I designed this product for the SVA Made in Yame program, which was created in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art Store. I traveled to Yame, a small town in Japan known for its traditionally trained craft masters. Along with a delegation of designers, we visited the studios of over a dozen artisans.

The objective was to design products that showcased the craftsmen's skills while being suitable for distribution across MoMA's wholesale and retail channels. I sketched this product in Japan and created the physical prototype at my office at NewLab.

During the studio visits, I noticed the ubiquitous daily tear-off calendars, which often feature the phases of the moon. When the washi paper master was asked what paper he considered most unique to his practice and the Yame region, he showed us an ultra-thin paper, micrometer-thick, which he said only a true master could create. The thin paper reminded me of the waxy paper used in inexpensive tear-off calendars. Coincidentally, it was both a full moon and the summer solstice that day, which inspired me to design a moon calendar.

I designed the graphics myself and printed them on matte rice paper. The binding uses traditional twine, which I mounted on a bamboo screen and chipboard base.

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