= This is an artist book/ exhibition catalogue of the installation that was opened in 2005 at the Mu Art Foundation in The Netherlands by the fashion brand "COSMIC WONDER". The exhibition took place from June 10 till July 10, 2005. Set of 2 books -comes with an original CD featuring songs by Kim Gordon, Animal Collective, Meditations, Yoshimi, Soft Circle, and Lemuria. COSMIC WONDER is the most eye-catching and experimental fashion label from Japan. In 1999, Yukinori Maeda (1971) set up COSMIC WONDER in Osaka, which remains to be the base of operations for him and his 11 coworkers. Maeda studied architecture in Kyoto, before he decided to design garments instead of buildings. Clothing being closer to human body than buildings, he may have found his field of expression in its intimacy with people's daily lives. COSMIC WONDER occupies a unique position within the Japanese art and fashion world. While many ontemporary Japanese artists favour a flashy, colourful style dominated by influences from manga, pop culture and games, Maeda deliberately turns his back on these manifestations of aggressive and hollow excitement. Maeda's fascination is found in the traditional Japanese values that are based on the concepts of harmony and purity. The exhibition at MU presents the first large-scale solo exhibition of COSMIC WONDER in Europe, featuring various installations, video, photos and sound. It is not a display of 40 dummies showing 40 garments but an overall work combining existing and new creations. The projects COSMIC WONDER will deliver especially for this exhibition include new video works and further exploration of recurring theme "magic village". Maeda's fashion identity COSMIC WONDER will carry out its own journey and video work will be staged in close cooperation with the Japanese artist Yuki Kimura (1971). Kimura has been a visual contributor to many of COSMIC WONDER's printed matter and video works. A COSMIC WONDER publication, edited and designed in close cooperation with Purple in Paris, is being released in conjunction with the exhibition. This Purple Book is not a catalogue of the COSMIC WONDER show but rather an artist book. It contains texts, poetry, photos and collages. Christophe Brunnquell will design the publication.