Handmade in Japan
Handmade in Japan is a beautiful POLLEN book in a 24 × 28 cm format that explores the new outdoor and lifestyle creative scene, at the crossroads of artisanal craftsmanship and the aesthetic demands of adventurers. Interviews with entrepreneurs and innovators who are rethinking outdoor products.
More and more people are turning to the great outdoors in search of peace, balance, and a hint of adventure to counter their daily lives. The Outsiders highlights the vision and passions of the new creative scene emerging from this, drawing inspiration from this dynamic as well as its original products, brands, and ideas.
The book captures the refreshing and evolving spirit of today’s outdoor and lifestyle entrepreneurs, featuring interviews with key industry players. Designed for modern globetrotters, these innovators rethink the meeting point between the fundamental challenges of the wild and the aesthetic demands of design-conscious adventurers. The results are often radical but always endearing, sometimes with a romantic or ironic wink.
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Features
- Dimensions
- 24 × 28 cm
- Weight
- 1710 g
Read before leaving, reread upon return
POLLEN brings together fifteen books that all talk about the same thing: going out. You follow legendary trails with Cam Honan, a year of cycling from Amsterdam to Singapore with Martijn Doolaard, the climbing scene with Julie Ellison, motorcycle routes, converted vehicles, and days spent below zero. One title leaves the road to tell the stories of lasting crafts: forging, weaving, sake brewing. All are in English, most printed in full color, in large formats that let the photography breathe.
Manufacturing
What we hold in our hands
All in color
Most titles are printed in full color, including photographs, from Wanderlust USA to One Year on a Bike, as well as The Great Outdoors and The New Traditional.
Wide formats
The pages range from 20 x 27 cm for The Great Outdoors to 24 x 32 cm for One Year on a Bike. A size chosen for landscape images.
Hardcover
Several titles are bound in hardcover, including The New Traditional, The Great Outdoors, and One Year on a Bike. The New Traditional is also sewn-bound.
Cards and advice
The series Wanderlust, Ride Out!, and The Hidden Tracks accompany their stories with detailed maps, landmarks, and practical tips.
Authors who have been there
Cam Honan has personally explored a good portion of the trails he describes, Martijn Doolaard shares his own cycling journey, and Julie Ellison has traveled around the world climbing.
Thick volumes
256 pages for The New Traditional, 272 for The Great Outdoors, 368 for One Year on a Bike. These are books to keep, not brochures.