Mimicry map art book · picture book

A4 28pages //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///// **The topography mimics an annual ring** "Mimicry map to grow annually" is a proposal from the viewpoint of "annual ring" to the topographic map. This work was produced as an experimental graphic book. As we continue to read this book, the common points of "tree" and "topographic map" which we usually grasp separately will be highlighted. https://koseko.asia/ja/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/mm2-s51-1024x684.jpg Cover cover film. Overlay colors on the topographic map and express wood graininess. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///// **The annual ring born from the topographic map** The trees depicted in this book mimic the topographic map. Contour lines and map symbols become annual rings, cracks, clauses, and embellish expression of wood grain. Appreciate and discover tools to read and localize. The transformation of this point of view is the feature of this work. ___ https://koseko.asia/ja/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/mm2-s103-1024x684.jpg https://koseko.asia/ja/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/mm2-s11-1024x684.jpg *Mt. Fuji 3776 m* *It is a symbol of Japan that is unknown and the elegant cone shape that continues to its base draws a wave like annual ring that drips drops on the water surface. Many mountain trail routes aiming at the summit appear as thin cracks.* ___ https://koseko.asia/ja/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/mm2-s5-1024x684.jpg Old mountain 1822 m Volcano of the Northern Territories and Kunashirijima. Oda-dake also draws a beautiful annual ring. Lack of survey results, few map symbols, high purity annual rings are born. Also, the unique shape of the center is derived from being a double volcano. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///// **Pseudo tree map pattern design** Of course, the pattern design trees depicted in this book are also topographic maps. Besides real trees, annual rings are breathing to various things. One of them is the "pattern" used for textiles and wrapping paper. Looking from afar, it looks like rings and trees, but when looking closely at the details the name of the place and the map symbol are hiding. https://koseko.asia/ja/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/mm2-s6-1024x684.jpg "Dots of the mountains" Mt. Fuji / Yakodake / Mt. Yotei / Iwakiyama https://koseko.asia/ja/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/mm2-s7-1024x684.jpg "Spectacle of Observation and Sakurajima" Yakodake / Sakurajima ___ https://koseko.asia/ja/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/mm2-s102-1024x684.jpg "Boards of Misu Town" Misu Town //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///// **background** The fossa tree map suggests re-recognition of the beauty of the terrain from the viewpoint of the wood grain. When you look at the topographic map, the difference between annual ring and topography becomes ambiguous. Actual annual rings and wood grain can be seen as mountains and valleys, and vice versa. Both annual rings and contours are traces of a long time spent growing and spreading to the heavens. The map seems to accelerate our lives in exchange for informationization and advanced functions. On the other hand, I hope you will enjoy the eternal rhythm created by the earth and wood drawn on the map. **Production area / production method** Origin: Japan · Kyoto + Tokyo Cover: OHP film paper: Vannuvo