Posts tagged "Japanese"
Katsura Imperial Villa - Genealogy of Simple

Katsura Imperial Villa – Genealogy of Simple

Modern design is simply a simple design. Simple means that colors, shapes and materials are restrained. Simple is not a modernist patent. It is not limited to architecture and product design. Where did the value of simplicity come from? What is that concrete appearance? In the series “Genealogy of Simple”, we explore various aspects of...
Hotel by Shigeru Ban "Shounai Hotel Suiden Terrace"

Hotel by Shigeru Ban “Shounai Hotel Suiden Terrace”

We had a chance of staying at Ban Shigeru’s SHONAI HOTEL SUIDEN TERRASSE   “Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrace” is located in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. (Suiden means rice field) As the name suggests, it stands in a rice field in the Shonai Plain, which symbolizes rice. The magnificent scenery of the rice fields,...
Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation

Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation

Interior space of the National Treasure tea room Tai-an by​​ Sen no Rikyū from “Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation” (April 25-September 17, 2018 @ Mori Art Museum) The architect and architect historian Fujimori Terunobu says the basic strength of Japanese architects in wooden construction.  Contrarily to the Western architecture which developed stone...
Shogun who found simplicity. Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa

Shogun who found simplicity. Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa

Genealogy of Simplicity ~ Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa ~ In a way, modern design can be a simple design. According to dictionary word “simple” is “condition of less elements”. Simple means that colors, shapes and materials are simple and restrained. Simple is not a monopolist of modernism. Nor is it limited to architecture or product design....
Delusioning Barcelona Chair

Delusioning Barcelona Chair

There is a chair that changes the air of the room completely by just placing it. The Barcelona chair by Mies van der Rohe is such a chair. Innovative structure and form, elegant and cool. This chair,the top of a modern furniture, has a coolness and loneliness that refuses someone to sit.   (* Barcelona...
Wabisabi and Modernism ~Wabisabi by Leonard Koren~

Wabisabi and Modernism ~Wabisabi by Leonard Koren~

”Japan was ahead of modernism hundreds of years than the West, in the middle of the Muromachi era(1336 – 1573), it already valued ​​the beauty of simplicity ” (Jun Hara, “White” 2008) The similarity of Japan’s values ​​and modernism which both respects simplicity, is a great concern for Japan who imported modernism. Concerning the eyes...
Miso Soup. The most simple and authentic Japanese cuisine.

Miso Soup. The most simple and authentic Japanese cuisine.

Miso soup is very simple and yet healthy Japanese food recipe. Unlike Sushi, Miso soup is home and daily cooking menu. Combination of plain rice and Miso soup is fundamental unit of Japanese cuisine. Every mom makes it almost everyday with seasonal vegetables. Here is video of how to cook basic Miso soup.   Presented...