Product Description

In Design with Japanese Obi, the authors present the obi as it is being used in interiors today, demonstrating simple yet striking techniques for making these exquisite kimono sashes the centerpiece of any room's decor. The focus is on seven key uses for obi that are applicable to nearly any setting imaginable: artistic table arrangements, dining room accents, framing enhancements, and fabric coverings. These and other dramatic and innovative uses of obi in interior design are presented along with such essentials as color coordination, fabric shaping, and accessories for hanging obi. The vivid photographs in this book present some of the most elegant interiors the authors have found, from Tokyo to Washington, D.C., and show the obi being used in today's homes to create a sumptuous, refined, and modern ambiance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1683218 in Books
• Published on: 1997-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

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About the Author
Diane Wiltshire has been a prominent member of the Tokyo foreign community for many years. She pens the Japan for Kids column for a biweekly magazine and has published a book by the same title. Together with her mother, Ann Wiltshire, who directs the U.S. side of the business, she is the co-owner of a thriving business importing and exporting obi and acting as a design consultant.

Customer Reviews

learn to use obi in your home
it's a great book to lead you to use obi as part of the decoration in your home. it gives you alot of ideas how to put and what you can do with obi before you display them in your home. also, it tells the different kinds of obi in design and material it is made from. actually, it gives you extra knowledge of other japanese traditional accessories; as the pictures in this book shows you how the obi goes together very well with basic things every houses have. great book.

I never thought of that!
I happened to pick this book up at a bookstore in Japan and suddenly I realized that you can do more with an obi than wear it with a kimono. As a result, everyone in my family is getting souvenir obis, and I'm excited to start using the ideas presented in the book.

Some of the ideas made me nervous--using an obi as a table runner would eventually lead to stains--but this book opened up a whole new world to me that I hadn't even considered. For that, I'm thankful.

Lovely!
Lovely ideas accompanied by colorful photos.

Came in a package folded in Japanese style.

Very nicely done!

Thank you!