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Sumi-e en Zazen

    Sumi-e betekent letterlijk ‘zwarte inktschildering’. Het is een oude oosterse kunstvorm waarbij met weinig penseelstreken zoveel mogelijk wordt uitgedrukt. Deze kunst komt oorspronkelijk uit China en werd halverwege de dertiende eeuw door zenmeesters in Japan geïntroduceerd. Het karakteristieke van sumi-e is om met een minimum aan penseelstreken, een Lees verder

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Workshop Japans boekbinden

Tijdens mijn verblijf in Kyoto heb ik verschillende workshops Japans boekbinden gedaan. Deze Japanse bindwijze is eenvoudig, sterk en elegant. Ik verkoop boekjes, maak ze in opdracht en geef workshops. Deze boekjes zijn handig om mee te nemen voor aantekeningen, foto’s in te plakken, tekeningen in te maken. Of om Lees verder

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softness for the brain

while i was reading a book with lectures and articles by wim crouwel ‘ways of thinking’ i thought about the absence of capitals in japanese writing. in the beginning of the 20th century in europe we had an interesting discussion about the use of lower case and capitals. designers wanted Lees verder

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Soft facts

During the processing of the data, I gathered through the surveys, I was wandering how I could present this in an elegant way and with humility. Although the graphs look like hard facts, I wanted to make them soft and personal. One way was the use of washi (handmade paper). Lees verder

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Soft design

The flyers and posters which attract my attention most are those with a combination of computer made straight forward design (font types and photographs) and hand made drawings. Those images make a link between handcraft and modern culture. This way of working is also expressed in theatre and animation films. Lees verder

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Imperfect

This is the cup from which I take tea everyday day. You can see clearly that’s handmade: the shape of the cup is irregular, the surface has little cracks (raku fired) and the painting is rustic. With our western values we should say it’s not a piece of beauty, with Lees verder

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Relying on words

When people say “there’s no communication between parents and children”, this is an American way of thinking. In Japan we didn’t need spoken communication between parents and children. A glance at the face, a glance at the back and we understood enough. That was our way of thinking, and it Lees verder

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