- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers (6 Nov 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 3037781831
- ISBN-13: 978-3037781838
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 363,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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White is not a book about colour. It is rather the author's attempt to explore the essence of 'white', which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics - symbolizing simplicity and subtlety. The central concepts discussed are emptiness and the absolute void. Kenya Hara also sees his work as a designer as a pure form of communication. Good communication has the distinction of being able to listen to each other, rather than to press one's opinion onto the opponent. Kenya hara compares this form of communication with an 'empty container'. In visual communication, there are equally signals whose signification is limited, as well as signals or symbols such as the cross or the red circle on the Japanese flag, which - like an 'empty container' - permit every signification and do not limit imagination. It is not only the fact that the Japanese character for white forms a radical of the character for emptiness that has prompted him to closely associate the colour white with the state of emptiness. This book offers a personal insight into the philosophy of the successful designer and author of Designing Design.
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Brilliantly written book about the simple and minimalistic Japanese ethos, no matter to whether it's related to the design of a product or in day-to-day activities, the author manages to find a correlation between "White" and how this principle of "Pureness" is present amongst these.
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The best Design book ever!
24 Feb 2011
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This is just one of the best design books ever... it talks about a design philosophy that kenya hara has and use for his work, you really must get it! you won't regret it! i have many books of design but none talks about the most important and basic knowledge in design, about the color white, as design element not as a color is pretty interesting.
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