Viewpoint in the Fog
Bibliographic Details
- Title
- Viewpoint in the Fog / 霧の中の展望台
- Author
- Mike & Yuri Abelson / マイク&友理・エーブルソン
- Editor
- Ema Otobe / 乙部恵磨
- Designer
- Art Director: Yuri Abelson, Designer: Saori Cojima, Koki Shimada / AD：エーブルソン友理、デザイン：小島沙織、島田耕希
- Director
- Publishing Director + Editor: Osamu Kushida / 櫛田 理
- Images
- Naohiro Ogawa, Jason Fulford, Tamara Shopsin, Masaaki Inoue, Koji Takasaki / 小川尚寛 、ジェイソン・フルフォード、 タマラ・ショプシン、井上昌明、高崎晃次
- Publisher
- BON BOOK (TOPPANクロレ)
- Year
- 2025
- Size
- h210 x w150mm
- Weight
- 350g
- Pages
- 168 pages
- Language
- Japanese and English / 日英対訳
- Printing
- TOPPAN Colorer Inc. / TOPPANクロレ
- Edition
- 3000 copies / 3000部
- Condition
- New
- ISBN
- 978-4-910462-27-1
Contribution: Anniina Koivu, English translation: Sam Holden, Bookbinding Supervisor: Manabu Iwase / 翻訳：サム・ホールデン、寄稿：アニーナ・コイヴ、製本監修：岩瀬 学
A hectic morning.
Playful children.
Never-ending housework.
POSTALCO's ideas are born
from the chaos of daily life.
Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000, POSTALCO has spent the past twenty-five years creating stationery, clothing, furniture, and everyday objects through ideas that no one else would have imagined.
Published to mark the brand's 25th anniversary, this book looks beyond the products themselves and into the quiet routines that shape POSTALCO's creative practice. Across fifteen chapters, founders Mike Abelson and Yuri Abelson reflect on subjects such as the habits of their kitchen, the archetypes that guide their thinking, and the objects they simply cannot live without.
The book also includes an essay by Swiss curator Anniina Koivu, editor of U-Joints: A Taxonomy of Connections, together with a conversation between Mike and Yuri.
Contents
Beginning
Signpost
15 Viewpoints
- Refilling
- Pants Are a Nest of Problems
- Silica Gel Packets
- Color Without a Name
- Wearing Paper
- Soft Shelter
- Orange Wrappers
- Measuring Skin
- Walking on Two Legs
- Tiny Handles
- Spilled
- Notebook
- Sand, Mud and Water
- Prototyping
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
How Come Nobody Has Thought of This Before?
Anniina Koivu
Winding Ways
Mike & Yuri Abelson
"The continuous accordion-fold pages of this book demonstrate the remarkable craftsmanship of Japanese bookmaking. As an object, it has become something like a sculpture."
"I'm pleased that each chapter stands independently, both in its content and in the book's physical structure. It doesn't impose a fixed reading order—you can begin anywhere, which gives it a sense of freedom and ease."
Excerpted from an interview.
For the full interview, visit:
BON BOOK – Viewpoint in the Fog Interview
