Japan Books


Designing Design

Author: Kenya Hara

Kenya Hara invites readers to reconsider the objects and experiences that shape daily life by exploring the profound concept of emptiness. As the …

Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

Leonard Koren provides a definitive introduction to the elusive Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi. This classic work explores a worldview centered o…

In Praise of Shadows

Junichiro Tanizaki offers a profound meditation on the traditional Japanese aesthetic, arguing that beauty exists not in the light, but in the pat…