Japan, unbelievably, does not yet have a national design museum, which makes American architect and RECORD special international correspondent Naomi Pollock’s comprehensive overview of postwar design, Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook, the next-best thing. After 28 years in Japan covering architecture and design, and producing eight books, Pollock knows the country’s design history well and the key role that design has in Japanese society.
“In Japan, good design is everywhere,” Pollock says. “We may know the objects but not who or how or why they were created.” In nearly 500 fully illustrated pages, she profiles 70 architects and designers, many of whom are no longer alive. She spent two years crisscrossing Japan to interview these talents or their associates, families, and students. She also commissioned five essays by design experts.
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