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Designing Japan: A Future Built on Aesthetics

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Designing Japan presents renowned designer Kenya Hara’s vision of how his industry can support Japan in crafting a future founded on a unique philosophy of beauty as well as crowd-sourced wisdom from around the world. A master collaborator, meticulous organizer, and globally conscious innovator, Hara draws on more than three decades of participations in design work and exhibition curating, as well as deep professional interaction with creators from many fields. In Designing Japan Hara reveals methods that make publicly accessible aesthetic inquiries of how this island nation will proceed as its population ages, other nations take over manufacturing, and technology develops. Illustrations and examples recognize successful problem-solving through design, proving that it is a living, changing industry that remains relevant not in spite of, but as a partner to, advancing technology.

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Designing Japan: A Future Built on Aesthetics

Author

Kenya Hara

Publisher

Lars Müller Publishers

Format

Hardcover

Pages

208

Language

ENG- English

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 2 reviews)

Hannah ★★★★★

The chapter on crowd-sourced wisdom genuinely surprised me, it's not the usual design manifesto fluff. Hara's argument that beauty can be a practical foundation for the future actually made me rethink how I look at everyday objects.

Alexander O. ★★★★★

I was blown away by how Hara connects traditional Japanese aesthetics to modern innovation—his insights on crowd-sourced wisdom actually changed how I see product design.