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BOOKS AS DESIGNER


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The Kidai Shoran Scroll: Tokyo Street Life in the Edo Period
『熈代勝覧』の日本橋―活気にあふれた江戸の町)

Design of the English-language version of Ozawa Hiromu and Kobayashi Tadashi's book about the 200-year-old picture scroll the Kidai Shoran.
小澤 弘と小林 忠 の200年前の「熈代勝覧」について本(英語バージョン)のデザイン。 (For The Japan Library).

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Page layout
Page layout
The book was laid out from right to left, an unfamiliar layout in English
本は右から左にレイアウトされましたが、見慣れない英語のレイアウトです。

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Every Day a Good Day

Design of the English-language translation of Noriko Matsushita's book about her experiences in the way of Tea. Cover photo by Mitsuyoshi Hirano, Shinchosha Publishers.
森下典子の茶道の経験についての本の英訳のデザイン。表紙の写真:平野光吉

For the Japan Library.

Detail of endpapers and flap
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Traditional Cuisine of the Ryukyu Islands

Design of the English-language translation of Takagi Rin's book about Okinawan traditional food. Cover photo by Kobayashi Hiroshi (Spiral).
高木 凛の本「大琉球料理帖」、英訳の本のデザイン。

For the Japan Library.


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In Praise of Shadows:

both book design and photography

陰翳礼讃:

英語バージョン本のデザインと写真

Published by Sopra Books.

Photo and text


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Ise Jingu and the Origins of Japan

A book by photographer Miori Inata, who spent 10 years photographing Ise Jingu, the main Shinto shrine in Japan, and its 20-year cycle of renewal. The book was also given as a gift to attendees at the 2016 G7 summit. Published by Shogakkan.
伊勢神宮を10年以上にわたり撮影し続ける写真家・稲田美織氏が海外向けに日本の原点「伊勢神宮」について書き下ろした写真読本。欧米人エディターとデザイナーが編集した英語版。日本古来の循環・共生思想を解説。小学館発行。Available here




Fold-out pages
Fold-out 4-page spread. 4ページの折りたたみ見開きで。




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Takumi and La déco des jeunes japonais
匠とLa déco des jeunes japonais:

book designs and all photography

本のデザインと写真

Published in France by by MARK's inc in 2012.

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About

About Andrew Pothecary

(A Tokyo-based graphic designer for itsumo music production company.)
itsumo-music株式会社のデザイナー、アンドリューポセケリは東京を本拠地としたグラフィックデザイナーです。
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