Main entry:

Hara, Ken'ya, 1958- author.

Title & Author:

Designing Japan : a future built on aesthetics / Kenya Hara ; translated by Maggie Kinser Hohle and Yukiko Naito.

Edition:

English edition.

Publication:

Zürich : Lars Müller Verlag, 2019.

Description:

xi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:
"This book is a translation of 'Nippon no dezain : biishiki ga tsukuru mirai' by Kenya Hara. © 2011 by Kenya Hara."--Colophon
Preface to the English edition -- Preface -- Introduction: Aesthetics as a resource -- Movement: a design platform : Confronting a crowded world ; JAPAN CAR exhibition ; Transportation: desire and the future -- Simplicity and emptiness: the genealogy of an aesthetic : Sori Yanagi's kettle ; The origin of "simple" ; The richness of nothingness ; Ami-shu and design -- Houses: refining the home : The shape of living ; The wisdom of homemaking ; The abundance of non-possession ; Exporting the Japanese home -- Tourism: cultural DNA : How to brand Japan ; The view from a compound eye ; Conceiving an Asian-style resort ; National parks ; The Setouchi Triennale -- Future materials: designing experience : Media trigger creativity ; Fashion and fibers ; Better to be a chicken's beak ; Arriving at Japan's future overseas -- Point of growth: design for a future society : After the Tohoku Earthquake ; Adult principles ; The view from Beijing -- Postscript.

Summary:

Designing Japan' 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. A master collaborator, meticulous organizer, and globally conscious innovator, Hara draws on more than three decades of participations in design work and exhibition curating, as well as deep professional interaction with creators from many fields. In 'Designing Japan' Hara reveals methods that make publicly accessible aesthetic inquiries of 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.

ISBN:

9783037786116 (hardcover)
3037786116 (hardcover)

Subject:

Hara, Ken'ya.
Hara, Ken'ya 1958-
Cho?sen Ko?gei Kenkyu?kai.
Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
Design Japan.
Aesthetics, Japanese.
Industrial design Japan.
Product design Japan.
Design Philosophy.
Design Methodology.
Design Japon.
Esthétique japonaise.
Conception de produit Japon.
Design Philosophie.
Design Méthodologie.
Design
Industrial design
Product design
Ästhetik
Industriedesign
Produktgestaltung
Japan.

Added entries:

Hohle, Maggie Kinser, translator.
Naito, Yukiko, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307757
Call No.: BIB 253239
Status: Available