Book Design
Kimono index
Ever since I remember myself fashion was one of my greatest passions, and Japan was always a country I dreamed of visiting (in 2023 this dream came true); the culture, the design, the food, the fashion and the mentality interest me a lot, and I even started collecting kimonos. The kimono index combines my curiosity for fashion and Japan together, inspired by the kimono's shape, the Japanese calmness and clearness, and Japanese typography.
The kimono itself is a garment full of small little details. In my opinion it is the most magical expression of craft that can be, and I wanted to dedicate my final project of book design course to its details, cuts, colors, patterns and their meaning in the Japanese tradition. There are also accessories that accompany the kimonos. While designing this book I discovered the interesting world of book design and print, and I've realized that I want to continue working in these areas of style, fashion, and culture.
Minus 5
When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip – to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting.
After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The flight attendant comes in and says, “Welcome to Holland.” “Holland?!?” you say.“What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay.
The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine, and disease. It’s just a different place.
So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills, and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.
But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.
