Kiyonori Muroga (Editor)
Planning, concept and design by Helmut Schmid
Tokyo 2009
Sewn magazine 206 pages
Illustrated in colour & bl/w on various paper-stocks
Art direction & design: Shirai Design Studio
Cover Format: Helmut Schmid
Text in Japanese (some English captions & titels)
(We only have a limited number of copies of this issue, as it sold out immediately upon publication)!
Price: € 39.50
Graphic designs for Otaku culture have become more highly developed over the past decade, evolving from mere images of printed characters to more integrated graphic packages full of detail and rich interpretations of the titles.
In this special issue, Idea explores the world of design for Otaku culture, which are not confined to the rules of Western design with their composite gestalts.
Designers: Shin Sobue+cozfish, Shin Sobue, Heiquiti Harata, Junichi Kusaka, Norito Inoue, VOLARE, Shinichi Sekine's Working Room, Chord Design Studio, Veia, Mach55Go, Kohei Nawata
Special Project : Works of YOTUBA SUTAZIO
Special Supplement Comic: "Chihayaburu Otamajyakushi" by Shin Sobue