Jan
22
2012
Modern Japanese Furniture Design
I need examples/pictures of a modernized traditional Japanese home?
As the time for buying/building a house is coming close, I decided I would like to design my house in a traditional Japanese style, though modernized. I love the sleek looks of the wooden ceilings, wooden furniture, paper doors/dividers, and tatami and wooden floors. I’d like to use a rather traditional layout of a home. However, i do live in Florida, and most if not all of houses these days are made out of cement blocks, so the outside would have to be more modern (though I really love the idea of an open engowa!) Can anyone provide me with examples or pictures of this and common floorplans? And maybe, if possible, the name of a program I could use to possibly give life to a design myself? Thanks!
I’d really like some floor layouts 
go to the URL’s below
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4RNWM_enUS241&q=modern+traditional+japanese+home&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
http://www.nishie-residence.com/img/nis_img24l.jpg
http://www.nishie-residence.com/accommodation.html
http://www.eastwindinc.com/
Hope these help!
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Space: Japanese Design Solutions for Compact Living $26.23 Space is a photographic exploration of Japanese architecture and design in size-constricted areas, exploring imaginative, ingenious, and revolutionary solutions to space-compromised living. Masters in the art of managing small spaces, the Japanese in their design have given rise to a particular style of ingenuity. In their work, Japanese interior designers and architects constantly draw on cultural traditions, while using a modern, even radical approach. Whether in the use of lightweight partitions to create flexible spaces, deliberate profligacy to give a feeling of generosity, or strange perspectives, the results are not mere workaday solutions, but artistic and unusual ones that can turn a lack of space into a surfeit of style. Distinctly Asian in its feel and comprehensive in its coverage, featuring every room of each highlighted house, the book is divided into such themed sections as "Every Square Centimeter," "Interconnection," "Wasting Space," and "Shock Value." The crisp photography, inventive design solutions, unique packaging, and handy format make Space the perfect gift for anyone looking to maximize his or her space as well as architecture enthusiasts and those with an interest in Japanese style. |
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Modern Furniture Classics: Postwar to Postmodern $33.27 With the close of the twentieth century, the design achievements of the postwar period can at last be seen in perspective. This book presents a visual history of furniture design since 1945 in some of the most spectacular color photographs of furniture ever published. The first half of the century was in many ways a testing ground for ideas that only became reality in succeeding generations, benefiting from the huge technological advances made during the Second World War and from the dynamic force of consumer demand. New materials and techniques created previously undreamed-of possibilities that were exploited to the full by innovative furniture designers. The exciting results began in 1945 with such achievements as the highly sculptural molded plywood chairs of Charles and Ray Eames, who were among the first to use organic shapes derived from the natural world. Revolutionary 1950s designs, including Harry Bertoia’s wire Diamond chairs and Eero Saarinen’s futuristic Pedestal Group, were followed in the late 1950s by the rise of consumerism — and the eccentricities of kitsch — which in turn gave way in the 1960s to the explosion of Pop culture. The following decades were equally rich, with the development of Counter Design by Ettore Sottsass, the factory lights and scaffolding supports of High-Tech, the Craft Revival, Art Furniture, and Ergonomic styling, with each trend continuing to show intriguing national and regional differences. This has become the standard work on the furniture of the entire period: every piece included is able to stand for all time as a classic work of design. Illustrated with over 140 color reproductions, all accompanied by detailed descriptions, it iscompleted by a comprehensive reference section that provides detailed designer biographies, a bibliography, a list of retail outlets and museums, and advice on collecting. |
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Modern Tropical Garden Design $44.91 In this richly-illustrated tour of modern tropical gardens, Made Wijaya takes novice gardeners and professionals around the world in search of innovative designs. From South America to the tropical states of the U.S.-including Florida, California and Hawaii-to tropical Asia and tropical Australia, "Modern Tropical Garden Design" covers a profusion of different environments. The styles of garden design are as various as the terrain covered, and includes gardens by Wijaya and numerous other talented designers. "Modern Tropical Garden Design" also explores the myriad of different elements that can be found in the modern tropical garden, including courtyards and patios; pavilions, pergolas and verandas; pavings; water features; pools; walls; plants; colors; furniture; lighting; tropical flower arrangements and art. Incorporating a lively discussion of the work of ten exciting garden visionaries, as well as the work of some early modern masters of garden design, "Modern Tropical Garden Design" will prove an inspiration for gardeners everywhere. |
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A Dictionary of Modern Design $6.48 From Jacobsen to Tupperware, this fascinating new dictionary of Modern Design covers the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Over 2,000 entries on names and movements from the past 150 years of design include ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion, as well as biographical entries on designers, manufacturers, major museums and heritage sites, and much more. The dictionary, international in focus, also covers major movements, key concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions. The dictionary also features funky illustrations at every letter’s opening page, with zeitgeist design concepts from Action Man and Barbie to Ferrari and Electrolux, which bring the designs to life. Written in a clear, accessible style, and with more comprehensive coverage than any of the other design dictionaries available, the Dictionary of Modern Design is an essential addition to every designer’s and artist’s studio shelf. |
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The Japanese House: Architecture and Interiors $30.08 The simple beauty of Japanese architecture and design has inspired many of the world’s top architects and designers, such as Bruno Taut, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Terence Conran, to name just a few. The grace and elegance of the Japanese sensibility is reflected in both modern and traditional Japanese homes, from their fluid floor plans to their use of natural materials. In "The Japanese House," renowned Japanese photographer Noboru Murata has captured this Eastern spirit with hundreds of vivid color photographs of 15 Japanese homes. As we step behind the lens with Murata, we’re witness to the unique Japanese aesthetic, to the simple proportions modeled after the square of the tatami mat; to refined, rustic decor; to earthy materials like wood, paper, straw, ceramics, and textiles. This is a glorious house-tour readers can return to again and again, for ideas, inspiration, or simply admiration. |
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Bloombaby Luxo Dresser in Cappuccino $999 luxo dresser is a beautifully crafted and versatile furniture piece for modern homesas an elegant companion to bloom’s luxo sleep baby bed or a sophisticated stand-alone dresser/changing st |
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Modern Japanese Cuisine $40 Modern Japanese Cuisine examines the origins of Japanese food from the late nineteenth century to unabashedly adulterated American favorites like today’s California roll. |
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Furniture for Small Houses: Everyday Interior Design in the 1920s $103.48 Originally published in the 1920s, Furniture for Small Houses offers a fascinating glimpse into everyday homes of the time. Reflecting a general desire in the years following World War I to improve the surroundings of ordinary people, Percy A Wells presents a series of designs that are forerunners of today’s modern furniture in their simplicity and practicality. Photos and plans accompany clear explanations of each item’s features, making Furniture for Small Houses a wonderfully illuminating resource for designers, historians and anyone with an interest in furniture-making or interiors. |
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Furniture $3.98 Furniture provides much more than just a place to sit or store things. A well-designed piece of furniture can be a pleasure for a lifetime. SOMA Basics: Furniture is a snappy, colorful introduction to the best of contemporary furniture design, with overviews of forms, materials, fabrics, and upholstery. |
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Furniture Design $73.88 From history to theory to technology: a comprehensive survey of furniture design. Designing furniture is both an art and a science that draws upon a broad range of knowledge and disciplines. It is helpful for today’s furniture designers to have a working knowledge of furniture history, technology, aesthetics, the human body, architectural production, interior design, industrial design, and art. "Furniture Design" is a comprehensive survey that guides the reader through the essential facets of design and more. The book explores: Fundamental ideas of function and social use. Form, spatial organization, and typological orders. Structural integrity and composition. The design process. Materials and fabrication processes. Marketing and professional practice. A historical overview of furniture design up to the twenty-first century. A highlight of the book includes case studies of twenty-one furniture designs presenting a broad selection of works, designers, design processes, and fabrication techniques in one chapter. The book also features a glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography. In short, here is a one-stop resource about furniture design that designers will turn to regularly for the advice, guidance, and information needed to perform their craft. |
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History of Modern Design $108.19 Filling the gap for an extensively illustrated history of modern design, this introduction provides a balanced chronological survey of decorative arts, industrial design and graphic design from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the appreciation of design as a creative activity, as well as an enterprise conditioned by economic, technological and social history, Raizman includes the study of products and furnishing designed for mass consumption, and examines the social context for the democratization of culture. Feedback on the new edition: "Incorporating architecture, graphic design, product design, typography, studio craft, furniture design and fashion design, seamlessly contextualized through both the "fine arts" canon and popular culture of their respective era, Raizman’s "History of Modern Design" is an invaluable resource for not only understanding design history, but its relevance to cultural history. The host of new illustrations and up-to-the-minute writing on contemporary issues in design only improve upon Raizman’s winning approach." – Maria Elena Buszek, Assistant Professor of Art History School of Liberal Arts, Kansas City Art Institute |
