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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Lunchbox philosophy, or the world according to the Japanese lunchbox: how an object of sublime beauty offers a key to understanding Japanese aesthetics, design, and culture.The Makunouchi Bento, or traditional Japanese lunchbox, is a highly lacquered wooden box divided into quadrants, each of which contains different delicacies. It is also one of the most familiar images of Japan's domestic environment. When presented to the diner, the Japanese lunchbox seems straightforward enough; each of four food portions resides in its own compartment, apparently obeying a strict lunchbox geometry. So far, just food. But Kenji Ekuan reveals that a much deeper reading is possible, one that sees the lunchbox as nothing less than a key to an understanding of Japanese civilization, the spirit of form, and the aesthetic ideal in which the many are reduced to one. Ekuan reads the Japanese lunchbox as both object and metaphor. It is one of this book's many charms that he is able to see it as both simultaneously. He compares the visual pleasures of the Zen lunchbox to an aerial view of the Japanese archipelago; he invites us to savor its quadripartite structure as we savor the four seasons. In so doing, he unlocks the secrets of ancient Japanese rituals, celebrates the aesthetics of Japanese design, explores the contours of Japanese landscapes and technology, and delineates the forty-eight rules of the etiquette of Japanese form. With an agility more characteristic of poetry than of design criticism, he connects everything from food, television, motorcycles, package tours, and department stores to landscape, ecology, computers, and radios, all the while keeping his eye on his subject. In this book of magical transformations, nothing is what it first appears, but everything is deepened by lunchbox theory. Consider the influence of the lunchbox on TV viewing, for example: chopsticks are used to stroll through a meal, just as remote control devices are used to browse TV channels. This book reveals a world of secret connections between its covers, in the spirit of the lunchbox itself.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Lunchbox philosophy, or the world according to the Japanese lunchbox: how an object of sublime beauty offers a key to understanding Japanese aesthetics, design, and culture.The Makunouchi Bento, or traditional Japanese lunchbox, is a highly lacquered wooden box divided into quadrants, each of which contains different delicacies. It is also one of the most familiar images of Japan's domestic environment. When presented to the diner, the Japanese lunchbox seems straightforward enough; each of four food portions resides in its own compartment, apparently obeying a strict lunchbox geometry. So far, just food. But Kenji Ekuan reveals that a much deeper reading is possible, one that sees the lunchbox as nothing less than a key to an understanding of Japanese civilization, the spirit of form, and the aesthetic ideal in which the many are reduced to one. Ekuan reads the Japanese lunchbox as both object and metaphor. It is one of this book's many charms that he is able to see it as both simultaneously. He compares the visual pleasures of the Zen lunchbox to an aerial view of the Japanese archipelago; he invites us to savor its quadripartite structure as we savor the four seasons. In so doing, he unlocks the secrets of ancient Japanese rituals, celebrates the aesthetics of Japanese design, explores the contours of Japanese landscapes and technology, and delineates the forty-eight rules of the etiquette of Japanese form. With an agility more characteristic of poetry than of design criticism, he connects everything from food, television, motorcycles, package tours, and department stores to landscape, ecology, computers, and radios, all the while keeping his eye on his subject. In this book of magical transformations, nothing is what it first appears, but everything is deepened by lunchbox theory. Consider the influence of the lunchbox on TV viewing, for example: chopsticks are used to stroll through a meal, just as remote control devices are used to browse TV channels. This book reveals a world of secret connections between its covers, in the spirit of the lunchbox itself.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good.

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Condizione: acceptable. This book is in Acceptable condition. All pages are intact, but may have lots of notes, water damage or other issues and be ex library.

Condizione: Fair. Hardcover Copy is tight and unmarked with mild wear, dust jacket has water warping/staining.

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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good+++/Very Good---. Black cloth hardcover with dust jacket. Small sticker ghost on copyright page. Moderate edgewear and rubbing and soiling with small tears on fore edge corners. Nice solid copy. Illustrated (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First MIT Press paperback edition. 4to. 195 pp. 67 photographic illustrations in color. Softcover binding, pictorial cover, overall very good condition. (123619). Edited by David B. Stewart.

Interesting book on the history of the sauna in Finland and the bath in Japan. Contains photographs of the Finnish sauna and Japanese art and photographs depicting the washing of the body, watermassage and other Japanese customs. Shows the cultural significance of bathing in both socities. , Finnish/ Japanese, Year1997, Illust. B/W57, Illust. Color36, ISBN 9519757430, Code 3096. Softbound, Not in perfect condition., Pages 64, Size 8öx 9 1/2ö. …

Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 196pp, appendix. 26.5 x 26cm. A very good hardback in dustjacket. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a small label indicating the collection number on the spine.

Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 195pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling).

paperback. Condizione: As New.

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Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. 4to pp.195, heavy book additional postage will apply. book.

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paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condizione: Fine. Number of pages: 77p Size: B5 Number of books: 1 book.

Condizione: Fine. Number of pages: 54p Size: 29.7 x 21.1cm Number of books: 1 book.

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Condizione: Fine. Number of pages: 138p Size: 29.4 x 22cm Number of books: 1.

Condizione: Fine. Number of pages: 138p Size: 29.4 x 22cm Number of books: 1.

Tokyo, Sumitomo Metal LTD, sans date (1969), 258x364mm, 66pp. dont 2 dépliants, une page transparente imprimée d'un plan, gardes argent, broché, couvertures illustrées. Importante étude d'urbanisme qui présente une analyse historique mise en parallèle avec des projets de mobilier urbain proposés par le studio G.K. Design et présentés en situation à travers de nombreuses photographies, photomontages et diagrammes.Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition d'Osaka en 1970, dont le thème «Progrès et Harmonie pour l'Homme» était une approche critique des conséquences de l'idéologie technocratique issue des progrès de la science et de la puissance des grandes industries. Une variante du mobilier urbain présenté dans ce livre a été réalisée à l'Expo '70 Osaka (cf. Project Japan, Koolhaas+Obrist 2011, p.488).Kenji Ekuan était un des membres du groupe Métabolisme et le fondateur de GK Industrial Design, studio spécialisé dans la conception globale du design urbain, de l'échangeur autoroutier à la boîte à lettres. Il a notamment conçu en 1961 une bouteille de sauce de soja pour la firme Kikkoman, toujours utilisée aujourd'hui.(103852).…

Tokyo, Goma Shobo Inc.N°1: 15 décembre 1978. 128p. broché sous couverture illustrée de Yôsuke Ônishi, bande-annonce. Texte en japonais.N°2: 16 avril 1979. 144p., broché sous couverture illustrée d'une photographie de Yoshihiro Tatsuki . Texte en japonais, sommaire en anglais.N°3: 31 juillet 1979. 144p. broché sous couverture illustrée de Katsu Yoshida. Texte en japonais, sommaire en anglais. (103945) Revue de culture contemporaine, mode, rock, design, architecture, communication visuelle, art graphique dirigée par Ikko Tanaka (1930-2002) qui travailla entre autres pour Issey Miyake, Mazda, Ferragamo Shiseido, ou encore le groupe Seibu dont il sera le directeur artistique.Parmi les collaborateurs Kenji Ekuan, Tadanori Yokoo, Issey Miyake, Shinya Fujiwara, Tsunehisa Kimura Réf.Ikko Tanaka A Retrospective p.224-225, ill. …