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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809410503321

Autore

Iwatate Marcia

Titolo

Eat, work, shop : new Japanese design / / Marcia Iwatate ; foreword by Terence Conran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Periplus

North Clarendon, VT, : Tuttle Pub. [distributor], c2004

ISBN

1-4629-1259-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

720.9/52

Soggetti

Commercial buildings - Japan - History - 20th century

Interior architecture - Japan - History - 20th century

Commercial buildings - Japan - History - 21st century

Interior architecture - Japan - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Section 1: Yukio HASHIMOTO; Kamonka; Daidaiya; Lan-Ting; Gekka; Oto Oto; Section 2: Tsutomu KUROKAWA; Custo Barcelona; Jeanasis; Adam et Rope; Sage de Cret; Pinceau; Section 3: Akihito FUMITA; Star Garden; Nissan Gallery Ginza; M-premier; Ryuko Hasshin; Natural Body; Section 4: Hisanobu TSUJIMURA; Cha Cha 2 Moon; Cha Cha 3 Lotus; Setsugekka; Kiss of Luminescence; Kiton; Section 5: Yoshihiko MAMIYA; G.B.Gafas; /Scrub; Muse; Decora; Higashi; Section 6: Ichiro SATO; Tontokoton; En; Yaoya; United Arrows; Section 7: Takao KATSUTA; Number (N)ine; NS; World Style; Nano Universe; Frapbois; Chronology; Designers; Copyright; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Vibrant color photography and compelling text make this the ultimate guide to modern Japanese life. Readers the world over will marvel at this collection of 21st-century commercial sites in Japan. Seven of the country's foremost architects showcase their ideas in 34 shops, restaurants, salons, bars and spas. In collaboration with a new generation of entrepreneurs, these designers are reshaping basic concepts of how contemporary Japanese eat, work and shop. Beautifully photographed, the locations in this book reflect everything from



postmodern industrialism to suggestive eroticism. A whole