October Birth Stationery
Birth Stationery
Masking Tape
Originally developed as an industrial product for masking during painting, masking tape evolved into an unparalleled thin and beautiful stationery item through fusion with Japanese washi paper technology. Chosen as October's birth stationery, masking tape possesses magical powers to liberate people's imagination and freely transform spaces during creative decoration periods like Halloween and cultural festivals. Its characteristics of being easily tearable by hand and leaving no residue when applied or removed give courage to challenge without fear of failure, while the translucent beauty created by layering suggests possibilities for multi-layered expression. Temporary yet with a definite presence, masking tape embodies October's spirit as stationery that accompanies modern people who enjoy change and incorporate creativity into daily life.
Features
- Convenience of easy hand-tearing and characteristics that promote creative activities without fear of failure
- Reversibility of stick-and-peel nurtures a spirit of enjoying trial-and-error and change
- Translucent beauty created by layering enables deep expression through multiple layers
- Exquisite balance of thinness and strength created by traditional washi paper technology
- Rich colors and patterns realize infinite combinations and unique expressions
Personality
- A free spirit full of playfulness, possessing flexible thinking unconstrained by fixed ideas
- A positive personality that not only fears no change but enjoys it, constantly exploring new possibilities
- Though appearing light on the surface, harbors reliability to surely fulfill functions when needed
- Highly cooperative, creating new value by combining with other stationery and materials
- An attractive personality that leaves vivid impressions in people's memories despite temporary existence
Symbolic Meaning
- As a symbol of creative decoration, represents magical power to transform everyday into extraordinary
- As an embodiment of temporary transformation, shows modern values of enjoying change without fear
- As a messenger of freedom of expression, symbolizes infinite possibilities in creative activities
- Beauty deepening through layering implies life's richness brought by accumulated experiences
- The characteristic of leaving no trace when removed expresses a forward-looking way of life unbound by the past
Reason for Selection
- October is the month when creative decoration activities like Halloween and cultural festivals are most active, increasing demand for space transformation
- Functions as an entity that awakens playfulness and creativity during a period prone to introspection with deepening autumn
- Corresponds as a tool to creatively combine past experiences and create new value in October, the harvest season
- Provides mental space to enjoy trial and error as the year enters its latter half and preparations for next year begin
- In Japan, a month when cultural creative activities become active as a preparation period toward Culture Day (November 3)
Protection & Effects
- Promotes liberation of creativity and grants power to become free from fixed ideas
- Enhances spatial production ability and bestows the capability to freely control environments
- Nurtures flexible thinking and grants wisdom to find new solutions even in difficult situations
- Guardian power that gives courage to not fear failure and supports a challenging spirit
- As a communication tool connecting people, promotes creative dialogue
Trials & Growth
- Due to lack of permanence, danger of ending in temporary satisfaction and losing essential value
- Tendency to invite scattered attention, possibility of becoming unable to concentrate on one thing
- Temptation to be caught by superficial decoration and neglect inner growth
- Warning against tendency for decision-making to dull due to confusion from too many choices
- Risk of undervaluing stability and continuity by seeking too much change