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Detail: Exceptional Japanese Product Design

Categorie	Reclame & Design
Boeknummer	#335108-WA27
Titel	Detail: Exceptional Japanese Product Design
Auteur	Davey, Andrew
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Laurence King Publishers
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	185669318X
ISBN13	9781856693189
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	Japan's expertise in technology, design and engineering is responsible for some of the most advanced and desirable consumer products. Names such as Sony, Sharp, Honda, Yamaha and Canon have acquired legendary status in our contemporary culture. This volume examines and celebrates the manufactured precision and technical virtuosity of mass-produced Japanese products that we use and see in everyday life but whose complexity of invention we may only partly understand and appreciate. After briefly outlining the story of how Japan came to dominate the world of high-quality mass-manufacturing, the book shows how Japanese manufacturers constantly strive to invent new forms and to perfect existing technologies. Andrew Davey also identifies the qualities found in traditional Japanese aesthetics -... (Lees verder) minimalism, elegance, simplicity, symmetry, workmanship and clearly expressed function - and demonstrates how these values inform the modern products.
Pagina's	175
Conditie	Goed — Spine discoloured.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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