Commemorative 27 years old Ayumi Kobayashi
A collection of snapshot photos of Ayumi Kobayashi, a friend of photographer Mikako Kozai.
I feel very long when nothing happens. Happy time is a moment. She must have spent some time in 27 years.
A series of numbers in the upper left. Each line is different. The time that humans feel is not constant. The time between human beings is the time between human beings, the life itself.
An odd age of 27. It is a turning point and there is a continuation. In the picture she is stopped. However, the athletic arrangement, which flows from left to right and is likely to jump out of the cover, signals that life will continue.
The design is such that a little light is leaking from the person who opens the book. Boxes, not books. It is a light box.
The photos taken by Mikako Kozai contain various lights. If the photographer compares to a collector of light, the light she collects has a variety of colors. As with all photos, her photos have a particularly poetic nuance, with various lights flooding the frame. In other words, the book that collects these photos is a photo book, but it is a box that contains gentle lights. The light box was developed with the image as a design concept.
Perhaps the real pleasure of book design lies in the conductor's lead. After receiving the cover, back cover, content and information, you end up in a naked book with the book cover removed.
The cover, back cover and content layout design are simple. Curt attitude design. However, as mentioned earlier, we put emotional information at the end of the information. Here's a letter from a friend I've been involved in. From the moment I met until now. And we are talking about the future. By concealing this information, I was able to covertly suggest where to notice and receive the message to the recipient.
Mikako Kozai.
 You can see her photos here.
https://www.mikakokozai.com
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