelehileng.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Arch-able Mofuta oa Litlhaku 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. Arch-able Mofuta oa Litlhaku 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. Arch-able Mofuta oa Litlhaku 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: 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.