Anima Code Personal Seal Stamp by Takuma Yamazaki |
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| DESIGN NAME: Anima Code PRIMARY FUNCTION: Personal Seal Stamp INSPIRATION: Since the rise and domination of social media, many of us continue to leave a trace of our life online with texts, photos and videos. While that uploaded media collective has the potential to projects a multifaceted view of an individual's life, however, once the contributor dies, such digital archives are forgotten and not accessible to even our loved ones. I found the possibility of a physical and emotional act of stamping as a solution to this ongoing social issue. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Anima Code is a Hanko (Japanese personal seal) with an engraved QR code. The unique code contains a key to a person's online digital data, and after his or her death, the bereaved ones can reach the person's digital archives by scanning the code stamped beforehand. Through the physical interaction of stamping a seal, this project explores the secure yet intimate approach for inheritance in the digital era. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Users register their social media accounts with the product through a dedicated service before their death. A stamp is produced with an imprinted QR code that serves as an access key to those online services. People who are given the seal will be able to read it with a camera and access the archived data of the deceased. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Began in Japan in 2019 and is underway for official launch in 2021. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Idea and Conceptual Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: This product adopts acrylic as a major material for its highly weather-resistant and processability. This transparent material is also a metaphor for the intangibility and ambiguity of digital data and its anti-ageing property. In cooperation with a technical manufacturer, it will be laser-engraved to cut out highly precise dimensions. The engraved surface will also be hydrophilic coated for sharp-edge printing so that a camera can read at 10mm square QR code. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The dimensions of the stamp are 10mm square and 62mm long; the proportions complement the delicacy and precision of the QR code engraving. The packaging is made of paulownia wood, a material that is highly airtight and suitable for storage to maintain proper internal humidity. The box made of paulownia wood has been used in Japan since ancient times to store and preserve porcelain and art objects, and also means "inheritance&qu TAGS: Hanko, Seal, Digital, Inheritance, QR Code, Analogue, Social Media, Die, Graves, Tomb RESEARCH ABSTRACT: In addition to the digital data after one’s death, the shortage of land for cemeteries and their management has become a social issue in recent times. In a complex age that is technology-driven but still largely material, this project examines the end of life from both digital and analogue perspectives. Through the miniaturization of graves and the harmonization of data and physicality, this product is intended to be an alternative solution to these problems. CHALLENGE: In terms of the attempt to bridge the present world to afterlife, this product exists between the real and unreal worlds. Because of its unique characteristic of the project, the biggest challenge was how I could design ambiguity without ruining the function as a stamp. For proceeding the project, deliberation and respect for various cultures and religions are also required, reconciling diverse views on life and death with the universality of the event of passing away. ADDED DATE: 2020-09-27 01:26:43 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Takuma Yamazaki IMAGE CREDITS: Photo:Takuma Yamazaki Design: Takuma Yamazaki |
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NAME: Takuma Yamazaki PROFILE: Takuma Yamazaki is Product Designer based in Yokohama,Japan. ・1990 - Born in Hokkaido, Japan. ・2015 - Graduated from Tama Art University and joined Canon as a Product Designer. ・2016 - LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2016 Winner ( 1,232 Group 73 Countries ) - Japan ・2016 - materialPREIS 2016 FIRST PRIZE of Category Study - Germany ・2018 - Grand Prix KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2018 ( 1,289 Works From 46 Countries ) - Japan ・2019 - The company TAKUMA YAMAZAKI DESIGN was founded in May 22 ,2019 ・2020 - IF DESIGN AWARD 2020 Winner - Germany ・2020 - K - DESIGN AWARD 2020 Winner - Korea |
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Anima Code Personal Seal Stamp by Takuma Yamazaki is Winner in Idea and Conceptual Design Category, 2020 - 2021.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Takuma Yamazaki. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Takuma Yamazaki. |
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