Ha-Ha! “CATALOGUE” No.1: A Catalogue of Collected Faces

A publication by ONDO, a shop dedicated to collecting and selling objects with faces.

Ha-Ha! “CATALOGUE” No.1 brings together ONDO’s collection of face-like objects gathered over the years. Focusing on things that either possess a face-like expression or appear to resemble a face, ONDO explores the imaginative and emotional possibilities that emerge from such encounters.

To picture a face from a person’s name, to read expression from the characters in manga or film, or to sense meaning in another person’s look—these familiar experiences form the basis of ONDO’s interest in finding faces within objects. Alongside a wide range of distinctive items, the book also includes a portrait of the entertainer Lou Oshiba by photographer Kanade Hamamoto, as well as a text by soulful fiction writer Rikimaru Yamatsuka. The result is a publication that might be described as a kind of speculative archaeology, in which the face becomes the starting point for expanding acts of imagination.

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Title: Ha-Ha! “CATALOGUE” No.1
Editor: ONDO
Publisher: ONDO, 2025
Format: Softcover
Size: 180 × 130 mm
Pages: 160
Language: Japanese
Edition: First edition
ISBN: n/a