With the widespread use of social media, generating life records in digital media has become a new habit for humans. However, once a person dies, those digital properties are often forgotten and inaccessible. Anima Code is a personal seal with an engraved QR code that contains an access key to a person's digital data. By scanning the code stamped beforehand, the bereaved ones can reach the person's digital presence after his or her death. Through the physical interaction of stamping a seal, the designer explores the secure yet intimate approach for inheritance in the digital era.

My ultimate goal is to live a life full of joy as a human being, not just in terms of success as a designer. My design journey could be an iteration of translating that the philosophies I've gained in my life into my design works. It’ s a natural way for me to live and also, my joy of life. Rather than limiting my design practice to industrial design, in the future, I would like to explore a cross-disciplinary approach with various media to deliver my message more clearly and effectively to the world.

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