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This volume showcases the work of today's innovative Japanese craftspeople who are striving to keep their crafts viable, yet compatible with modern lifestyles and aesthetics. INSPIRED SHAPES is a unique, high-quality design book with a focus on a highly selective number of works by the most impressive artists and craftsmen presently working in Japan - both household names and relative unknowns. The criteria for their selection is that they have welcomed the challenge of bringing new ideas and ways of thinking into a harmonious relationship with tradition, combining the best of
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Inspired Shapes, Ori Koyama, Mizuho Kuwata
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Inspired Shapes
- Subtitle
- Contemporary Designs for Japan's Ancient Crafts
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ori Koyama, Mizuho Kuwata
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 112
- ISBN10
- 4770029500
- ISBN13
- 9784770029508
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, Art, USA, Handicrafts, Design, Art History & Criticism, Japan, History of Art, Asia, Graphic Design, Decorative Arts, Japanese, Folk Art
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- This volume showcases the work of today's innovative Japanese craftspeople who are striving to keep their crafts viable, yet compatible with modern lifestyles and aesthetics. INSPIRED SHAPES is a unique, high-quality design book with a focus on a highly selective number of works by the most impressive artists and craftsmen presently working in Japan - both household names and relative unknowns. The criteria for their selection is that they have welcomed the challenge of bringing new ideas and ways of thinking into a harmonious relationship with tradition, combining the best of