Japanese design
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- unknown0
i think you are breaking down the design style
there are many different style like accompanied by regional culture.
the traditional culture is reserved and clean (based on archtechture)
where as pop culture based has loud 'in ya face' style..
others just being plain old brilliently crazy.
- Blofeldt0
Prepare for a rant......
I'm bloody sick of hearing students and designers bang on and on about how cool Japaese design is and how much they want to go to Tokyo and how wicked fucking Akira is and how WOW the packaging is and being fascinated by Japanese writing having no idea what it says. And then trying to emulate this Japanese-ish style on their own stuff and how they want to learn Japanese and just going on and on and on about bloody Japan!
Rant ends
Some japanese design is nice. I prefer the older wood cut stuff to this sort of modern neon zanyness we seem to be bombarded with.
- screen0
they were totally separate from the rest of the world for 200 years. enough time to made unique culture. also, it`s in their mentality - discipline, details, letters. they put their history in design. mixed with west influences is what you get.
and...narita inspected is answer for your question.
- Peter0
"they were totally separate from the rest of the world for 200 years. enough time to made unique culture."
Actually, I'm sure they "made" their culture a bit earlier then 200 years ago.
"mentality - discipline, details, letters. they put their history in design."
But how does that different from todays designers? Most of us have discipline and attention to details...is it the degree you are talking about that makes the design Japanese?
"mixed with west influences is what you get. "
but your first statement was that they have been seperated from the world, and that made them unique.
I know your point, it certainly has caused a lot of interesting outcomes. But then, what is uniqe? Is it the mixture? Is it really Japanese? How about tokidoki.it? That's an Italian guys website, drawing Japanese girls in panties. That is another perception of Japanese design, almost a tribute. And also, you might find design close to that over here too."narita inspected is answer for your question."
I own the book. But over that, I have my own opinions. I live in Japan, I work with Japanese designers. But what I asked for was your own perception of Japanese design.
Obviously, design is big.
Please give me more of your take.