Flying low to the shape of this country

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Publisher: Iwanami Shoten (April 15, 2022)
Release date: April 15, 2022
Language: Japanese
Hardcover: 236 pages
ISBN-10 : 4000240641
ISBN-13 : 978-4000240642
Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.4 x 18.8 cm (5.7 x 0.9 x 7.1 in)

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release date 2022年4月15日

Part numberMbk9784000240642

Specification He walked around Japan on foot. And with the eyes of a designer, he approached nature with high resolution. What he discovered was a new value of Japan that should be opened up to the world. In this age of maturity where growth is not necessarily expected, it is the culture that is our asset and resource. We bring you a selection of the best from the website "Low-altitude flight."

■Table of Contents
"Our" Design
To your destination

Chapter 1: A low-altitude view
A world moving towards "nomadism"
Thinking from the numbers
Tourism resources are future resources
"Wa" in the Industrial Age
From the experience of "JAPAN HOUSE"
Low-altitude flight - a new dimension of tourism
Peninsula Airlines

Chapter 2: Focusing on Asia
What is a hotel?
Geoffrey Bawa and his architecture
What was created after colonial rule
The Oberoi Bali
What if China had dominated the Age of Discovery?
Asia's Failure
Japan and Manufacturing after World War II
How to look at your feet
Being open

Chapter 3: Thinking at the Eastern Edge of Eurasia
The spice that makes the world stand out
What is Luxury?
Classic and modern
Why Japanese Hotels Are Euro-Classic
Schindler House
Eyes from the Outside

Chapter 4: What is Japanese luxury?
A reverent attitude towards nature
Communication between inside and outside
Taking off shoes and changing floors
A Form of Rest
The ambiguity of space
Vertical and Horizontal
Corners and edges/Tatami mats, sliding doors, and paper screens
Corners and edges/Boundaries of materials and technologies
Water and hot springs - the blessings of a volcanic archipelago
"Therme Vals" by Peter Zumthor
Bath as it is
Glowing Water Surface
Marshland and River
Bay and Horizon
Place living plants
Placing the Stone
cleaning

Chapter 5 The Pleasure of Travel
Clothing, food, shelter, travel
Small airline
Self-driving cars
What is the comfort of trains?
ferry
Setouchi Design Conference

Afterword

Kenya Hara
Born in 1958. Designer. President and CEO of Japan Design Center. Professor at Musashino Art University. He has organized numerous exhibitions both in Japan and abroad that have updated existing values, including the widely influential "RE-DESIGN - Everyday 21st Century," which has toured all over the world, "JAPAN CAR - Design for a Saturated World," and "HOUSE VISION."
He has practiced designs deeply rooted in Japanese culture, such as the programs for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Nagano Olympics and the Aichi Expo. Since 2002, he has served as the art director of MUJI, and has been active in a wide range of fields, including Matsuya Ginza, Mori Building, TSUTAYA BOOKS, GINZA SIX, Mikimoto, Yamato Transport, and VI design for China. He held large-scale solo exhibitions in Beijing and Shanghai from 2008 to 2009. In 2016, he held the exhibition "New Prehistory - 100 Verbs" with Andrea Branzi at the Milan Triennale, presenting the history of humanity as the co-evolution of tools and desires.
He also serves as general producer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' "JAPAN HOUSE," focusing on work that will make Japanese culture a resource for the future. In 2019, he launched the website "Low-altitude flight - High Resolution Tour," introducing Japan from a unique perspective and attempting a new approach to the tourism industry. He has written many books, including "Design no Design" (Iwanami Shoten, 2003), "DESIGNING DESIGN" (Lars Muller Publishers, 2007), "White" (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2008), "Japanese Design" (Iwanami Shinsho, 2011), and "White 100" (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2018).

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