"Japanese architecture and design acquired international prominence in the so-called "bubble-economy" era of the 1980s. Japanese products - from automobiles to electronic equipmentwere sold in record numbers the world over, and Japanese brand names became synonymous with high quality." "Now that the boom of the 1980s has given way to a recession, what is the country's designed and built environment like, and what are the factors that determine it? This attractive volume and the traveling exhibition it accompanies seek to address these questions. Essays written by experts in their fields are…
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Editions
2 editions · 2 languages
Paperback · English · 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago · 158 pages · 9780865591646
Hardcover · German · 1998
Prestel · 158 pages · 9783791319063
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