Last weekend I was suprised to see this book in the Stedelijk. It’s an essay on aesthtics by Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965). Femke told me to read it for preparation, and Kenya Hara wrote about it in his book ‘designing design’. Tanizaki has a sharp eye for colour, light and material. Lees verder
Yesterday I had a meeting with a friend and colleague artist Meinbert. He is active on E-bay, with buying masks, sculptures and textiles especially from Timor. I wanted to know how it would work to sell or buy a prefab house. How it works with: taxes, transportation, assurance. He told Lees verder
Inspired by the famous Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara, I would like to use his thoughts on ‘exformation’ in the Kyoto Machiya Research. He writes about ‘exformation’ as a counterpart of ‘information’: information is about making things know. Exformation is about understanding how little we know. What we are used Lees verder
Invited by the Japanese Cultural Center in Amsterdam I’m going to Kyoto (october-november 2011) to do research on the old traditional wooden townhouses (Kyo-machiya). On this weblog I will write on a daily basis about my work. Japans cultureel centrum