In an age overflowing with data, what should we pass on to the future? This issue begins with the question "Why preserve things?" and reexamines the relationship between records and memory, including the mysterious personal archive "Archive of Modern Conflict" and the "Kokuyo Corporate Life History" project, the current state of corporate archives, library design as a "landscape where people and knowledge meet," and even discussions on the "philosophy of archives" by Toh Enjoe, Tim Ingold, and Machiko Konno.
◉ Archive of Modern Conflict: A Laboratory of Contradiction and Chaos
◉ Editorial: Memory Management
Text by Shotaro Yamashita (Editor-in-Chief of this magazine)
◉ Can the lives of employees become a company history? Talking with Masahiko Kishi: KOKUYO's "Lifestyle Company History" initiative
◉ The Current State of Corporate Archives: Work Flows and Stays Yamaha / Kawashima Selkon Textiles / Pola Cultural Research Institute
◉ The shape of the 21st century library: Snøhetta - A landscape where people and knowledge meet
◉ Philosophy of the Archives Toh Enjoe / Tim Ingold / Machiko Kyo / Kazuma Obara / Yasufumi Fujii
◉ Exclusive or Shared? That is the Question: Digital Archives with Information Scholar Shoji Yamada
◉Booklist Archive Archive
◉ An era of memories and a shared space of emotions
[Book information]
Book title: "WORKSIGHT Issue 29: Archive?"
Edited by: WORKSIGHT Editorial Department (Yoko Research Institute + Kurotorisha)
ISBN: 978-4-7615-0937-8
Art direction: Hiromi Fujita (FUJITA LLC)
Issue date: Monday, November 10, 2025
Issued by: KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Gakugei Publishing Co., Ltd.
Format: A5 variant / 128 pages
Price: 1,800 yen + tax