At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure And Spirit; Author: Mahoney, Jean; Author: Photographer Sakuma, Toshiaki; Paperback

Author: Mahoney, Jean; Author: Photographer Sakuma, Toshiaki
Paperback; 192 Colour Photographs
184 pages
Published: February 2002
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 0804832803

From a Manhattan apartment and California ranch house to a 250 year-old Japanese home in the hills of Kamakura, At Home with Japanese Design explores the beauty of cross-cultural design -- inside and out. Authors Jean Mahoney and Peggy Rao use traditional objects -- including tatami mats and shoji screens -- and intricate art forms to compare and contrast the beauty of tradition in modern Eastern and Western settings. A design book, a shopping guide, and a cultural history all in one, At Home with Japanese Design is a stunning tour of forty-nine homes that exemplify the Japanese aesthetic of serenity and simplicity.A spectacular tour of Japanese home design. From a Manhattan apartment to a 250 year-old Japanese home, this volume explores the beauty of cross-cultural design - inside and out. A design book, shopping guide and cultural history, it is a tour of homes that exemplify the Japanese aesthetic of serenity and simplicity.