Despite it’s high-tech reputation, Japan remains very much a nation held firmly in the realm of the analog. Objects like fax machines, record players and hanko, a seal used in lieu of signatures, remain alive and well. Along those lines are stamps: they’re used professionally in schools, post offices and almost all bureaucratic settings. But Hokkaido-based artist Baku Maeda found a different use for them.
Using all sorts of stamps, Maeda created a series of playful illustrations and compiled them all into a book titled Stamp By Me. You can see more on his portfolio site.
April 30, 2019 at 4:17 am
Hello
I would love to buy the book Stamp by Me from Baku Maeda
do you know where I can find it (on line or in Japan)
love your work
Thank you
Philippe
April 30, 2019 at 11:55 am
Hi Philippe – thanks for the kind words. The best way to do this would be to contact the artist directly. There’s an email address listed here for him: https://ribbonesia.com/inquiry