Product Description

The divergent personalities profiled in this book have collectively engineered entirely new ways of seeing, expanding their influence well beyond Japan and into the arts of Asia, Western Europe, and North America. Featuring the work of renowned talents as well as rising stars, this book is organized around the physical city and the role of the megalopolis as both the site and inspiration for an unprecedented explosion in the visual arts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #566371 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-27
• Released on: 2008-05-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 496 pages

Review
“It’s a 500-page explosion of creativity that serves as a reminder of how Japan is often on the cutting edge of art and design innovations.” ~Planet Magazine

"Both the city's appearance and its visual output are impossible to summarize, except that they always grab the eye. Tokyolife: Art and Design attempts to get a handle on the amorphous style of the megalopolis by looking at the actual players behind it." ~Coolhunting.com

"Tokyolife anoits the true design talents of the city and explores their global influence." ~Departures

From the Inside Flap
Tokyo and its avant-garde occupy a disproportionate role in the creation of global culture. Represented in this book is the work of over eighty creatives-- painters, architects, interior designers, industrial designers, fashion designers, filmmakers and photographers, many highly influential, and some as yet unknown in the West. Announcing a generational transition, the divergent personalities profiled in the book have collectively engineered entirely new ways of seeing, expanding their influence well beyond Japan and into the arts of Asia, Western Europe, and North America. 11.25" 6.00" 8.75" 1.5" (38mm) 8.75" 6.00" 0.25" 0.25" CyanMagentaYellowBlackPantone877 Tokyolife is organized around the physical city, and the role of the megalopolis itself as both the site and inspiration for an unprecedented explosion in design and the visual arts. The new work of world-renowned talents Kawakubo Rei, Murakami Takashi, SANAA, Nigo, Homma Takashi, Takahashi Jun, Koreeda Hirokazu, Fukasawa Naoto and Tsumori Chisato complement the current work of rising stars like Ninagawa Mika, Takano Aya, Katayama Masamichi, Mihara Yasuhiro, Yokomizo Makoto, Atelier Bow-Wow, Yoshioka Tokujin, Kawauchi Rinko, Utsugi Eri, Dresscamp, and a host of others.

About the Author
Ian Luna is the author and editor of five books on architecture, urbanism, and design for Rizzoli. Toshiko Mori is a professor of Architecture and the Chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Lauren A. Gould is an art director and writer based in New York City. Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp co-edit Midnighteye.com, the premier English-language website on Japanese cinema. Mes is also the author of several books. Kawamura Yuniya is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, and is the author of The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion and Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies. Hayashi Fumihiro is a writer and critic based in Tokyo, and the editor of the DUNE. David G. Imber and Mika Yoshida are editors of Casa Brutus and Brutus magazines, two influential architecture/design magazines in Japan.