Japanese Retro Collection 100 Writing & Crafting Papers

The 100 Papers of Japanese Retro Collection features designs from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to the early Showa period (1926-1989), when Western culture began to influence Japan. Many of the modern designs in this book were originally used as illustrations for magazines and books. Many illustrations showcase designs from collections of Art Nouveau style plants, as well as decorative frames, birds and fruit. This book contains 100 of the best designs from this period, carefully selected and appealing retro patterns. It also includes ideas for paper crafts such as pouches, chopstick holders and other Japanese decorations and wrapping.

Why not enjoy writing letters or making crafts with these unique papers featuring hand-drawn retro patterns and color schemes that you won't find anywhere else?

Details:

• Printed in Japan by PIE International
• All text in book is in Japanese
• Includes 100 pages, some with lines for writing letters and others with blank spaces for writing
• Paperback cover

Meet the Makers

“PIE,” which stands for Pretty, Impressive, Entertaining, was launched by Shingo Miyoshi as his own publishing brand specializing in visual books in 1985. Before he started PIE, Miyoshi was active as a graphic designer, and, through his work, had gathered together various graphic works from around the world to use as reference materials for his own designs. Looking over these materials he decided they were too good to be used just for his reference so he set out to find a way to share them. It was based on this initial idea that Miyoshi started his publishing business.

Essential to this idea is the fact that commercial graphic works are ephemeral, usually only being displayed for a short period of time to a limited number of people. But published in book form, these works could be shared with more people; they would not be lost or go to waste, which would allow more people to discover the creators as well as their works. This basic idea, the desire to support creators and share their works, is still the fundamental motivation of PIE to continue publishing books.

In the future, PIE strives to continue serving as a bridge between the world of excellent creatives of Japan and the rest of the world.