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Dictionaly of Grasses

This dictionary introduces grasses (weeds). The outside cover uses tracing paper with grass illustrations. The inside cover also has grass illustrations. So when one sees from the front, since the outside cover illustrations are translucent, one may feel the depth effect. The interest in flowers and grasses is quite popular in Japan. This dictionary introduces flowers and grasses that live in the neighborhood. This dictionary is one of the bestsellers in Raicho publishing.

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Kon Paper

The design of the magazine is intended to put the different text forms of essay, article and poetic texts into a new context. The texts are classically published in other forms of media (e.g. books or newspapers) and are not typically mixed. There are various elements of classic newspaper and book design elements that meet in the magazine format. There are three different grids for the different sections. With the exception of cooperation pages, the issues are exclusively illustrated by different creatives, and the illustrations provide an additional visual framework for the

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Recipes

The first edition of this food blog magazine features the favourite recipes of Karin Stöttinger from her food blog Geschmacks Momente in printed form. The playfully designed title “please, don’t stay hungry” is true to the personal way of speaking to the target group which characterises the blog. The creative recipes are presented with aesthetic photos and detailed text design. The layout serves to convey special taste experiences and the social pleasure which eating together brings.

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Reading Goethes Faust

This modular book is a typographical redesign of Goethes Faust amid the change of reading behavior in the digital age. The approach has been to visualize different reading methods in the process of time and bringing them all together in one literary work, without changing the wording or adding images, with the aim to facilitate the access to its content. Knowing that most information is retrieved in a quick way nowadays, in the form of emails or WhatsApp messages, the question arises if the change of this reading behavior might be a blessing or a curse for the mankind’s intellectual evolution.

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Eseje o Niepodleglej

The essays book commissioned for the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Polands independence restoration. The layout and materials are minimalistic and exclusive. The design colors refer to Polands white-red flag. The red was used in details and white was replaced by silver on the cover, which combined with the minimalist typography of the title in red gives the feel of elegance and dignity. The handwritten quotation on cover was made in a hotstamping technique with a silver foil and a blind stamping. Digitalized in 2018 font Bona Nova used in publication was made in Poland (1971).

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Tadao Ando

The monograph is made in close collaboration with Tadao Ando Architect and Associates. The design is inspired by Ando's poetics. Covers of the book are based on his landmark signature – concrete with visible traces of formwork – the recorded process of genesis that becomes a shaping quality and reflects Ando’s spirit by a minimalistic and purified form. Use of tracing paper at the beginning of each chapter gives an impression of airiness and play of light and shadow, which evoke the gradual sensory adaptation provided by the design of the architect.

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