Origins : the creative spark behind Japan's best product designs

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Origins : the creative spark behind Japan's best product designs

Shu Hagiwara ; photography by Masashi Kuma ; translated by Philip Price

Kodansha International, 2006

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オリジンズ : 英文版

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ISBN 9784770030405

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スーパーカブのはじまりは?バタフライスツールが生まれた背景は?アクオスの出発点は?世界に向けて飛躍する日本のプロダクトデザイン。その発想の原点が、ここにある。

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  • Flight of Fancy The Butterfly Stool
  • 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/Hono
  • The Lateral‐Thinking Box Coro‐Hako
  • Whopper Deluxe The Hamburger Stool
  • Ghost Story Oba‐Q(K Series)
  • New Horizons The Teiza‐isu〔ほか〕

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ISBN 9784770030405

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Gorgeously illustrated and lively, this new book reveals the ideas that led to Japan's most innovative and exciting contemporary product designs, including delightful examples of furniture, appliances, and devices that are useful, graceful, eye-catching, and distinctly Japanese. Japan has a long history of combining the newest technology with clever, striking and intricate design, the result of the traditional aesthetic of monozukuri, or the art of making things.' The unique style and efficiency of Japan's best products have earned the respect of'

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