design awakening

This book is Mr. Tanaka Ikko's collection of essays published in mainland China for the first time. He brings readers into his own work and life with his own words, to experience a unique design life, and then to know a real and comprehensive Tanaka Ikko. The rising star at the design award, the "workaholic" in the office, the "gardener" by the podium, the choreographer by the glass window... His extraordinary talent at work is admirable and hardworking; while the youngest kabuki audience, An activist on the theater stage, a jazz connoisseur, a gourmet creative genius in the kitchen... the fun in his life makes people yearn for it. As a designer, Mr. Ikko Tanaka, with his elegant and beautiful brushstrokes, described and recorded pictures full of pictures, he naturally integrated the way of design with the way of life. While enlightening the wisdom of design, he also opened up a wider world for readers. life perspective.

Mr. Ikko Tanaka passed away in 2002. From 2002 to now, the Chinese design community has paid more and more attention to Japanese design. The Japanese are obsessed with details and textures in their bones; the sense of anxiety caused by the lack of resources and the imbalance of the population ratio of the islanders; the extreme market segmentation caused by the intense development of consumer culture in Japan, the designs derived from these Japanese particularities The characteristics provide a good reference and guidance for Chinese people to explore their own design path. The repercussions of Japanese design in China let us know a group of backbone forces in today’s Japanese design industry: Kenya Hara, Naoto Fukasawa, Kengo Kuma, Tadao Ando... As the predecessors of these designers, the true Japanese design style and philosophy pioneered The character Tanaka Ikko better presents us with the development, evolution and evolution of Japanese design. In tracing the origin, we expect that the Chinese people's unremitting pursuit of the essence of design will eventually awaken.