The Murakami Diary invites you into the world of Murakami. Whilst being stylish and colourful, and a pleasure to use, it was essential that it remained functional. We also wanted to showcase all of Murakami’s books, and the titles and their respective publication dates, along with seasonal quotes, which all helped to determine the placement of the imagery throughout the diary.

We were influenced by Japanese aesthetics and sourced original material as well as creating our own illustrations. Many of the current Murakami book covers published by VINTAGE are included, but we also feature previously unseen cover options that didn’t make the final cut.

Here are some of our favourite pages.