Time Capsule Package by Koichi Namimoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Бронза бүләге in Упаковка Дизайны Competition Category.

БронзаУпаковка· 2024

Time Capsule Package

by Koichi Namimoto

Client: Lang Design

A' Design Award Бронза бүләге Winner in Упаковка Category

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Colors

The Design

About Time Capsule Package

Вакыт Капсуласы — Ниси-Токио шәһәрендәге җәмәгать китапханәсе өчен эшләнгән упаковка. Вакыт Капсуласы китапханә кулланучыларына ел саен биремгә бирелә. Аның эчендә шәхси хәзинәләр һәм гаилә истәлекләре саклана, ә ачу датасы һәм вакытын кулланучы үзе билгели. Упаковка китап кебек күренә, шуңа күрә аны кулланучылар үзләре кулы җитмәгән һәм җир тетрәүләр вакытында китаплар куелуы куркыныч булган биек киштәләрдә урнаштыру мөмкин. Биш төс тыныч атмосфераны саклап калган хәлдә мәйданга хәрәкәт өсти. Уңу-сынуга бирешмәүче төсләр һәм борылмаска сәләтле кәгазь озак вакыт күрсәтелеп торуга яраклы.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Бронза бүләге

Time Capsule Package – A' Design Award Бронза бүләге җиңүчесе, бу иҗат, зирәклек һәм үткенлек белән аерылып торган күренекле дизайннарга бирелә торган бик абруйлы танып белү. Бронза җиңүчеләре – үз дизайнерларының киң тәҗрибәсен, фантазиясен һәм тапкырлыгын раслаучы бик остаз һәм искиткеч иҗади артефактлар. Time Capsule Package югары бәяләнгән, соклана торган һәм яратыла торган, игътибарга лаеклы профессиональ һәм яңа әйбер булыр дип көтелә. A' Design Award Бронза бүләге җиңүче бу дизайн сәнгатьтә, фәндә, дизайнда һәм технологиядә иң яхшы практиканы үз эченә ала һәм детальләргә игътибарлылыгы белән искиткеч. Time Capsule Package ихтыяҗларны искиткеч канәгатьләндерә, теләкләргә кагыла, хисләрне сокландыра һәм кызыксынуны җәлеп итә.

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