Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki were born in Fukuoka. Together they opened the on-demand “haute couture” flower shop JARDINS des FLEURS in the Ginza district in 2002. The shop is currently located in Minami-Aoyama. Around 2005 they launched a second line of operations when Azuma invented the genre of the "botanical sculpture", and Shiinoki captured those creations in his photographs. Following a solo exhibition in New York, Azuma's experimental works have been repeatedly shown at places including Paris and Düsseldorf. He set up the experimental botanical lab Azuma Makoto Kaju Kenkyujo (AMKK) in 2009, and went on to exhibit his works at art museums, galleries and public spaces in Milan, Belgium, Shanghai and Mexico among others. In recent years, Azuma has been focusing on his project arranging flowers in all kinds of mundane situations that don’t occur in the realm of nature. This is the long-awaited second volume in the Encyclopedia of Flowers series of "definitive stationary observations" in which Makoto Azuma focuses on the market-related changes in the form of species becoming extinct and new ones appearing, as his mission and life work. The flowers featured here are described using their common formal Latin scientific names in a list and index. After 2011’s first edition, for this second one perspectives were limited to overhead and lateral shots done in natural light in order to further highlight the flowers’ sense of presence. The result is a book of abundant beauty and documentary significance that redefines the concept of flowers.
花や植物の一瞬の煌めき
総数1万5千本を超える圧巻のボリューム
「現代の植物図鑑」、待望の第2弾!
決定的定点観測
花の存在感が際立つように「真俯瞰」で撮影し、花弁の一枚一枚、
雄蕊（おしべ）や花粉のディテールまでも克明に記録することに努めた。
また、かつては土に根を張り、自立する植物の生命力を表現すべく
“真横”からも撮影した。
光源は自然光であることを意識し、花が最も美しく映える環境に努めた。
収録点数は、約1200種、総数1万5千本を超える。
第一巻に収録した花の多くが消滅し、数えきれない新種が誕生した。
植物名（学名・和名）完備、索引付き。
著者：東信 ／ 写真：椎木俊介
デザイン：原研哉＋松野薫＋西朋子（日本デザインセンター）
【略歴】
東信、椎木俊介(写真)は、福岡県に生まれる。2002年、共同で完全オーダー制のオートクチュールの花屋「JARDINS des FLEURS」を銀座に構える。現在は南青山。 2005年頃から、東は、植物による彫刻作品ともいえる造形表現＝Botanical Sculptureを開始し、東の造形を椎木が写真に留めるという、両輪で活動を展開する。ニューヨークでの個展を皮切りに、パリやデュッセルドルフなどで実験的な作品を数多く発表。2009年より実験的植物集団「東信、花樹研究所（AMKK）」を立ち上げ、ミラノ、ベルギー、上海、メキシコの美術館やアートギャラリー、パブリックスペースで作品発表を重ねる。近年は、地球上のさまざまなシチュエーションで花を活けるプロジェクトを精力的に展開。
関連書籍
Encyclopedia of Flowers 植物図鑑
http://www.seigensha.com/books/978-4-86152-355-7
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Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki were born in Fukuoka. Together they opened the on-demand “haute couture” flower shop JARDINS des FLEURS in the Ginza district in 2002. The shop is currently located in Minami-Aoyama.
Around 2005 they launched a second line of operations when Azuma invented the genre of the "botanical sculpture", and Shiinoki captured those creations in his photographs. Following a solo exhibition in New York, Azuma's experimental works have been repeatedly shown at places including Paris and Düsseldorf. He set up the experimental botanical lab Azuma Makoto Kaju Kenkyujo (AMKK) in 2009, and went on to exhibit his works at art museums, galleries and public spaces in Milan, Belgium, Shanghai and Mexico among others.
In recent years, Azuma has been focusing on his project arranging flowers in all kinds of mundane situations that don’t occur in the realm of nature.
This is the long-awaited second volume in the Encyclopedia of Flowers series of "definitive stationary observations" in which Makoto Azuma focuses on the market-related changes in the form of species becoming extinct and new ones appearing, as his mission and life work. The flowers featured here are described using their common formal Latin scientific names in a list and index. After 2011’s first edition, for this second one perspectives were limited to overhead and lateral shots done in natural light in order to further highlight the flowers’ sense of presence. The result is a book of abundant beauty and documentary significance that redefines the concept of flowers.