ATELIER MUJI Exhibition 'Book Activist' Irma Boom: Book Activist Exhibition
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. will host the 'Book Activist' Irma Boom exhibition at ATELIER MUJI GINZA from June 5 to August 23, 2026, celebrating the 10th anniversary of MUJI BOOKS.
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Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo / President and Representative Director Satoru Shimizu), which operates MUJI, will hold the exhibition 'Book Activist Irma Boom: Book Activist' at ATELIER MUJI GINZA Gallery 1 & 2 within 'MUJI Ginza' (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) from Friday, June 5 to Sunday, August 23, 2026.
Since its launch in 2015, MUJI BOOKS has proposed a lifestyle with books under the concept 'Always with Good Words.' We believe that 'physical books' do not merely convey information through text and images, but exist in space as objects. Unlike fragments of information that quickly disappear on a digital screen, books are multidimensional, complex entities that accumulate time alongside people.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of MUJI BOOKS, we have prepared a book titled 'Book Activist' with the Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom. 'Book Activist' is a term that praises everyone involved with books: readers, sellers, deliverers, binders, printers, and writers. This book interprets 'physical books' from various perspectives through her work of designing over 500 books in about 40 years. It has been finished as a volume that is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, yet thick as a dictionary.
Irma Boom has created differently shaped books with various partners around the world. Her style of extracting only what is necessary from a vast amount of information and constructing it in the form of a 'physical book' resonates with MUJI's manufacturing philosophy, which selects materials, reviews processes, and creates products that fulfill necessary functions. Through this exhibition, we aim to re-examine the value and potential of 'physical books' and provide an opportunity to continue living with 'always good words.'
At the venue, we will exhibit for the first time in Asia unparalleled 'physical books' created by Irma Boom, precious books housed in MoMA and the Centre Pompidou, rare handmade miniature book models, and 'IBO Paper' developed jointly with a paper manufacturing company. In addition, we will introduce numerous 'always good words' excerpted from various books.
mini models ©Mathieu Lommen past Exhibition Photos by Petr Cox and Gert Jan van Rooij, All photos courtesy Irma Boom past Exhibition Photos by Petr Cox and Gert Jan van Rooij, All photos courtesy Irma Boom
Photo by Anton Corbijn
Irma Boom
Graphic Designer. Based in Amsterdam, she primarily works on book design. She established the Irma Boom Office in 1991. Her commissioned works include over 500 books for the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, industrialist Paul Fentener van Vlissingen (1990-2006), Inside Outside, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Prince Claus Fund, the Prada Foundation, Maserati, Vitra, NAi Publishers, the United Nations, Tate Modern, and Chanel. Since 1992, she has served as a Senior Critic at Yale University in the United States, giving lectures and workshops worldwide. She is the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Gutenberg Prize and received the Johannes Vermeer Award (Dutch state prize for the arts) in 2014.
WEB｜https://www.irmaboom.nl/
[Basic Information]
'Book Activist' Irma Boom: Book Activist Exhibition
Dates | June 5, 2026 (Friday) – August 23, 2026 (Sunday)
Hours | 11:00 - 21:00
Venue | MUJI Ginza 6F ATELIER MUJI GINZA Gallery 1 & 2 Free Admission
*Closed according to store holidays. Please note that schedules such as dates and times are subject to change, and there may be times when some exhibits cannot be viewed due to events, etc.
ATELIER MUJI GINZA
6F MUJI Ginza, 3-3-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Access | 3-minute walk from Exit B4, 'Ginza' Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza, Marunouchi, and Hibiya Lines
3-minute walk from Exit 5, 'Ginza-itchome' Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line
5-minute walk from Central Exit, 'Yurakucho' Station on the JR Yamanote Line
Organizer | Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo / President and Representative Director Satoru Shimizu), which operates MUJI, will hold the exhibition 'Book Activist Irma Boom: Book Activist' at ATELIER MUJI GINZA Gallery 1 & 2 within 'MUJI Ginza' (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) from Friday, June 5 to Sunday, August 23, 2026.
Since its launch in 2015, MUJI BOOKS has proposed a lifestyle with books under the concept 'Always with Good Words.' We believe that 'physical books' do not merely convey information through text and images, but exist in space as objects. Unlike fragments of information that quickly disappear on a digital screen, books are multidimensional, complex entities that accumulate time alongside people.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of MUJI BOOKS, we have prepared a book titled 'Book Activist' with the Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom. 'Book Activist' is a term that praises everyone involved with books: readers, sellers, deliverers, binders, printers, and writers. This book interprets 'physical books' from various perspectives through her work of designing over 500 books in about 40 years. It has been finished as a volume that is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, yet thick as a dictionary.
Irma Boom has created differently shaped books with various partners around the world. Her style of extracting only what is necessary from a vast amount of information and constructing it in the form of a 'physical book' resonates with MUJI's manufacturing philosophy, which selects materials, reviews processes, and creates products that fulfill necessary functions. Through this exhibition, we aim to re-examine the value and potential of 'physical books' and provide an opportunity to continue living with 'always good words.'
At the venue, we will exhibit for the first time in Asia unparalleled 'physical books' created by Irma Boom, precious books housed in MoMA and the Centre Pompidou, rare handmade miniature book models, and 'IBO Paper' developed jointly with a paper manufacturing company. In addition, we will introduce numerous 'always good words' excerpted from various books.
mini models ©Mathieu Lommen past Exhibition Photos by Petr Cox and Gert Jan van Rooij, All photos courtesy Irma Boom past Exhibition Photos by Petr Cox and Gert Jan van Rooij, All photos courtesy Irma Boom
Photo by Anton Corbijn
Irma Boom
Graphic Designer. Based in Amsterdam, she primarily works on book design. She established the Irma Boom Office in 1991. Her commissioned works include over 500 books for the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, industrialist Paul Fentener van Vlissingen (1990-2006), Inside Outside, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Prince Claus Fund, the Prada Foundation, Maserati, Vitra, NAi Publishers, the United Nations, Tate Modern, and Chanel. Since 1992, she has served as a Senior Critic at Yale University in the United States, giving lectures and workshops worldwide. She is the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Gutenberg Prize and received the Johannes Vermeer Award (Dutch state prize for the arts) in 2014.
WEB｜https://www.irmaboom.nl/
[Basic Information]
'Book Activist' Irma Boom: Book Activist Exhibition
Dates | June 5, 2026 (Friday) – August 23, 2026 (Sunday)
Hours | 11:00 - 21:00
Venue | MUJI Ginza 6F ATELIER MUJI GINZA Gallery 1 & 2 Free Admission
*Closed according to store holidays. Please note that schedules such as dates and times are subject to change, and there may be times when some exhibits cannot be viewed due to events, etc.
ATELIER MUJI GINZA
6F MUJI Ginza, 3-3-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Access | 3-minute walk from Exit B4, 'Ginza' Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza, Marunouchi, and Hibiya Lines
3-minute walk from Exit 5, 'Ginza-itchome' Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line
5-minute walk from Central Exit, 'Yurakucho' Station on the JR Yamanote Line
Organizer | Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.