Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Collection Netherlands Decorated Books Collection: London College of Communication Author Holst, R. N. Roland. Contributors Hofman, P. A. H. (Pieter Adriaan Hendrik), 1885-1965.Rodger, David.Meulenhoff Nederland bv. Publisher J. M. Meulenhoff Publication Date 1923 Description Gilt binding design on black cloth. Unsigned. Attributed to Hofman by Faasen/Quaerendo on stylistic grounds (LO/C32).Publisher’s device on title-page.Including essays on Frank Brangwyn, Berlage, Walter Crane and Dutch postage stamp design.
Heer Halewijn, Nico Rost, design: P. A. H. Hofman © University of the Arts London, London College of Communication Pieter Adriaan Hendrik Hofman (1885-1965) was a Dutch book binder and designer of many medias. His work represents a seminal period in book art, combining the sensibilities of the Art Nouveau movement with those of the Bauhaus.(via)
Netherlands Decorated Books Collection: London College of Communication Publisher J. M. Meulenhoff Publication Date 1922 Description Black and gilt binding design on biege wrapper over plain boards. Signed: P.A.H. [Hofman] P.A.H. Hofman was an important designer of stained glass and posters as well as book bindings. Hofman produced striking and accomplished binding designs which are characteristic of his own style. His works used decorative cloth bindings, a medium that had not survived the First World War in the UK. via
How to Wrap Five Eggs
How to Wrap Five More Eggs by Hideyuki Oka with photographs by Michikazu Sakai
How to Wrap Five More Eggs by Hideyuki Oka with photographs by Michikazu Sakai
Large pottery jar of nure natto (sweetened fermented soybeans); Photo by Michikazu Sakai from How to Wrap 5 More Eggs by Hideyuki Oka
How to Wrap Five More Eggs

by Hideyuki Oka with photographs by Michikazu Sakai. Weatherhill, New York & Tokyo, 1975.

Traditional japanese packaging.

A digitalized version of the original here.

labrancaro: From How to Wrap Five Eggs by Hideyuki Oka, photography by Michikazu Sakai “Exquisite incense in an exquisite package comes from the Kyukyodo in Tokyo.  The incense itself has been a treasured product since the Heian period of more than eight centuries ago.  The flat ceramic container (bottom) is first wrapped in a sheet of delicate handmade paper and then enfolded in five more sheets of handmade paper in graduated sizes and varying colors. This outer wrapper (top) suggests the costume of an aristocratic Heian lady: a number of flowing robes of graduated size worn one over another to create a rainbow effect.” Translated by R.F.
ailailail: Endpapers- Jean Paul Sartre, Baudelaire, nrf, Gallimard, 1947 - Paris by Iliazd on Flickr.
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