Designing Japan : a future built on aesthetics / Kenya Hara ; translated by Maggie Kinser Hohle and Yukiko Naito.
2018
TS105 .H3713 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Designing Japan : a future built on aesthetics / Kenya Hara ; translated by Maggie Kinser Hohle and Yukiko Naito.
Author
Hara, Ken'ya, 1958- author.
Uniform Title
Nihon no dezain. English
Edition
First English edition.
ISBN
9784866580159 (hardcover)
4866580151 (hardcover)
4866580151 (hardcover)
Published
Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2018.
Language
English
Language Note
Translation of: Nihon no dezain.
Colophon also in Japanese.
Colophon also in Japanese.
Description
xi, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Call Number
TS105 .H3713 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
745.20952
Summary
"'Designing Japan: A Future Built on Aesthetics' presents renowned designer Kenya Hara's vision of how his industry can support Japan in crafting a future founded on a unique philosophy of beauty as well as crowd-sourced wisdom from around the world. The book spans history from the beginnings of professional Japanese design in the sixteenth century to the impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, but Hara's focus is the future. A master collaborator, meticulous organizer, and globally conscious innovator, he draws on more than three decades of participation in design work and exhibition curating, as well as deep professional interaction with creators from many fields. 'Designing Japan' serves as a foundation course on the essence of Japanese aesthetics while maintaining a practical approach to Japan's circumstances and future possibilities. Hara reveals the methods by which designers in Japan continue to work in tandem with government and industry to form publicly accessible aesthetic inquiries into how this island nation will proceed as its population ages, other nations take over manufacturing, and technology develops. Illustrations and examples recognize successful problem solving through design, proving that it is a living, changing industry that remains relevant not in spite of, but as a partner to, advancing technology"-- Unedited summary of book.
Note
Originally published in Japan by Iwanami Shoten in 2011.
Includes a new English preface.
Includes a new English preface.
Series
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Other Editions
Nihon no dezain : Biishiki ga tsukuru mirai.
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Table of Contents
Movement: a design platform
Simplicity and emptiness: the genealogy of an aesthetic
Houses: refining the home
Tourism: cultural DNA
Future materials: designing experience
Point of growth: design for a future of society.
Simplicity and emptiness: the genealogy of an aesthetic
Houses: refining the home
Tourism: cultural DNA
Future materials: designing experience
Point of growth: design for a future of society.