Designing Design - Kenya Hara
Selected for Designs of the Year award at the Design Museum, this really is one of the best books on our shelves!
This book is the first-ever survey and insight into the work of Kenya Hara, who is one of the key figures behind the international success story of the MUJI brand. This book perfectly captures the essence of Japanese aesthetics and simplicity in modern design.
Representing a new generation of designers in Japan, Kenya Hara (born 1958) pays tribute to his mentors, using long overlooked Japanese icons and images in much of his work. In “Designing Design”, he impresses upon the reader the importance of “emptiness” in both the visual and philosophical traditions of Japan, and its application to design, made visible by means of numerous examples from his own work: Hara for instance designed the opening and closing ceremony programs for the Nagano Winter Olympic Games 1998.
In 2001, he enrolled as a board member for the Japanese label MUJI and has considerably moulded the identity of this successful corporation as communication and design advisor ever since. Kenya Hara, alongside Naoto Fukasawa one of the leading design personalities in Japan, has also called attention to himself with exhibitions such as “Re-Design: The Daily Products of the 21st Century” of 2000.
Format
HB
Materials
Hardback
