Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook
The definitive chronicle of eight decades of Japanese design. 448 pages moving from postwar reconstruction to contemporary reinvention, profiling 70 architects and designers who shaped an aesthetic philosophy.
Encyclopedic without being academic. This volume understands that Japanese design isn't merely functional – it's cultural inheritance made tangible, everyday objects elevated to vessels of meaning.
Chronological surveys, biographical profiles, cultural context. The photography works as hard as the scholarship. Protected in its slipcase, built to last, to reference, to return to.
For the design devotee seeking depth. For the gift that signals serious aesthetic literacy. For anyone who recognizes that design is dialogue between tradition and innovation.
9.1" x 11.1" | Hardcover with slipcase | 448 pages
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