( 5 reviews )
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Nov 17 2008
I purchased this book, not knowing that I had already experienced first-hand the work of Takashi Sugimoto (founder and principal of Super Potato Design). While visiting Seoul, Korea, I stayed at the Park Hyatt and was very inspired by the interior design. The choice of large stones in their rough state juxtaposed to the delicate wood louvres were elements I haven't seen at that time. I knew the design was Asian inspired in the way that natural materials were incorporated to create an interior that blurred the boundaries of outside/inside, but I had no idea it was by a renowned designer from Japan. Takashi Sugimoto's usage of raw natural materials in his interior makes us rethink what is acceptable in terms of interior scale and form. Furthermore, it shows that when a material such as stone is exaggerated and placed into an interior space, the size of the material takes center stage over form. This monograph provides an insight into this phenomenal designer's ouvre from the early 70's to the present. www.biblioarch.com
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Posted: Apr 10 2008
This is the most interesting and valuable book to our design office that we've received in a long time. It's very avante guard and has encouraged us to be more creative in our design.
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Posted: Dec 9 2007
I got this purely based upon the caption that he was Japan's best interior designer. I think for material usage in traditional design sense he is, and this book shows it. Althought it doesnt cover his most interesting interiors( at the back there is a list of his complete works and some seem neglected not to be included in the main part). Restaurants are his main station and in the book it it shows a willingness to experiment and push the boundries as to what or bar, partition or ceiling can be made from. It contains text explaining materiality, overall space photos, detail photos and floor plans. His interiors are a good representation of how modern japanese interiors have developed from the traditonal approach. I would recommend this book to fans of japanese design, desingers looking to use manmade / natural / recycled materials and desingers trying to get their brains past the its all plasterboard dilema
