This is a presentation of modern design in Japan, documenting an interpretation of the forms and aesthetics of products made for everyday use. Tracing the development of more than 250 objects - ranging from a simple white porcelain soy-sauce container of the 1950s to the complex electronic equipment and pace-setting fashions of the 1980s and 1990s - this book examines the work or designers who have challenged their Western counterparts in terms of adventurousness and originality.
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This is a presentation of modern design in Japan, documenting an interpretation of the forms and aesthetics of products made for everyday use. Tracing the development of more than 250 objects - ranging from a simple white porcelain soy-sauce container of the 1950s to the complex electronic equipment and pace-setting fashions of the 1980s and 1990s - this book examines the work or designers who have challenged their Western counterparts in terms of adventurousness and originality.
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As New. Size: 4to 11"-13" tall; Sterling condition softcover copy, bound in a big, tall square quarto format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear to the brightly illustrated wraps (in gate-fold). Designed quite unusually featuring bright red card-stock endpapers, fore-edges that are "stained" red to about 1/10", and hundreds of bright images printed on high-gloss paper. Then about 20 different chapters written by the editors, singly and collectively, but then many other chapters by noted experts on Japanese history, culture, art and design. [5], 6-236 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Like New. Size: 8x5x0; Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Fine. Size: 4to 11"-13" tall; Sterling condition softcover copy, bound in a big, tall square quarto format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear to the brightly illustrated wraps (in gate-fold). Designed quite unusually featuring bright red card-stock endpapers, fore-edges that are "stained" red to about 1/10", and hundreds of bright images printed on high-gloss paper. Then about 20 different chapters written by the editors, singly and collectively, but then many other chapters by noted experts on Japanese history, culture, art and design. [5], 6-236 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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As New. Red cloth with black and gold lettering; red and blue illus. dj; 236 pp. with 316 illus., including 246 in full color; . The catalogue to accompany the exhibition held Sept. 25 to November 20, 1994; covers design history through the early 1990s. Contents as follows: Japanese design: from Meiji to modern / Felice Fischer--Japanese design: a survey since 1950 / Kathryn B. Hiesinger--Design and government / Shinichi Arai--Design and marketing / Motoo Nakanishi--Design organizations / Kyo Toyoguchi--Design education / Shutaro Mukai--Industrial design / Shukuroo Habara--Furniture / Mitsumasa Sugasawa--Textiles and kimonos / Yoshiko I. Wada--Fashion / Akiko Fukai--Packaging / Katsu Kimura--Graphics / Yusaku Kamekura--Designer statement / Kazuo Kawasaki--Designer statement / Riki Watanabe--Company history: GK design group / Kenji Ekuan--Company history: Honda / Shinya Iwakura--Company history: Kenmochi Design Associates / Tetsuo Matsumoto--Company history: Nippon Design Center / Kazumasa Nagai--Company history: Sony / Matami Yamaguchi--Japanese design: a survey since 1950 / Felice Fischer [and others]--Biographies / Felice Fischer [and others].
