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Client
Dalian University of Technology Press, China
Quantity Produced
2,000
Production Cost
200.000 RMB (US$29,250) Financed/sponsored by publisher and printer
Production Time
6 Weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
265 mm (10.43 in) × 200 mm (7.8 in)
Page Count
1,484
Paper Stock
–
Number of Colors
4-Color CMYK
Varnishes
–
Binding
Japanese stab binding (side stitch)
Typography
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This front-to-back, back-to-front monograph for Japenese designer Hideki Nakajima is a behemoth in both size and production values. I can’t even imagine what the process it must have taken to bind 1,400-plus pages and what’s even greater is that it still achieves a sense of softness and delicacy that in perfect-bound or Smythe sewn form would have probably looked like a boring encyclopedia. Designer Nivard Thoes explains: “The bilingual book is divided into ten categories and can be read from back to front and vice versa — the book has no front or back. One side of the book is provided with a hardcover (dutch-board), The other cover is formed by ten separate semi-transparent layers.” By looking at just the images you don’t get to see the transparent pages right away, but once it’s pointed out the effect is subtle. Nice to see a collaboration between two designers (Nakajima and Thoes) work out so well.
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Hideki Nakajima Monograph
Production Method
Offset
Design
Art Direction, Design: Nivard Thoes (WX-Design)
Creative Director: Wang Xu
Photography, Artwork �: Hideki Nakajima
Printing
Production: WX-Design / Sasa Lau
Editor: WX-Design
Publisher: Dalian University of Technology Press, China.
Print & Binding: Shenzhen Meiyaqi Printing Co., Ltd.
Distribution: Shenzhen Hightone Book Co., Ltd.
This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Armin
Armin Vit
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
April 7, 2009
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