Examines Japan's famous "floating world" of spectacle and entertainment. This volume makes discoveries about the patronage and commerce of an art that has been ...
Japan has always been a breeding ground for innovative approaches to Western traditions, such as cinema and baseball. Another example includes graffiti, which covers ...
If sensuality had a name, it would be without a doubt Utamaro. Delicately underlining the Garden of Pleasures that once constituted Edo, Utamaro, by ...
L'opera di Tadao Ando ci pone il problema dell'inadeguatezza degli strumenti interpretativi di cui disponiamo, incapaci di accettare con la ragione la visione orientale ...
Edited by the Japan Package Design Association, this title presents a wide selection of award-winning package designs from Japan. Established in 1962, the JPDA ...
Todo sobre diseño gráfico del prestigioso centro comercial Ginza, desde escaparates, a imagen coordinada de distintos sectores de venta (moda, restaurantes, joyería).
Fujimoto adopts a philosophy towards architecture that returns to a primordial, intuitive moment in the process of design, free of constraints and open for ...
A self-taught architect, Tadao Ando combines the influences of Japanese building traditions with the elegance of modernism. His projects encourage contemplation and demonstrate a ...
The collection of Fumihiko Maki's projects in abroad for past 10 years. As the globalization progresses, opportunities for architects are liquidated and transcends national ...
The monograph, including an original text by Kuma himself, gives an in-depth documentation of this lyrical temporary structure - an outstanding example of ephemeral ...
From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks. The tempestuous political ...
Accompanying an earlier volume surveying houses completed by Ando, this second part focuses solely on buildings built predominantly in the Western world, in particular, ...