Made in Japan: 100 New Products

Japanese are ingenious product designers. The description of products describe the ideas behind them and their creators.

One of the best designed products selection. Beautiful creative work and you are able to use it everyday.Must have book.

My book can on time and packed very well. Its a good book about Japanese design for people who are more interested in product that is more traditional. If your looking for more technological designs of Japanese products its limited in the book but its still good.

The book was recommended by a Japanese-english translator to me and I full agree that this review of new product design from Japan is well made. The photography and layout are sharp and relevant, the texts describe the ties to Japanese relationships to use objects and how the object was developed to fit a specific purpose. The consistent writing, whit of the product development and beautiful presentation make the book a fine addition to ones archive.In short it is a book well worth the money bringing a fresh look at the design of everyday objects.

As a compendium of Japanese products that are both aesthetically pleasing and practical to use, Naomi Pollock’s “Made in Japan” hits the mark. As a long term resident of Japan, I have come across many of these; some are in my possession, like Marna’s rice scoop shamoji and Hayashi’s number measuring spoons. The stories behind the products breathe life into these inanimate objects. Through her narrative, the author confirms how Japanese monozukuri has evolved over time yet without compromise. The descriptions provide cultural and historical contexts in which these contemporary products came to be. Injections of little known facts  for example, the average Japanese person consuming thirteen boxes of paper tissues a year  make for entertaining reading, too. One does not have to be versed in the field of design to appreciate this wonderful book of seemingly ordinary yet quite extraordinary objects that we see in Japan today.

何が日本的なのか？選者は今から少し前までの工業製品などを選択しているが　例えばそれは有名な選定基準で選定されているらしいデザイン賞を受賞したリストや某業界雑誌によく見かける工業製品を選択している。ですので少なくとも今の社会に生活しているヒトならば既に知っているもしくは購入している商品が並んでいる。少し前のめりで「情報」を求めているヒトならばこの書籍に掲載されている「情報」を熟知しているかもしれない。つまり高価な（円高だから安いか？？）カタログレベルでカタログならば購入先や購入価格がわからない分更に残念な書籍だと思う。