2003
tagtype Garage Kit
tagtype入力方式:
「tagtype」は田川欣哉が1999年に考案した日本語を両手親指で入力できる入力方式である。日本語は50の音節文字から構成され、それらは子音10文字×母音5文字のマトリクスでまとめることができる。tagtypeの入力方式は、5個ずつ2列に配置された10個のボタンを用いて五十音の行と段を交互に入力していくものである。これにより、既存のQWERTY 配列のキーボードに比べ、より簡易で直観的な操作が可能になった。tagtypeの入力方式は後にソニー株式会社および株式会社ベネッセコーポレーションによって製品に採用されている。
素材: エラストマー樹脂、アクリル樹脂、アルミニウム
寸法: 140 x 122 x 52.5mm
プロジェクト開始: 2002年4月
ディレクション: 山中俊治
デザイン: 山中俊治
デザインエンジニアリング: 田川欣哉
システムデザイン: 本間 潤（FLX STYLE Co., Ltd.）
製造: 日南 Corporation
The first “tagtype" keyboard prototype (2000) was redesigned and reintroduced as “Tagtype Garage Kit in 2003. In order to contrive a highly marketable device, the Garage Kit was designed so that anyone, including handicapped people, can easily assemble and customize the product.
In order to achieve a high-quality product, prototypes were created to include not only the exterior hardware but also the interior circuits. tagtype integrates hardware and software and is designed to be operated in any position without having to sit at a desk. tagtype Garage Kit was selected to be part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2010 for its high quality and pioneering spirit.
About “tagtyoe” Input Method:
“tagtype” is a Japanese input method invented by Kinya Tagawa in1999. The Japanese language is made of fifty syllabic characters that can be written on a matrix of ten consonants multiplied by five vowels. tagtype is designed with two rows of five buttons, a total of ten buttons that can be alternately pushed to specify the rows and columns of the fifty character matrix. When compared to the QWERTY keyboard, this formula makes typing in Japanese easier and intuitive. The input method in tagtype was used by SONY and Benesse Corporation in their commercial products.
MATERIAL: Elastomer resin, Acrylic resin, Aluminum
DIMENSION: 140 x 122 x 52.5mm
PROJECT STARTED: April 2002
DIRECTOR: Shunji Yamanaka
DESIGNER: Shunji Yamanaka
DESIGN ENGINEERING: Kinya Tagawa
SYSTEM DESIGN: Jun Homma (FLX STYLE Co., Ltd.)
FABRICATION: Nichinan Corp.
