Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers
Language: English
Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2011
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, Burlingame, CA, U.S.A.B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Stated first edition with complete number line. Slight bumping to corners, front cover faded unevenly. Pages bright. Early gift inscription on half title page ("Merry Christmas, 2013, Love, Mom"). 256pp. 7 x 9.5". From the front flap: "Materials expert, architect, and author Blaine Brownell traveled to the offices of twenty leading material and design innovators in Japan to find the connections between materiality and transience in their work. The resulting interviews and project profiles give firsthand knowledge about the design methods, strategies, and ambitions these designers apply to create groundbreaking work.".
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- Title
- Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers
- Author
- Brownell, Blaine
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1568989962
- ISBN 13
- 9781568989969
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Architecture and Engineering, Japanese
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