Japanese Design since 1945 do you read me?! moreJohn Ruskin helped redefine art

moreJohn Ruskin helped redefine art criticism in the nineteenth century through his attention to detail

From Goya’s Disasters of War to news footage and photographs of the conflicts in Vietnam

and the stylistic cousin of the magic realism in Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude

Justine Emard

and a body of work that transcends boundaries

Japanese Design since 1945 do you read me?! moreJohn Ruskin helped redefine artFor the Japanese, the concept of design is not limited to functionality or materiality it is deeply connected with ancient culture and rituals. moreIn this sense, a chair is much more than what you sit on, a cup more than what you drink from: these objects are to be reected upon, to be touched and cherished. As mass manufacture became widespread in the post war period, fascinating cross cultural exchanges began to take place between Japan and the