Katsumi Komagata - A place where stars rest

Created in 2004 by graphic designer Katsumi Komagata upon request from the city of Grenoble, France, as a inaugural picture book to be gifted to newborn babies.

The shimmering constellation of morning light reflected on the river’s surface is captured as a quiet scene of “sleeping stars”. Through a thoughtful blend of tactile paper textures, silver typography, foil stamping, die-cuts, and intricate cutouts, Komagata translates these subtle visual impressions into a poetic, multi-sensory experience.

Grounded in an enduringly minimal book design on a white canvas, each turn of the page brings the quiet excitement of connecting the scattered stars to trace lines and form constellations across the night sky.

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