The book designs of Shin Sobue (head of cozfish) are always full of an exciting delight. The ingenious coordination uniting the layout of text to the outside shows the best of Sobue's designs. His appeal stems from every job resulting in a book with a clear outline and texture. His field is surprisingly large with novels, the humanities, photo collections, picture books and comics. Each has won fervent support. That must be because of his open designs that do not exclude readers. Born of contemporary trends that fuse culture and hierarchy, this is the very answer to our prayers for modern bookbinding. Shoji Usuda, Design Journalist