Day Code Chinese Almanac by Wan Fen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àwòrán, Àpèjúwe àti Ìbánisọ̀rọ̀ Ojú-Ìwòran Competition Category.
IrinÀwòrán· 2022
Day Code Chinese Almanac
by Wan Fen Chen
Client: Maruko Design Studio
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Àwòrán Category
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About Day Code Chinese Almanac
Ni Taiwan, awọn kalẹnda wa ni afikun si sisọ ọjọ naa, wọn le sọ fun awọn wakati oro ati iru awọn ami ẹranko zodiac yẹ ki o ṣọra lakoko ọjọ yẹn, ni ibamu si kalẹnda naa. Ó ní nínú àwọn ohun tí a lè ṣàṣeyọrí láìjáfara lónìí àti àwọn èyí tí ènìyàn yẹ kí ó fi sẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ kan fún ìgbà mìíràn. Nigbati o ba wo kalẹnda, Wan Fen Chen nigbagbogbo ronu: kini ti Wan Fen Chen ba gbe alaye naa sori kalẹnda lati awọn ọrọ ti a tẹjade si awọn aami? Oju-iwe naa yoo dabi iyalẹnu ati alailẹgbẹ lẹhin iyipada ati atunto. Nitorina, awọn Day koodu - Chinese Almanac wá sinu jije.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
Day Code Chinese Almanac jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Day Code Chinese Almanac yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Day Code Chinese Almanac nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- On the calendar in Taiwan, in addition to providing information regarding the records of ancestors’ wisdom – lunar calendar. It also tells people to welcome good fortune and avoid bad omens every day. Nevertheless, the information is provided in verbal form. Day Code - Chinese Almanac presents signs transposed from words. It also filtered and deleted some suggestions for incompatibility in the regular lunar calendar and selected reminders suitable for modern people: marriage, business contract, opening a business, moving, etc. to remind them which items are suitable or unsuitable to be done today.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- w100 mm x d36 mm x h143 mm
- Tags
- Lunar calendar, calendar, graphic design, vintage, tiles with floral patterns
- Production Technology
- Risograph and Perfect Binding
- Design Challenge
- In the digital era and the modern times, few people use printed calendars. It may promote people’s intentions of using printed calendars by adding interesting and functions, such as: enlarging the note section, adding specially designed stickers for reminders, etc. to transform a regular calendar into a diary.
- Research
- Transpose words into simple and comprehensive graphics Using risograph technology, random derangement, uneven coloring, imperfect and unexpectable printing features adds a vintage feel. Traditional Taiwanese tiles with floral patterns and iron windows are used on the design to add Taiwanese style to the design. Now, the lunar calendar is commonly used by the Taiwanese in daily life. Therefore, in addition to dates of the solar calendar, the lunar calendar, corresponding to the wax and wane of the moon, are displayed completed.
- Inspiration
- Is today suitable for moving? In the 1960s to 1980s, on the walls of every family in Taiwan, calendars presented by xx companies or oo stores were hanging there. People tore off one page early in the morning to celebrate the coming of a new day. In addition to telling you the date, you could tell the fortune hours and which zodiac animals signs should be careful during that day, according to the calendar. It includes things that could be achieved smoothly today and which ones I should put aside for some other time. On this little piece of paper, many codes of daily life were hidden there.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2022 and finished in December 2022 in Taiwan
- Operation Flow
- No punch holes on the calendar. Pages are intact. The calendar is placed on a special rack to present a simple setting. On the note column and blanks, reminders of today can be written there. Using the corresponding reminder stickers, users can record things to do, time arrangement, thoughts, wish lists, etc. transforming a calendar into a diary.
- Image Credits
- Creator & Visuals: Wan Fen, Chen
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