Kazunari Hattori's "Paper Cat"
It has been made into a poster.
B3 size, signed.

All three posters are also available in a special framed edition.

Please note that each framed piece is made to order. Production begins after your order is placed, and delivery is expected approximately one month later.

These three posters are derived from Paper Cats , a book by Kazunari Hattori, who created every key element of FRAGILE BOOKS' visual identity, including our logo and care marks.

As an art director and graphic designer, Hattori has developed a singular design language that is at once gentle and incisive. Although he has designed an extraordinary number of books—including Ryuko Tsushin , Mayonaka , here and there , Obunsha's Petit Royal French–Japanese Dictionary , and Nakajo —it is perhaps surprising that, until Paper Cats , he had never published a book of his own.

Paper Cats is an artist's book conceived, photographed, designed, and written entirely by Hattori himself.

The book features twenty-three "paper cats," each cut out by hand with scissors and then photographed. Built around a single, deceptively simple idea, it is a book that appears as though anyone could have made it, yet achieves a level of refinement that is unmistakably Hattori's own. Wrapped in a vivid blue jacket, the forty-eight-page hardcover has the appearance of a beautifully packaged confection.

The book was published by BON BOOK, the publishing imprint established by a long-standing Japanese printing company. I had the pleasure of serving as its editor.

Profile
Kazunari Hattori is a graphic designer. Born in Tokyo in 1964. Graduated from the Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, in 1988. After working at Light Publicity, he became a freelance designer. His major works include advertising for Kewpie Half and JR East; art direction for the magazines Ryuko Tsushin and Mayonaka; exhibition design for Hermès' Petit h Objects; logotypes for the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum and the Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art; artwork for the rock band Quruli; and book design for the Petit Royal French–Japanese Dictionary and Nakajo, among many others. His principal publications include Kazunari Hattori Graphics and Kazunari Hattori (World Graphic Design). He has received numerous awards, including the Mainichi Design Award, the Yusaku Kamekura Award, the ADC Award, the Hiroshi Hara Award, and the Tokyo TDC Grand Prix.