Dizayini ya Love Letters Kalendala ndi Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou ndi wopambana wotamandika kwambiri pa mphotho yaulemu ya 2026 Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award mu Gawo la Mpikisano la Mapangidwe a Zachikhalidwe.
ChitsuloZachikhalidwe· 2026
Love Letters Kalendala
Kasitomala: Yezi Designs
Wopambana pa Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award mu Gawo la Zachikhalidwe
Wopambana Wotsimikizidwa
Tsimikizani Mkhalidwe wa Mphotho ya #180625Kapangidwe
Za Love Letters Kalendala
Love Letters ndi kalendala yopangidwa kuti igwirizanitse moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku ndi kuzindikira za mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zamoyo. Khadi lililonse mwa makhadi khumi ndi awiri limanyamula kalata yochokera ku mtundu wa zamoyo umene uli pangozi yotha, kuitanira kulingalira, malonjezo aumwini komanso kulemba masiku ofunikira. Khadi lililonse limapindidwa kukhala chinthu chodziimira chokha popanda zomangira, ndipo pambuyo pake likhoza kuikidwa mu emvulopu yake yamapepala kuti litumizidwe kudzera mu makalata kapena kusungidwa. Zonsezi zasindikizidwa ndi njira ya offset pa pepala losapaka lovomerezedwa ndi FSC ndipo zaikidwa mu bokosi lamapepala la mtundu wa dirowa lomwe likhoza kugwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati chinthu chosungira zikumbutso kapena chophunzitsira.
Chidziwitso
Za Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award
Love Letters Kalendala ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino omwe amakwaniritsa zofunika za akatswiri ndi za makampani zomwe zimayembekezeka kuchokera ku zolengedwa zopangidwa bwino. Opambana a Chitsulo amaonetsa luso lalikulu, ukatswiri wapamwamba, kumvetsetsa kwa akatswiri ndi mphamvu yolenga ya opanga awo. Love Letters Kalendala akuyembekezeka kukhala cholengedwa choyamikiridwa kwambiri, chosirira ndi chokondedwa chomwe ndi chothandiza ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a makampani ndipo ali ndi makhalidwe a ukadaulo oyenerera olumikizidwa ndi chidziwitso ndi luso. Love Letters Kalendala amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha kusamala kwake ndipo anapangidwa kuti apereke kukonza kwa moyo kumene kumathandiza kusandutsa dziko kukhala malo abwino.
Kumbuyo kwa Kapangidwe
Katundu wa Atolankhani
Umboni, mamembala a gulu ndi zambiri zapadera zoperekedwa ndi wopanga.
- Makhalidwe Apadera
- This project reimagines the calendar as a tool for emotional storytelling and environmental action. Each month features a letter from an endangered species, inviting reflection, personal pledges, and meaningful dates. The foldable card becomes both calendar and time capsule, using ritual, empathy, and biodegradable materials to turn awareness into active care, a purpose led experience connecting biodiversity loss to daily life.
- Miyezo ndi Kuphimba
- The finished product measures 110 mm × 230 mm × 40 mm. The calendar set includes 12 illustrated calendar cards, 12 paper envelopes, and a calendar storage box. The cards are designed to be folded into a self standing three dimensional structure without additional binding. After use, each card can be placed into its corresponding envelope for mailing or archiving. The complete set is housed in a paper based calendar box suitable for storage and distribution.
- Zizindikiro
- Emotional calendar, Eco conscious design, Endangered animals, Interactive daily ritual, Foldable cards, User engagement, Mailable cards, Educational gift, Modular structure
- Teknoloji Yopangira
- The calendar is produced using FSC certified uncoated paper with high opacity to enhance durability and color accuracy. Offset printing is applied for production, combined with spot color control to ensure consistent tones across animal illustrations in different batches. Multiple rounds of prototyping and user testing were conducted to optimize the calendar’s size, thickness, and interaction details for daily use.
- Vuto la Dizayini
- The main challenge was integrating a daily use object with abstract concepts to encourage genuine user engagement. This required designing a full interaction flow, from using the calendar, writing messages, to mailing actions, and adding playful, foldable features to the calendar cards. Constraints included production feasibility, material limits, and balancing usability with emotional and eco conscious objectives.
- Kafukufuku
- Type of research: iterative design and user centered study. Objectives: to create an engaging, emotionally meaningful calendar. Methodology: multiple prototyping rounds and user testing. Tools: physical prototypes and feedback sessions. Participants: 15 users evaluated interaction and usability. Results: optimized foldable structure, size, and display clarity. Insights: users valued emotional engagement and eco consciousness. Impact: informs sustainable, interactive product design for daily life.
- Chilimbikitso
- This project makes biodiversity loss personal and actionable by breaking it into monthly rituals, reflection, pledges, date marking, and small acts of care. Drawer style box and red envelopes create a sense of reveal, while foldable calendar cards combine animal storytelling with practical use. Guided prompts turn awareness into everyday action, embedding ecological urgency into time based rituals.
- Nthawi ya Polojekiti
- The project started in March 2025 in Georgia and Michigan, USA, and completed prototype testing and design refinements by September 2025. Since then, it has been in ongoing serial production, ensuring quality, consistency, and readiness for distribution.
- Mdondomeko ya Ntchito
- Most calendars function as tools, this one is designed as a relationship. The project bridges personal ritual and planetary care through a system that encourages reflection, action, and emotional continuity. Love Letters transforms a calendar into a twelve month exchange between users and endangered animals, packaging empathy and awareness through monthly interaction. The drawer style outer box symbolizes preservation and is designed for second life use as a keepsake or educational object.
- Petensi
- Copyrights belong to Yefan Liu and Zilan Zhou, 2026
- Mamembala a Gulu
- Yefan Liu
Zilan Zhou
Jiayi Chen
Kangwen Shi - Mwini Zithunzi
- #Main Image: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 1: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 2: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 3: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
#Image 4: Photographer Yefan Liu, A Calendar of Love Letters, 2025.
Zolipidwa
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Mapangidwe Ofanana
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