Simply Zen: Interiors Gardens - Hardcover

Evans, Sian; Keane, Marc P.; Scott, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579590586 ISBN 13: 9781579590581

Publisher: Soma Books, 1999

Synopsis

A guide to Zen living describes how its ideas of serenity and peace can be incorporated into modern day houses and gardens designs, bringing harmony and serenity to everyday hectic lives.

About this title

About the Author:

David Scott, author of the main introduction, is an internationally known writer who has been studying Zen for nearly 20 years and is the author of various books on Japanese life and culture such as Samurai and Cherry Blossom, and The Elements of Zen. He lives in Liverpool. Sian Evans, who writes on Zen Interiors, has lived and studied in Japan, gaining a postgraduate diploma in Cultural History at the University of Tokyo, and is the author of Contemporary Japanese Design and In the Oriental Style. She is now based in London. Marc Peter Keane, author of the Zen Gardens chapter, is an American-born landscape architect and garden designer who lives in Kyoto, where he is Associate Professor at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. He lectures extensively worldwide about Japanese garden design and is the author of Japanese Garden Design.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soma Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1579590586
• ISBN 13: 9781579590581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Scott David