Forms Come Alive

Kohei Sugiura (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2027
The Chinese University Press (Verlag)
978-962-996-644-7 (ISBN)

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Explores the history of a variety of Japanese and Asian forms from cloth patterns to Buddha’s hands, from paintings to kanji characters, and from the human body to the universe. Richly illustrated, the book captures the beauty of the birth and transformation of various Asian forms into living objects as they interact with qi or an invisible vital energy known as the flow of “life” over time.

Kohei Sugiura explores the history of a variety of Japanese and Asian forms from cloth patterns to Buddha’s hands, from paintings to kanji characters, and from the human body to the universe. Richly illustrated, the book captures the beauty of the birth and transformation of various Asian forms into living objects as they interact with qi or an invisible vital energy known as the flow of “life” over time.

Kohei Sugiura is professor emeritus at Kobe Design University. His innovations in information and book design and research on Asian iconography and cosmology have shaped graphic design for five decades. The British Museum and the Museum of Modern Art hold collections of his work. Jan Fornell is a Swedish translator, writer, and linguist, who has been residing in Japan since 1987.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2027
Verlagsort	Hong Kong
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	333 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Grafik / Design
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	962-996-644-1 / 9629966441
ISBN-13	978-962-996-644-7 / 9789629966447
Zustand	Neuware