White / 100 Whites
"White" is not a book about colors. It is an exploration of essence — Kenya Hara's meditation on white as the origin of Japanese aesthetics, a philosophy of simplicity and profound restraint.
Its companion volume, "100 Whites," extends this inquiry through one hundred specific examples: snow, rice, wax. As art director for Muji, Hara examines what these whites mean in the process of design — not merely as visual phenomena, but as states of mind.
Two volumes. Two ways into the same quiet obsession. Each sold separately.
Designed by Kenya Hara. Published by Lars Müller. Hardcover, 224 pages. Made in Switzerland.
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