A photobook documenting refugee stories in 12 different countries: photographed in Burma, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey. The images, of refugees from a dozen countries, are accompanied by a personal account which sets the individuals’ lives into the context of a vast global problem.

Designer Ayumi Higuchi’s concept for the book is a metaphor for the stories inside. This is not a glossy coffee table book: it is small, light, portable. The screenprinted cover is made from the corrugated cardboard used in disposable packaging. The binding is lifejacket orange. Photographs travel across pages, resisting resolution, printed on matt paper which absorbs light rather than reflecting it: this is an appropriately dark document.

Proceeds net of publishing costs support charity Refugees International Japan.