For those of you who love Japanese design, particularly architecture, you can get your fix with an on-site visit or simply stay up-to-date with design fanatic Jean Snow’s blog. For a more inside perspective, CScout friend Roland Hagenberg has just released a new book bringing together years of interviews with legendary Japanese architects about their creations and philosophies of design.
Roland Hagenberg with photographer and artist Nobuyoshi Araki via Die Presse (German only)
Entitled 20 Japanese Architects, the bilingual (English/Chinese) is an expansion of Roland’s previous book 14 Japanese Architects and includes in-depth and thoughtful interviews with architectural visionaries ranging from Jun Aoki to Kengo Kuma. It also features many monochrome photos of the subjects and their works, all taken by Roland as well.
Roland interviews architect Toyo Ito. More in Roland’s YouTube Channel
We worked with Roland last year on the MINIInternational Magazine Kyoto Mash-Up party, for which he produced this video on Kyoto and its intersection of Japan’s ancient traditions with modern design and lifestyle.
Unfortunately, 20 Japanese Architects is only available in Taiwan at the moment, but stay tuned to Roland’s Angry Cactus Store for more of his works and future releases.
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