{"product_id":"baskervilles-teardrop-explodes-a-selection-of-books-as-muses-john-morgan","title":"Baskerville's Teardrop Explodes - A Selection of Books as Muses \/ John Morgan","description":"\u003cp\u003eイギリスのブックデザイナー、ジョン・モーガン（John Morgan）が「ミューズ（インスピレーションの源泉）」として選んだ31冊の書籍を紹介を紹介する作品集。モーガンが2025年9月に52歳で亡くなる直前に完成しました。\u003cbr\u003e主に視覚的な佇まいや、そこから想起される価値を基準に選ばれたこれらの本は、ブックデザイナーとしての彼の歩みや作品に何らかの形で触れ、影響を与えてきました。「ミューズの図書室」として一堂に会したこれらの書籍は、モーガンの仕事に見られるあらゆる矛盾や、複合的な感性を描き出します。選定の基準は、一般的な「美しい本」の定義にとどまらず、完璧なタイポグラフィを持つものから、一見すると技術的に不完全なもの、過剰なもの、色、手触り、素材が持つ独特の「毒気」や「可笑しみ」に惹かれたものや、タイトルの響きだけで選ばれたものまで、多岐にわたります。独自のエネルギーを宿したそれぞれの本が、モーガンによるテキストとともに紹介されています。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompleted shortly before John Morgan died in September 2025, Baskerville’s Teardrop Explodes: A Selection of Books as Muses presents his selection of 31 books as Muses. Chosen primarily for their visual appearance and associative value, they are books that have touched him and his work as a book designer in some way or another. Collected together as a Library of Muses, they express all the contradictions and compound sensibilities found in John’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe criteria for selection are numerous and variable. Some were chosen for the title alone, or for the colour or materiality of the book, for the feel, the weight, the lightness, the rightness, the wrongness, the modesty, the excess, the charm, the humour, the attitude or bite of a book, the memory it conjures. Each Muse has its own magic and energy. Some bring reverberations of romance, others of fear, anxiety, humour or tragedy. Some are heroic. Some fail in technique or just miss the mark; they are imperfect. Some are chosen as signs, others as votives for direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e-\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eSize: 205 × 137 mm\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003eColor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Ten Thousand Angels Press, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thousand Angels Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53216532037929,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/7790\/3145\/files\/Baskerville_sTeardropExplodes_a9c99c13-a493-4b5b-a8fd-bda0d2e1cda1.jpg?v=1780051368","url":"https:\/\/en.aohatabooks.com\/products\/baskervilles-teardrop-explodes-a-selection-of-books-as-muses-john-morgan","provider":"本屋青旗 Ao-Hata Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}