3 Readers will win a Haruki Murakami t-Shirt, Hat, and a Copy of his New Book, “MURAKAMI T: THE T-SHIRTS I LOVE”! To celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami’s new book, “Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love”, Penguin Random House has teamed-up with a catalog company called OUT OF PRINT to have a special contest. This company makes very excellent T-Shirts, Hats, Socks & other items that share the Love of Reading & Books! For THIS CONTEST they […]
村上春樹ワンダーランドへようこそ！ Welcome to the Wonderland of Haruki Murakami! TOKYO – Haruki Murakami has held many identities in his 72 years of life: Student, Record Store Employee, Owner of the Jazz Bar and Coffee Shop PETER CAT, Radio DJ and – his claim to fame – best-selling and critically acclaimed author of surrealist Japanese fiction! All these selves are brought to life at a new library at his alma mater, Waseda University, in Tokyo. The Haruki Murakami Library […]
Down below is an example of MURAKAMI RADIO. Of course we’re talking about Haruki Murakami, the Author. He is also a Radio DJ & he enjoys sharing music he really loves. There’s a lot of American Music in the mix, mostly Jazz, Bossa Nova, & many other styles. So, please be sure to check it out & if you like it then please feel free to subscribe to his YouTube channel for more. It’s a really nice thing to listen […]
First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator may or may not be Murakami himself. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. Philosophical and […]
The Japanese clothing chain, UNIQLO, has just unveiled its Haruki Murakami x UT collection, featuring eight men’s T-shirt designs inspired by Murakami’s works, aesthetic sensibilities, and philosophical musings, such as the Murakami Radio design that proclaims “Books, music, and cats have been my friends from way back” across its back. We’re showing just a few of the designs here but if you visit their website you can see way more. Plus, you might wanna buy one so people know you’re cool! Just, CLICK HERE! ————————————————————————————————————
Charmaine Esmeralda, over at the MEDIUM Website, recently wrote a super-excellent article on the Book Designers who have created covers for Haruki Murakami. She does a short individual biography of Chip Kidd, John Gall & Suzanne Dean. It’s very well researched & it’s also loaded with great pictures too! To check it out, just CLICK HERE!! ————————————————————————————————————
Down below is a wonderfully done YouTube Video showcasing the design of the Book Jacket and Case for “Killing Commendatore”, the latest Novel by Haruki Murakami, published by Knopf on October 9th, 2018. Chip Kidd was the Lead Designer & Art Director for the “look of the book”. To Learn More and Purchase Your Copy, Just CLICK HERE! ————————————————————————————————————
In this very well put together YouTube Video by Designer MEAD McCLEAN he discusses the Book Cover Dust Jacket and Interior Page Design of the Hardcover version of Haruki Murakami’s “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage”. Mostly, this talk focuses on the use of the central “hand image” and its integration with elements of the story. Plus, it shows off some of the unique qualities of the book’s design, great job Mead & thank you! […]
Lila Shapiro, a Reporter/Blogger over at VULTURE Magazine’s online website, recently conducted an extensive interview with the Designer Chip Kidd about “The Stories Behind Haruki Murakami’s Most Iconic Book Covers”. This covers (excuse the pun!) the over-25 year history of Chip Kidd designing Book Covers for all of the “Haruki Murakami” First Editions published for the American Market(English Language versions). It’s pretty well done & lavishly illustrated with nice sharp photos of all the Murakami book covers that they talk […]
This is just a quick teaser-announcement about a brand-new book on the Book Cover Design Work by Designer Chip Kidd. Later this year, in the fall, Rizzoli has plans to unleash Chip Kidd Book Two: Work 2007-2017, with introductions by Haruki Murakami, Neil Gaiman and Orhan Pamuk! You can see the front and back book cover designs up above and then for people unfamiliar with why this is “Book Two” here is an example of what the first book in […]