“bookshop M” is established in 2005 and has been organizing by a creative design studio based in Tokyo, “MATCH and Company” that stands out in photography and editorial design. bookshop M distributes photography books through internet. The original system for international market on the website was started in 2009.
The art director, Satoshi Machiguchi (b.1971 in Tokyo), is highly regarded in designing graphical materials. Many photographers respect his ability to deeply understand photography, to create attractive books and draw out the essence of each photographer.
One of the specific features is deep knowledge about indispensable factors for book making: typography, paper, ink, printing, and binding and also history of book design, methods, and materials widely.
Their high quality and the spirit of inquiry lead them to establish their own publication label, called “M”, in 2005 to realize photography books, with limited 700-1000 editions each. 14 titles have been produced until now.Last year, “M/Light” with art direction by Hikari Machiguchi (b.1975 in Yokohama) who is a younger brother of Satoshi and also belongs to MATCH and Company, launched to invite new understanding about works of photographers of the same generation as their father.
The roles of bookshop M is for broadening distribution channels of both labels and the books they design, furthermore, being itself the communication medium directly between readers and the publisher, and making mutual cooperation with good bookshops based on truly understanding each other all over world.
