minä perhonen?

－This book is composed of words and pictures and will tell you 15-year history of a Japanese fashion brand “minä perhonen”
minä perhonen was established on 1995 by Akira Minagawa, from the hope to make "special daily clothes". Their fabrication process begins together with the sketches of original textile. They have been continuing to produce the fashions contained poetry/story. When we put on their clothes, our feelings become lighter and uplifted. In their creation contained marvelous charm, minä perhonen holds on the original brand philosophy which defies stereotype of fashion world.
This book describes minä perhonen's accumulated history, their philosophy, and their challenges, through visual and words. Centered around 50 keywords such as "time" "embroidery" "imagination" "wind" "reflection", this book tells you about designers' passions and their perspectives tothe society or, uncompromised conversations during the fabrication process. Plentiful images of textiles, their atelier and factory provide a sense of reality to these stories. Atsuki Kikuchi, minä perhonens' graphic designer is the art director of this book. Through this book condensed their 15-year history, hope you will feel their unshakable belief which become a core of expressive expression on their creation.

Author: minä perhonen
Art director: Atsuki Kikuchi
Price: 2,600 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-746-0)
Format: 184 x 240 m, 208 pgaes (Full color), Softcover with jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 15th April

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Japanese Motion Graphic Creators 100

This is a yearbook of 100 Japanese Motion Graphic Creators, listing their works, profiles and contact details and comes with a sample DVD of their works. Readers only need to look at this book to view the latest motion graphic scenes!


Price: 3,800 yen + tax
Format: 164 x 246 mm (Full Color) Softcover with Jacket
Language: English-Japanese Bilingual
Contain 1 DVD ( Contains Movies, Music and Interactive contents)

Japanese Motion Graphic Creators 2011

Projection mapping techniques, datamosh, Ustream, 3D, AR ,etc...this book shows you the latest projects, and you can actually check their sample works for an hour by the attached DVD, moreover, featuring 5 projects of live motion graphics / directions at the end of the book. This is a mush have book for motion graphics enthusiast as you can overview of the latest and cross-genre motion graphics.

Format: 182 x 257 mm, 256 pages (Full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: English-Japanese bilingual / Release Date: 25th April 2011

Japanese Motion Graphic Creators 2010

Pages:256, ISBN 978-4-86100-710-1, DVD: 1hour

Japanese Motion Graphic Creators 2009

Pages: 256, ISBN: 978-4-86100-643-2 DVD: 53 Works / 56 mins

Japanese Motion Graphic Creators 2008

Pages: 256, ISBN: 978-4-86100-576-3 DVD: 49 Works / 58 mins

Japanese Motion Graphic Creators 2007

Pages: 256,ISBN: 978-4-86100-500-8 DVD: 47 Works / 50 mins

Japanese Motion Graphic Creators

Pages: 272, ISBN: 978-4-86100-362-8 DVD: 57 Works / 60 mins

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TSUTSUMU-Traditional Japanese Packaging-

- Conveying the "aesthetic" and "resonance" of Traditional Japanese Culture, "Wa".
Currently "Wa" culture boom is taking place in every media in Japan. This phenomenon indicates that growing skepticism about expanding mass production and consumption in the world and Traditional Japanese Culture is being re-evaluated today; the cultural values on making harmonious coexistence with nature, and a sense of creating daily commodities by own hand.
Traditional Japanese Packaging is an art form that applies sophisticated design and natural aesthetic to simple objects. This book is a collection of the late Hideyuki Oka who was a top collector and researcher of Japanese Packaging, featuring the embodiment of "Wa" culture's aesthetic and resonance.

Hideyuki Oka (1905-1995) was one of Japan's leading graphic designers. He was the pioneer who created Multidiscipline design office which engages designer, photographer, advertising copywriter together, in Japan.
His Packaging Collection is largely constructed of bamboo, rice straw, hemp twine, paper, and leaves, all of the objects are made from natural materials.
Throughout many exhibitions and books (Ex. "How to Wrap Five Egg" translated in English and published by Waterhill in 2008), ha has been known in broad as well as in Japan.

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p.10 Table of contents : the origin of Packaging : written by Hideyuki Oka
p.18 Wood
p52 Bamboo
p.80 Bamboo grass
p.92 Straw
p.114 Soil
p.132 Paper
p.162 Others
・Appendix
p.178 About "Packaging collection"
p.180 The origin of traditional Japanese Packaging and aesthetic feeling
p.184 List of Plates (in Japanese)
p.190 List of Plates (in English) p.194 Index of Magro Museum of Art (Tokyo)'s Packaging collections (these collections are formally owned by Hideyuki Oka)

Edit: Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
Art direction & Design: Takasuke Onishi (direction Q)
Price: 2,381 yen + tax (ISBN 978-4-86100-771-2)
Fromat: 183 x 257 mm, 208 pages (Full color), Paperback
Language: Japanese-English Bilingual / Release Date: 22th February 2011

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Typesetting and Layout (Renewal Edition)

The "Typesetting and Layout" (published in 2007) has been completely updated!! The text compositions of well-known magazines are unveiled throughout this book.
This book is showcasing page layout techniques from designs of printing plate to font style and the settings of space, composite font, kerning, etc. As a DTP reference book to design "the Japanese composition" which is the Japanese and European language mixture, this is a must book for designers who engage in page designs.

+ picked up magazines +
BRUTUS / pen / LEON / CQ JAPAN / HUGE / Hanako FOR MEN / MEN'S EX / Tarzan / Number / BICYCLE NAVI / 山と渓谷 / NALU / ミセス / 美しいキモノ / 七緒 / an・an / Numero TOKYO / WWD FOR JAPAN / InRed / 小悪魔ageha / 天然生活 / ecocolo / ソトコト / 東京人 / おとなの週末 / 自遊人/ 散歩の達人 / 一個人 / 考える人 / チルチンびと / 都心に住む / LIVES / AERA / モノ・マガジン / ELLE DECOR / 美術手帳 / カメラ日和 / REAL DESIGN / 北欧スタイル / OZ magazine / SAVVY / dancyu / 料理通信 / 男子食堂 / edu / AERA with KIDS / ダ・ヴィンチ / サイゾー / ぴあ / マンスリーよしもとPlus / ピクトアップ / Mac Fan / + DESIGNING / ブレーン / NYLON JAPAN / QUOTATION / AZIS / 新建築 / Rolling Stone / フォトテクニック デジタル

Author & Editor: Obscure, Inc.
Price: 2,500 yen + tax (ISBN 978-4-86100-753-8)
Format: 183 x 257 mm, 132 pages (Full color), Paperback
Language: Japanese / Release date 9th February

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ABOUT ILLUSTRATIONS, AND CHARACTER DESIGNS

The author, Chiharu SAKAZAKI, has been created many successful characters in Japan such as the SUICA penguin ( a rechargeable contactless smart card by Central Japan Railway Company ), kakukaku shikajika ( a mascot of Daihatsu motor Co.,Ltd.), ku:nel-kun ( a mascot of ku:nel magazine ) , Chiba-kun ( a mascot of Chiba prefecture of Japan ) etc... Her characters have been loved by many people regardless of age and sex. This book shows her illustration techniques such as lines, colors, and shapes, and also the character making processes and her working style along with many of her famous illustrations. This book is not only for illustrators or people who want to become an illustrator, but also for companies or business people who like to know more about character designs in commercial fields.

Author: Chiharu SAKAZAKI
Price: 1,980 yen + tax (ISBN 978-4-86100-743-9)
Format: 208 x 150mm, 128 pages, Soft cover with jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 25th January 2011

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PINK SUN -KAO KAO PANDA ARTWORKS-

"There are moments when I feel that this world is so beautiful"
- This is the first art book of KAO KAO PANDA!
KAO KAO PANDA is an artist who feels moved in morning and evening sunshine, surfs a wave, and lives together with odor of the ocean. Based in Kamakura (this spot is in the coast of the Japan Sea, and is overflowing with nature and brimming with bright sunlight), she draws happy paintings affected by energy from the sun, the sea, the sky and the wind. Her paintings are drawn with her believing in the energy that comes from the "delightful" feeling, and surely heal and energize people's hearts!

The Author: KAO KAO PANDA
Price: 3,000 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-750-7)
Format: 190 x 265 mm, 96 pages (Full Color) Hardcover with Jacket
Language: English-Japanese Bilingual / Release date: 25th January 2011

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INTERACTIVE DESIGN

There are many advertising campaign websites and tools which are keeping the viewers involved with interactive structure such as Twitter interlocking movement site, CGM (the Consumer Generated Media) site, AR (Augmented Reality), application, Digital Signage, etc... Today, they are being created one after another.
This book introduces about 80 well-selected projects, mainly with showcasing the visual design of each work and the instruction of making process, gimmicks, evaluation (result, impact), and so on.
This case study book contains plentiful tips and know-how to make technology your friend and to realize the idea which makes a hit among users.

++ CONTENTS ++

PART 1 CAMPAIGN SITE
PART 2 OFFICIAL SITE
PART 3 CUSTOMER GENERATED MEDIA
PART 4 TWITTER
PART 5 WEB GAME & MOBILE GAME
PART 6 APPLICATION & TOOLS
PART 7 DIGITAL SIGNAGE & INSTALLATION

The Author: Yusuke Shouno, Kurando Furuya, Arina Tsukada
Price: 2,800 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-757-6)
Format: 183 x 257 mm, 180 pages, Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release date: 25th January

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