Designing design
by Kenya Hara · first published 2007
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Representing a new generation of designers in Japan, Kenya Hara (born 1958) pays tribute to his mentors, using long overlooked Japanese icons and images in much of his work. In Designing Design, he impresses upon the reader the importance of “emptiness” in both the visual and philosophical traditions of Japan, and its application to design, made visible by means of numerous examples from his own work: Hara for instance designed the opening and closing ceremony programs for the Nagano Winter Olympic games 1998. In 2001, he enrolled as a board member for the Japanese label MUJI and has considera
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Kenya Hara is one of my favourite designers. Designing Design is of my personal top 5 business books. He really thinks long term and about quality, rather than making a quick buck which appeals to me. My advice to all HN readers, forget the 37signals/internet self…
on “Emptiness is one of the core philosophies of MUJI design” ↗…up to the individual ". This single idea throws conventional communications methods into reverse. I call this method "exformation", as a counterpart to "information" ( pg. 376 , http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Design-Kenya-Hara/dp/3037781... ) * - not to follow dogma, if you think clearly, is a faulty recursive function
on “"He offered the Apple II to Atari... we said no. No thank you."” ↗…learning and good craftsmanship to the projects I work on. What I'm reading right now: Coffeescript Ristretto by Reginald Braithwaite, An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus, Designing Design by Kenya Hara, N+1 Issue 17 https://github.com/ritchiea http://andrewritchie.info http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-ritchie/2a/b90/968
on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2013)” ↗…aside from, say, starting an archive of design you find noteworthy on something like are.na, these are on my to-read to which op might find seedful: - Ways of Seeing: https://www.ways-of-seeing.com/ - Designing Design: https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/designing-design - The Politics of Design: http://thepoliticsofdesign.com/about-the-book
on “Ask HN: How to become a coder who can design?” ↗