Super Potato Design: The Complete Works of Takashi Sugimoto -9780804837378

描述

Super Potato Design is the first full-length book to present the built work and conceptual ideas of the internationally renowned Japanese design firm Super Potato, founded by Takashi Sugimoto.

Super Potato’s powerful designs for the interiors of restaurants, shops, and hotels, as well as Takashi Sugimoto’s designs for tea ceremony spaces and utensils, are richly complex compositions of materials which create simple, strong spaces. Using traditional Japanese building materials such as bamboo, wood, and stone, but creating original yet timeless spaces, Super Potato’s designs avoid specific stylistic characterization and short-lived fashion. By finding contemporary expression for important concepts present in traditional Japan and combining materials in unexpected ways to create exciting spaces, Super Potato’s work has had a significant impact on interior design in Japan and throughout Asia.

Super Potato Design is generously illustrated with full-color photographs by the respected Japanese photographer Yoshio Shiratori, who has recorded Super Potato’s projects since the firm’s conception in 1973. Architect and Japan scholar Mira Locher introduces the ideas and influences of Takashi Sugimoto, the founder and principal designer of Super Potato, and provides a thorough explanation of each project.Architectural drawings further describe the projects. A Foreword by 1995 Pritzker-prize winner Tadao Ando, interviews between Takashi Sugimoto and architect Kiyoshi Sei Takeyama, and also graphic designer Kenya Hara, explore the ideas relevant to Japanese designers today.

 

《Super Potato Design》是第一本完整呈現由杉本貴志(Takashi Sugimoto) 創辦的室內設計公司Super Potato的作品紀錄。

1945年出生於東京杉本貴志(Takashi Sugimoto) ，1968年從東京大學的美術系畢業之前，是研究金屬雕刻。不過他在1973年建立Super Potato，該設計公司擅長將新舊文化融會貫通至其設計項目上，並以強而有力的設計語彙征服了全世界，從世界各地連鎖的香格里拉大酒店(Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts)到無印良品 (MUJI) ，從小到茶皿、大到餐廳的設計，他都能結合意想不到的方法和材料建立令人激賞的空間，杉本貴志於1985及86年先後兩次獲日本Mainichi設計大獎，現在他在日本Musashino Art大學授課。如果想要瞭解杉本貴志(Takashi Sugimoto) 與他的Super Potato，這本是相當值得推薦的工具書。