100 yen shop FREEDOM

The author of "The book of Picto-san" presents a pleasant and creative world of "100 yen shop". This visual book introduces a bit bizarre and unsure purpose products which are purchased from 100 yen shop, and gives you a different perspective and humorous commentaries on them. They are not slaves to convention and aesthetic consciousness, and actually represent Freedom.
Today our brains are overtaxed, and must-see for anyone who are tied up in chains of "sophistication" because this book will free your mind!

The author: Keiichi Utsumi
Price: 1,000 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-702-6)
Format: 105 x 170 mm, 160 pages (Full color) Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 22nd June 2010

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IMPORTED BOOKS

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Let's Travel by Paper Craft-Cut and Fold Famous Architecture of the World-

Koichi Takahashi, the leading paper craft artist, created historical remains of the world with paper. This book shows adults and children how to make the pieces, all classified into three different levels of difficulty. The introduction explains essential tools and basic techniques with many visuals, which makes the book even more accessible.
The pattern papers in this book are not only about historical architectures, but also some pieces that represent local culture, such as camels will appear at the foot of "The Pyramids of Giza" in Egypt. This book also includes tips on sightseeing at the end, and provides you the feeling of traveling all over the world.

The Author: Koichi Takahashi
Price: 1,600 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-706-4)
Format: 182 x 260 mm, 92 pages (4C: 16p / 1C: 76p), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 10th June 2010

Please contact our distributors to find out your nearest bookstore carries this book.

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BUILT WITH PROCESSING -Programming for Design and Art-[Revised Edition: Ver.1.x. compliant]

Processing is a programming environment with open source used widely in design and art production.

The revised edition of the first manual on Processing in Japan is finally published, adding the instructions of development process with new functions of Processing, and latest trends such as Processing.js. The book explores the attractive world of processing and explains basics of forming with programming for graphics, animation, and interactive purposes, and is perfect for anyone who interested in development of visual and interactive contents.

The author: Katarou Tanaka, Takashi Maekawa
Price: 2,500 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-707-1)
Format: 182 x 257 mm, 224 pages (full color) Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 10th June 2010

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COMPOSITION-Create the beautiful compositions using InDesign-

The bookbinding artist, Mr. Milky Isobe, and DTP Director of Toppan Printing Co., LTD. (one of the biggest printing company in Japan), Mr, Shinichi Konno, give you the lecture on the way to how compose the letters using InDesign, to make it look beautiful as a design and a data.This book is for users who have been already used InDesign in own way. And also for intermediate and experienced users who are not sure about the basic and important key techniques.CS5-compliant. Appended a download data.

-contents-
Prologue : What is beautiful composition?
Part 1 : Step by step of making a composition with InDesign -7 Stages-
Part 2 : Practice of InDesign
Stage 1 Let's decide the size of page
Stage 2 Let's decide the fundamental composition
Part 3 : Examples

The Author: Milky Isobe, Shinichi Konno
Price: 2,800 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-673-9)
Format: 180 x 240 mm, 208 pages (Full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 25th May 2010

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MOBILE USABILITY

Website Construction adapted for small screens of mobile media, details that allow users to see a site comfortably, how to make a form in which users can input easily-many practical tips for usability of mobile media are given with many illustrations and example.

The Author: IMJ mobile Inc.
Price: 2,500 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-697-5)
Format: 182 x 257 mm, 160 pages (full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 25th May 2010

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DESIGN BASIC BOOK- The design rules for beginners - [Revised Edition]

This book is revised edition that released on March 2007 and made for design beginners. Using text and many practical examples, each key word is explained in a double-spread page with topics of interest for beginners such as typographies, colors, shapes and layouts. Since first edition is used for a textbook in many schools, this revised edition keeps the same topics and structure of former one, to be continuously used in these schools. Just few examples and comments are renewed for stay current.

-contents-
Chapter 01 : The invitation to design
Chapter 02 : Typography
Chapter 03 : Color
Chapter 04 : Shape and composition
Chapter 05 : Edit and layout

The author: Shinichi Ikuta, Yuji Ohmori, Atsushi Kameo
Price: 2,500 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-695-1)
Format: 178x 216 mm, 200 pages (Full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 18th May 2010

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