Büro Destruct – Pocketmate Maniacs

Analog Plastic – 25 years before Electronic Plastic – designed by Lopetz ‘Büro Destruct’!

This book explores the mechanical games that preceded electronic handhelds and smartphone games, focusing on the most visually and mechanically interesting examples from the toy manufacturer TOMY Japan. The book ‘Pocketmate Maniacs – Analog Plastic’, written and designed by Lopetz, Büro Destruct, and published by Sansai Books, Tokyo, Japan, pays tribute to these mechanical TOMY Pocketmate games from the 1970s and 1980s. It is a limited edition!

Publisher: Sansai Books 東京
Softcover with metallic print
112 pages, full colour
Languages: English/Japanese
Year: 2025
ISBN: 978-4866734743

Founded in 1994, the Büro Destruct collective is regarded as a pioneer and trailblazer of modern Swiss graphic design. If one were to briefly summarise the qualities of Büro Destruct, they would likely lie in creating futuristic and digitally inspired design solutions that simultaneously convey a sense of craftsmanship and laid-back ingenuity.