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A Japanese Touch for Your Home
Filled with elegant designs and clever tips, A Japanese Touch for Your Home offers bold and exciting ideas for remodeling your home or redecorating your apartment. The author, architect Koji Yagi, explains the basic elements of Japanese interior design and shows you how to use them.
Install tatami mats and shoji doors-cardinal elements of Japanese interior design-and see how beautifully they respond to the Western home. Change the size and shape of a room easily and tastefully with bamboo screens and movable partitions. Build a simple Japanese-style alcove, decorate it with
something special, and then flaunt it. Try some Japanese lighting techniques-low, soft, and beautiful. Change the mood of a room, and change your way of looking at things.
A Japanese Touch for Your Home includes much more. Practical, approachable, and authentic, it is written by a prominent Japanese architect concerned about the demands of contemporary lifestyles, and the answers that traditional Japanese design has to offer.
Over 120 color plates taken by a leading Japanese photographer accompany the informed text. In addition, over 200 black and white sketches, floor plans, and a section on do-it-yourself projects make this a book that will pique your desire to be creative and then show you how to fulfill it. A
practical guide for homeowners, interior designers, and people who like to work with their heads and their hands, this book will introduce you to a new way of living.
Install tatami mats and shoji doors-cardinal elements of Japanese interior design-and see how beautifully they respond to the Western home. Change the size and shape of a room easily and tastefully with bamboo screens and movable partitions. Build a simple Japanese-style alcove, decorate it with
something special, and then flaunt it. Try some Japanese lighting techniques-low, soft, and beautiful. Change the mood of a room, and change your way of looking at things.
A Japanese Touch for Your Home includes much more. Practical, approachable, and authentic, it is written by a prominent Japanese architect concerned about the demands of contemporary lifestyles, and the answers that traditional Japanese design has to offer.
Over 120 color plates taken by a leading Japanese photographer accompany the informed text. In addition, over 200 black and white sketches, floor plans, and a section on do-it-yourself projects make this a book that will pique your desire to be creative and then show you how to fulfill it. A
practical guide for homeowners, interior designers, and people who like to work with their heads and their hands, this book will introduce you to a new way of living.
84 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published September 1, 1982
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April 15, 2013
One of the best introductions to designing a Japanese-themed décor. Explanations along with examples are numerous in this relatively short book. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an introduction to the subject. There are certainly more complete books out there and one with more examples, bu this book does an excellent job of covering the basics.
March 2, 2017
Great beginner resource, says a beginner who doesn't really have the context to be certain - but the text gave me just enough information on hows and whys without being overwhelming, then clearly illustrated the concepts with a variety of beautiful photos on the following pages.
July 30, 2015
Beginning with a short introduction to Japanese architecture, this book explains and introduces you to the most interesting aspects of Japanese home interiors in a very readable way. For those of us who are not particularly familiar with the Japanese style, Koji Yagi presents many surprising ideas. Among those that caught my attention was the fact that Japanese houses are not resting on walls, but on pillars - which permits the owner to redesign the floor plan by taking out or adding walls (partitions: Shoji, folding screens, etc.) as they see fit or the occasion demands. "Closeness to nature is the ultimate goal of Japanese architecture. As a result the Japanese house plan can be described as being composed of three parts: exterior, intermediate, and interior". While the garden forms the exterior space, the intermediate space includes both a formal entrance way and a veranda. The author describes the purpose, design, history and customs associated with these spaces and then moves on to very detailed description of architectural elements of the interior space. He describes the uses of sliding doors, gives a thorough introduction to tatami mats (and their various designs and uses), and shows how Japanese alcoves are designed. He further describes the typical tea room ceremony room and offers a selection of Japanese sitting arrangements (sunken tables, portable hearths, legless chairs) used in different regional contexts (mountain retreat, country style). Finally, towards the end of the book we find chapters on lighting techniques (positioning of windows, type of light fixtures), the Japanese bath, and some DIY instructions for a hanging shoji, and lamp fixtures. Throughout the entire book, the reader finds lots of beautiful pictures and detailed drawings ... all of which make this book a great resource for those who are interesting in adding a touch of Japanese to their home!
May 31, 2012
great explanation in japanese architecture.
January 28, 2014
Nice for inspiration, but don't expect step-by-step DIY instructions from this book.
March 23, 2015
Nice reference for ideas and styles.
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