Human Touch

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☼ Artist: Mariko MukamotoDesigner: Mikako Mizuuchi (Detour)Publisher: DetourSize: 230 x 300 mmPages: 32ppBinding: Paperback, saddle stitchPrinted in: JapanYear: 2025 Human Touch is a book produced in collaboration with sculptor Mariko Mukamoto, who creates three-dimensional works using FRP for large man-made structures such as dams and floodgates, as well as resort areas, fountains, and flower beds. The book documents the man-made structures that Mukamoto has researched to date. These man-made structures appear flat in the natural landscape, emanating a strange presence. The book examines their shapes and their relationship with nature. Printed with Risograph, the photographs are pasted one by one by hand like a scrapbook. Show more