Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook
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Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook is a comprehensive survey of postwar Japanese design for design students, product designers, and readers interested in Japanese material culture. Written by Naomi Pollock and published by Abrams in 2020, the 448-page English-language hardcover profiles more than seventy designers and design studios, alongside short entries on iconic products such as the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle, Sori Yanagi's Butterfly Stool, and the Sony Walkman. Essays by Japanese and Western experts add context on topics from chair design to car design.
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For coursework, the book gives a historical frame for understanding how craft, industry, and cross-cultural exchange shaped Japanese objects. Chapters grouped by theme, such as tables and chairs, food and drink, packaging, and textiles, make it easy to find precedents for a given typology. An A-Z of designers supports further research. On a university reading list, it works as a broad foundation for studying individual Japanese designers and for discussing how culture, materials, and manufacturing interact.
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