New Japanese Handwork

Recent years, many designers and creators are start focusing on traditional art and crafts and take essences to create new modern designs and crafts.This book is not focusing on past as typical Japanese craft style, but focusing on the innovation of Japanese craft scene. Introducing artist, artisan, and place to visit as shops and workshops in Tokyo (including a mini map of Tokyo).
This book is highly recommend for who likes handwork and want to try to create or visitors who wants to know more traditional but modern side of Tokyo.

++Contents++
1.Artist Handwork
CHIAKI MORITA(Washi Paper)/ Emi Takizawa (Machine embroidery)/Hakucho (Makie mother-of-pearl inlay)/ZOUKIBAYASHI (Wooden mosaic)

2,Handwork shop
CLASKA Gallery&shop DO/ SyuRo/ Toraya Tokyo Midtown/ Origata Design Institute Shopsamagatadou/ Sui Kin Chi Ka Moku Do Ten Mei Kai/ Kigi/ yarn

3,Workshop
Edo-calico/ Cloisonne enamel/ Letterpress printing

Tokyo Walkers Map
Taito Wards/ Kagurazaka

*contains many beautiful pictures of artist works which use traditional techniques with modern essence.
*Included recommended shops utilizing traditional crafts into modern lifestyle, and workshops information with Tokyo workers map!

Author: Junko Yazaki
Price: 1,600 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-718-7)
Format: 148 x 210 mm, 120 pages (Full Color) Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release date: 27 th October 2010


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ATELIER CARTONNAGE - Une année de boîtes à bijoux -

This is the instructional book of Cartonnage, written by Kayoko BIGEARD, Cartonnage creator now living in France. This book presents how-to-make boxes in 25 patters made by paper and cloth. Each box's theme is based on birthstone of 12 month. The beautiful boxes can be placed jewelry, accessories, beads, or the little tools for fancywork, etc. Contained the picture lesson of 3 works selected from different challenge levels, and step by step explanations and drafts of all the boxes.

The Author: Kayoko BIGEARD
Price: 1,600 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-709-5)
Format: 260 x 190 mm, 96 pages (Full color) Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese/ Release date: 12th October 2010

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DESIGN GOODS SHOWCASE

Stationeries, Interior products, and Fashion goods, this is the design collection book that makes you exciting. When we hear the word "Product", often and often we imagine standardized electronic items or modern interior furniture but this book covers the products emphasize on graphic designs by designers or artists and warmth of nature. This design catalogue is casually enjoyable for anyone as well as creators. Contained the URL or shop information of showcased items and brand.

Price: 2,300 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-735-4)
Format: 148 x 210 mm, 208 pages (Full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 27th September

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How-to broadcast on USTREAM-Ustream broadcasting techniques to attract audiences-

Through this book, you can broadcast as how you wanted to do! This book introduces you the best suited tools and techniques to broadcast on Ustream in accordance with program genres such as Business/Hobby/Outdoor/Desktop. This is the definitive edition of Ustream guide; easy-to-follow with illustration and explicates specific procedures for each broadcasting contents.

Supervisor+Author: Linkup
Price: 1,600 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-739-2)
Format: 148 x 210 mm, 176 pages, (Full color) Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 27th September 2010

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AfterEffects-completed all of 253 standard effects-

This book is the ultimate solution of AfterEffects's all 253 standard effects!
By category based on the menu, this book provides many sample images for you to understand easily about the instruction and summary of each effect / details of property (configuration) / differences of effect by property numbers. Not only providing you the details of each effects, but also giving you operating solutions especially if you are using the AfterEffects manually but not be able to put in practice, using property just by intuition, or always using same effects. If you want to master AfterEffects, this is the best reference and sample book to have on hand. (CS5 compliment / compliment notation CS4, CS3, 7.0)

Author: Atsushi Ishizaka, Kouichi Okawara, Junko Kasahara
Price: 5,000 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-742-2)
Format: 258 x 178 mm, 512 pages (Full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release date: 27th September 2010

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CREATIVES IN JAPAN "QUOTATION"Special EditionKeywords to know the front line of creatives in Japan

This is the special edition of "QUOTATION" Worldwide Creative Journal. Reporting on what is happening in the contemporary Japanese creative scene attracts attention from around the world, so for this issue "QUOTATION" have selected people and places from an array of media, and introduce them by category.
It doesn't matter whether they are famous or not, the selections are made based on "QUOTATION"'s opinion and perspective.
Enjoy and check out the latest scene of Japanese creatives in this book.

Produced by Graduation Blue
Price: 1,200 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-729-3)
Format: 212 x 150 mm, 188 pages (Full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: English-Japanese Bilingual
Release Date: 21th September 2010

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2010 Frankfurt Book Fair

We are going to have a stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
(6th to 10th OCT)
http://www.book-fair.com/en/fbf/

If you have a plan to attend the Fair,
please come visit our stand at P533 in Hall 4.1!

We look forward to seeing you there :)

BNN,Inc.

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