The book wraps up with a special dialogue between Morimoto and the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo , creator of Halcyon Realms Why the "79"? The number in your search likely refers to the year , which was the year Koji Morimoto graduated from the Osaka School of Design
This year marked the start of his career before joining studio to work on Tomorrow's Joe
Morimoto’s work, often cataloged in technical reports (frequently distinguishable by their orange covers in Japanese university archives), sought to solve this disconnect. He proposed rigorous experimental methods to quantify subjective attributes. Instead of simply asking "is this good?", Morimoto developed multi-dimensional scaling techniques to map how changes in resolution, noise, and contrast affected the human visual system.
: The physical book features an oversized layout (larger than A4 dimensions) using heavy paper stock, fold-out posters, and beautiful semi-translucent pages that overlay rough pencils across finished inks.
The entire collection of shorts are now available to own in this sumptuous boxset. ( see box art below ) “Orange / Koji Morimoto / Halcyon Realms Amazon.com: Koji Morimoto Scrapbook - Orange