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Title: Tokyo: A Certain Style by Kyoichi Tsuzuki, Kyaichi Tsuzuki, Kyoichi Tsuki ISBN: 0-8118-2423-3 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This Mess is a Place!
Comment: I love this book in so many ways. If you actually read the text it not only explains his concept on doing it but makes you look around and explains why you are happy sitting inside an apt that seems like a toybox. I have felt this way for a long time but wondered if this was my "shameful" little secret. I love to walk into a home that feels like LIFE goes on in it, artists collecting and creating inspirational things, musicians collecting objects that create and inspire sound, children can run in and live and breathe and not feel bad for wanting to be children. As beautiful as the homes you'd see in AD may be (and I DO love to look at them) they are like paintings on a wall- pretty but not alive, designed by a pro and not what the world is for the person inside. Its not piles of stuff in this book its great hints at who the people are living happily in a sprawling city. My only problem with this book is that there isn't a volume 2 on the East Village NYC- hey Tokyo isn't the only city with a certain style... Call me when you are in town I'll show you Kyoichi... :)
Rating: 5
Summary: What's Wrong with Stuff?
Comment: I, for one, am all in favor of stuff. My own, my best friend's, my second cousin's, and even (especially) an anonymous Japanese surfer's. It's interesting. That's why I enjoy this book so much. It's almost like a "Where's Waldo? - Japanese Interior Edition." These apartments are loaded with an amazing assortment of kitsch, electronics, albums, etc. It's a visual adventure. What kind of fascinating items will I find in each picture? It's great...but it's not for everyone, as other reviewers have noted. In fairness, I do agree with those who felt the book is filled with nothing but pictures of stuff and how to cram it into very small apartments. Also, the photography is utilitarian, not "see how magical this space is." So, if you are looking for a "House Beautiful" type book, this isn't it. This is the how-NOT-to book, if anything. But if you're intrigued by the things that other people collect, enjoy, and live with, this is a book to add to YOUR stuff.
Rating: 5
Summary: best bathroom book
Comment: This book currently resides in our bathroom. It gets frequent viewing and is perfect to view in the time needed. The book gives you a fishbowl look into Japanese lives. I still can't believe that people live in such confined spaces in Tokyo. I live in a large urban city myself, Chicago in a nice 3 bedroom apartment with a backyard. Hard to believe people work and live in a couple or tatami matts. Buy this book and place it in the loo. You won't regret it.
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Title: Fruits by Shoichi Aoki ISBN: 0714840831 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 06 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Image Factory : Fads and Fashions in Japan by Donald Richie, Roy Garner ISBN: 1861891539 Publisher: Reaktion Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Tokyo Vertigo by Stephen Barber, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eikoh Hosoe, Romain Slocombe ISBN: 1840680369 Publisher: Creation Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Japan Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Subculture by Satoru Fujii ISBN: 1569313458 Publisher: Cadence Books Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Jam: Tokyo-London by ABRAMS ISBN: 1861542119 Publisher: Booth-Clibborn Editions Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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