1) Book (The history of jincup “WE ARE FAMILY”) 2) jincup MOTHER The history of jincup “WE ARE FAMILY” (art book) is now on sale!
jincup was born in 2007 as a gift to his mother. The book, “WE ARE FAMILY The history of jincup”, which describes the history of jincup from the first cup to the present, written by woodworker Akihiro Jin, is now on sale.
From the author Akihiro Jin We are publishing this book to make jincup users who share the story of jincup happy. We hope that your jincup experience will become a page in the story of your life.
(1) A history book filled with jincup's handiwork and life as an artist, (The history of jincup “WE ARE FAMILY”) A self-published indie book. A beautiful art book.
WE ARE FAMILY The history of jincup Author: Jin Akihiro @ jinakihiro Published by Akihiro Woodworks @ akihirowoodworks Art Direction & Design: Keiji Yano @ keijiyano_gd Editorial Direction: Yusuke Osawa (RCKT/Rocket Company*) @ crawford_high @ rckt_rocketcompany Editing & Writing: Mami Hidaka @ mamihid Translation: Naomi Nakama @ naominakama Review: Tomoyuki Ishida DTP: Itaru Mizutani Printing: Sun M Color Photography: Hirokazu Kobayashi Yuuki Takenouchi @ hiroyukitakenouchi Keishi Oku @ kcpics_kagoshima Bookbinding: Shinohara Shiko @ shinohara_shiko Writing: Takeru Amano @ takeruamano Arata Iura @ el_arata_nest Aya Kato (Curator, Setagaya Art Museum) Yusuke Kido (ONE KILN) @ onekiln_ceramics Takashi Shimizu (Judd.) @ judd_design Shinichiro Nakahara (landscape products) @ shinnakahara Shinsuke Nakamura @ shinsukenakamura Satoshi Fukudome (OBAKE.INK) @ obakeink Keiichiro Matsumura (cultural anthropologist) Yuichi Murakami (anew inc.) @ murakamiyuichi Koichiro Yamamoto (Stylist's private collection) @ stylistshibutsu Evan Scott (The Noguchi Museum) @ evanascott James Freeman (Blue Bottle Coffee founder) @ wjamesfreeman Noboru Akihiro @ akihirowoodworks Taku Akihiro @ takuakihiro
Produced by anew inc. @ anew__inc Yuichi Murakami @ murakamiyuichi Yusuke Osawa @ crawford_high Shinya Fukuda @ shinyafukuda_ph
Note: Each piece is hand work by the artist, even the same piece will have a slightly different expression.
