Origins : the creative spark behind Japan's best product designs
Hagiwara, Shu2006
Book
Review: "For this book, Shu Hagiwara, author and design director, has selected Japanese-designed products that had a great impact over the post-World War II period. His curiosity led him on a search for these products' beginnings. From Hagiwara's text, we learn much about these elegant, witty and beautiful designs and the process from concept to finished product. We also see their origins expressed in photography by the celebrated photographer Masashi Kuma."--BOOK JACKET.
Main title:
Origins : the creative spark behind Japan's best product designs / Shu Hagiwara ; photography by Masashi Kuma ; translated by Philip Price.
Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 2006.
Collation:
111 p. : ill. (col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
Contents:
Incomplete contents: Introduction -- Flight of fancy : the Butterfly chair -- Sitting on air : the Midori chair -- A perfect knit : Tango chest 120 -- Light work : ToFU -- A modular classic : The Sumitsubo -- A flicker of love : METAPHYS/Homo -- The lateral-thingking box : Coro-Hako -- Whopper deluxe : The Hamburger stool -- Ghost story : Oba-Q(K series) -- New horizons : The Teiza-isu -- A flight fantastic : Akari -- Everyday icon : The G-Type Soy Sauce bottle -- Celebrating rice : the shallow rice bowl -- Tea? Y Not? : Tottotto -- Ringing in the years : ring ring -- The taste of bamboo : Taketlery -- Steam dreaming : ZUTTO -- Rise and shine : Contrast/Aroma -- Design on demand : The compact hi-fi -- The caked crusader : Boya -- A mother's warm touch : Ken-on-kun -- Sweet talk : sweets -- Flash cameras : IXY DIGITAL -- Soundtracks for life : The Walkman -- Ringing true : MUTECH/telephone 610 -- Timeless piece : ALBA/Riki Watanabe Collection -- The block clock : to:ca -- The mists of time : kehai -- Slip into this : one piece slippers -- Memory bundle : Furoshiki -- Box elegant : pen tray -- Playing for keeps : trash pot -- The box seat : Riki stool -- The rubber menagerie : animal rubber band -- Inside is out : splash -- Fleet of foot : Aquartium #003 -- A southern star : The Tsubame -- Easy rider : Super Cub C100 -- Gas and more : Prius -- Happiness is a warm TV : AQUOS C1 -- Designer profiles.
ISBN:
9784770030405
Dewey class:
745.20952
LC class:
TS171.4
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
174779
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Art and Culture | ARTS 745.20952 HAGIFolio | Available |