The Arts of Japan

Japanese Design since 1945

A Complete Sourcebook

Pollock, NaomiHarry N. Abrams · 2020

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Titel
Japanese Design since 1945
Untertitlel
A Complete Sourcebook
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
Medium
Print
Seitenzahl
448
ISBN 13
9781419750540
Autor
Pollock, Naomi
Verleger
Harry N. Abrams
Mitwirkende
Hamada, Shinji
Kanai, Masaaki
McQuaid, Matilda
Mori, Hitoshi
Shimazaki, Makoto

Klappentext

Design in Japan is deeply rooted in the country’s historic craft culture, profound understanding of materials and commitment to functionality. These qualities yield chairs, cups and other daily use items which are easy on the eye, comfortable in the hand and always do their job well. Even as mass manufacturing became widespread in the post-war period and cross-cultural exchanges began to take place with the West, Japan held fast to these core values and practices. This dedication has given rise to timeless objects of great beauty and utility as well as innovations in materials, form and technology. Far beyond design icons such as the Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle, Sori Yanagi’s Butterfly Stool, and the Sony Walkman® the products and objects created in Japan over the past seven decades serve to delight and draw admiration.

Author Naomi Pollock writes, “It doesn’t really matter what the medium is, whether plastic or metal, manufacturers treat the material with the same kind of reverence . . . the attention to detail and, above all, respect for the hand of the artisan, whether a traditional craftsperson or a factory worker. Even the mass-produced or computer-generated can be created with the pride and care of the handmade.”

In recent years, a new generation of designers, including Naoto Fukasawa, nendo, and Tokujin Yoshioka, have taken Japanese creativity into exciting new territory: some are eliminating objects entirely, others are reimagining what an object could be. Though Japan has developed some of the world’s most sophisticated robotic manufacturing complexes, many of its most appealing products are made by small factories and workshops whose artisans use their hands as much as machines.

This impressive volume is the most complete overview of Japanese design to date and its exquisite presentation is itself a beautiful example of Japanese design. Including profiles of over 70 creators, the book is based on the author’s interviews with designers, their colleagues and family members, as well as leading curators and critics. The profiles are accompanied by short takes on iconic products and essays on related topics by Japanese and Western design experts. Featuring hundreds of objects, this volume will become the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • Foreword
    Kanai, Masaaki
    6
  • Introduction
    8
  • The Design Titans
    16
  • Junichi Arai
    17
  • Kenya Hara
    32
  • Yusaku Kamekura
    40
  • Isamu Kenmochi
    48
  • Toshiyuki Kita
    56
  • Shiro Kuramata
    64
  • Issey Miyake
    72
  • MUJI
    80
  • Taku Satoh
    88
  • Ikko Tanaka
    96
  • Sori Yanagi
    104
  • Tokujin Yoshioka
    112
  • Essay – From Awakening to Modernism: Design in Japan Before 1945
    Mori, Hitoshi
    121
  • The Designers & Everyday Icons
    125
  • Tables & Chairs
    126
  • Keiji Ashizawa
    127
  • DRILL DESIGN
    130
  • Hisae Igarashi
    134
  • Motomi Kawakami
    138
  • Everyday Icons - The Butterfly Stool
    142
  • Mikiya Kobayashi
    143
  • Takeshi Nii
    146
  • Oki Sato nendo
    150
  • Everyday Icons - The Teiza Chair
    155
  • Katsuhei Toyoguchi
    156
  • Shigeru Uchida
    160
  • Everyday Icons - The WINK Chair
    164
  • Riki Watanabe
    165
  • Essay – Japanese Space and Chair Design
    Pollock, Naomi
    169
  • Food & Drink
    173
  • Shin Azumi
    174
  • Kimura Glass
    178
  • The Polka-Dotted Teapot
    182
  • Makoto Komatsu
    183
  • GLOBAL Knives
    187
  • Masahiro Mori
    188
  • Shinichiro Ogata | Simplicity
    194
  • Masanori Oji
    198
  • Masatoshi Sakaegi
    202
  • Moritaka Yoshita
    206
  • Everyday Icons - The HS Stackable Tumbler
    210
  • Mosuke Yoshitake | Hisanori Masuda
    211
  • Essay – Scandinavian Design and the Rebirth of Japanese Design
    Shimazaki, Makoto
    217
  • On & Off
    221
  • Yoshio Akioka | КАК
    222
  • GK Design Group
    226
  • Everyday Icons – Akari Light Sculpture
    230
  • Ichiro Iwasaki | Iwasaki Design Studio
    231
  • Shosaku Kondo
    236
  • Everyday Icons – The Midget Car
    239
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Panasonic Corporation
    240
  • Everyday Icons – The Shinkansen Bullet Train
    244
  • Fumie Shibata | Design Studio S
    245
  • Sony
    248
  • Everyday Icons – Aibo
    254
  • Gen Terao | Balmuda
    255
  • Yamaha Corporation
    260
  • Essay – Japanese Car Design Since 1945
    Hamada, Shinji
    265
  • Promotion & Packaging
    269
  • Misa Awatsuji & Maki Awatsuji | AWATSUJI design
    270
  • Everyday Icons – The Mitsukoshi Shopping Bag
    273
  • Shigeo Fukuda
    274
  • Takenobu Igarashi
    280
  • Everyday Icons – The Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle
    284
  • Kenji Itoh
    285
  • Everyday Icons – Tokyo Metro Manner Posters
    289
  • Shin Matsunaga
    290
  • Kazumasa Nagai
    296
  • Masayoshi Nakajo
    300
  • Hiroshi Ohchi
    304
  • Kashiwa Sato
    308
  • Everyday Icons – The Onigiri Wrapper
    312
  • Asao Tokolo
    313
  • Tadanori Yokoo
    316
  • Warp & Weft
    320
  • Hiroshi Awatsuji
    321
  • Everyday Icons - Tenugui
    325
  • Akira Minagawa | minä perhonen
    326
  • Makiko Minagawa
    330
  • Osamu Mita
    334
  • Everyday Icons – PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE
    338
  • Eiji Miyamoto
    339
  • Reiko Sudo
    342
  • Everyday Icons – HEATTECH
    347
  • Masaru Suzuki
    348
  • Katsuhiji Wakisaka
    352
  • Everyday Icons – Imabari Towel
    356
  • Samiro Yunoki
    357
  • Essay – 13 Meters of Cloth
    McQuaid, Matilda
    361
  • Lifestyle & Leisure
    365
  • Tomoko Azumi
    366
  • Everyday Icons – Airvase
    369
  • Shigeki Fujishiro
    370
  • Noriko Hashida
    374
  • Koji lyama
    378
  • Everyday Icons – The Plastic Umbrella
    381
  • Kazuo Kawasaki
    382
  • Ryoichi Kobayashi | Studio GALA
    386
  • Makoto Koizumi
    390
  • Everyday Icons – Washlet
    395
  • Masayuki Kurokawa
    396
  • Nobuho Miya | Kamasada
    402
  • Chiaki Murata | Metaphys
    406
  • A-Z of Designers
    410
  • Notes
    430
  • Further Reading
    432
  • About the Authors
    434
  • Acknowledgments
    436
  • Picture Credits
    437
  • Index
    440