TMD Journal Primary Function: Majalah ku Tomohiro Kaji

Karya TMD Journal Primary Function: Majalah ku Tomohiro Kaji nyaéta pamenang anu dihormat pisan tina 2026 A' Design Award Perak anu bergengsi dina Katégori Kompetisi Citak.

PerakCitak· 2026

TMD Journal Primary Function: Majalah

ku Tomohiro Kaji

Klién: Tomodachi Ltd.

Pamenang A' Design Award Perak dina Katégori Citak

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Ngeunaan TMD Journal Primary Function: Majalah

Book Text: TMD Journal nalungtik desain aksara lain salaku gaya visual tapi salaku hiji sistem terstruktur nu ngatur harti. Salaku réspon kana panggunaan font digital nu nyebar salaku aset tingkat permukaan, publikasi ieu nempatkeun deui tipografi salaku médium pikeun ngawangun pamikiran jeung komunikasi. Unggal bab nampilkeun hiji sistem aksara asli ngaliwatan premis konséptualna, logika strukturalna jeung kontéks aplikasina, némbongkeun kumaha kaputusan tipografi ditarjamahkeun jadi wangun jeung pamakéan. Jurnal ieu nyadiakeun kerangka pikeun ngartos aksara salaku komponén aktif dina branding jeung komunikasi.

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Ngeunaan A' Design Award Perak

TMD Journal Primary Function: Majalah mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perak, pangakuan anu luar biasa bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain kelas luhur, endah jeung matak kagum. Para juara Perak téh karya anu pohara cemerlang jeung pohara kréatif anu ngagambarkeun kaahlian, bakat jeung kapinteran para désainerna. TMD Journal Primary Function: Majalah diharepkeun jadi karya anu éndah, karya andalan anu pohara profésional jeung pohara inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perak ieu mangrupa panemuan anu pohara kasohor jeung dikagumi anu mangpaat sarta ngamajukeun watesan seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi. TMD Journal Primary Function: Majalah mangrupa kréasi anu pohara diirikeun anu ngahudang kahayang, ngabawa rasa positip, jeung ngahudangkeun rasa heran jeung kagum.

Di Balik Désain

Kit Pers

Krédit, anggota tim sareng detil téknis anu disayogikeun ku désainer.

Sipat Unik: TMD Journal positions typefaces as systems that organise meaning rather than visual styles. Each typeface is examined through its conceptual premise, structural logic and applied context within a unified publication.

By combining original type development with editorial analysis, the journal establishes a framework where typography is not presented as form, but understood as a system that shapes communication, identity and interpretation.
Diménsi & Bungkusan: 210 × 297 mm (A4)
52 pages
Tag: Typography, Editorial Design, Type Design, Print Publication, Typographic Research, Visual Communication, Branding System, Independent Publishing, Communication Design, Design Systems
Téknologi Produksi: The publication is constructed as a sequence of chapters, each dedicated to a distinct type system. The editorial structure follows a consistent progression from concept to structure to application.

This method translates abstract typographic ideas into a readable system, allowing relationships between design decisions and communication outcomes to become visible through use rather than explanation.
Tantangan Desain: The primary challenge was translating conceptual typographic research into a coherent editorial system. Typefaces informed by historical structures needed to function within a contemporary format while maintaining clarity and usability.

Balancing conceptual depth with readability required continuous iteration. Maintaining consistency across multiple type systems while preserving their individual logic was critical to achieving both coherence and distinction.
Panalungtikan: Type of Research
Practice based research in typographic systems and communication design

Objective
To examine how typefaces construct meaning and function within branding and editorial contexts

Methodology
Comparative analysis of historical typography and experimental type development

Process and Tools
Archival references, typographic specimens and digital type design software

Outcome
A publication demonstrating how typographic structure influences communication

Impact
Provides a framework for integrating typography into branding systems
Inspirasi: In the digital era, typefaces are increasingly consumed as visual surfaces detached from the ideas they were originally designed to express. Historically, typography functioned as a medium for structuring thought and communication.

This project begins with a question: can type operate again as a system that carries meaning rather than appearance. Drawing from typographic history and calligraphic traditions, TMD Journal reconsiders the role of type as an active structure within communication.
Durasi Proyék: The typefaces were developed between March 2023 and September 2025. Editorial research and design were conducted in parallel.

The journal was completed and published in November 2025 in Kamakura, Japan.
Alur Operasi: The journal is read sequentially through chapters, each focusing on a typeface. Readers move from conceptual explanation to structural breakdown and then to application examples.

This structure allows readers to actively understand how typographic decisions influence meaning, shifting the experience from passive viewing to analytical reading.
Anggota Tim: Art Director: Tomohiro Kaji
Typeface Designer: Tomohiro Kaji
Book Designer: Tomohiro Kaji, Ivan Persoglia
Krédit Gambar: Images: Tomodachi Ltd