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Bibliographic Details
- Title
- Naked Shapes [second edition] / 裸形のデザイン［新装版］
- Author
- Seiji Onishi / 大西静二
- Editor
- Osamu Kushida / 櫛田理
- Designer
- Nobuhiro Yamaguchi / 山口信博, Ippei Tamai / 玉井一平
- Director
- Art direction by Nobuhiro Yamaguchi / 山口信博
- Images
- Yosuke Otomo / 大友洋祐
- Publisher
- BON BOOK (TOSHO PRINTING CO., LTD.)
- Year
- 2023
- Size
- w148 × h210 × d8mm
- Weight
- 200g
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- Japanese
- Binding
- Hard Cover Binding / ハードカバー
- Materials
- Paper
- Edition
- Limited edition of 2400 copies / Special edition of 100 copies
- Condition
- New
The first edition published by Rutles in 2009 is reprinted as a second and revised edition with new contents. ラトルズから2009年に刊行された初版に新たなコンテンツを加えた新装版 / Book Design by Yoshihisa Tanaka 田中義久 / Sales Cooperation by 無印良品 MUJI BOOKS / Printing and Binding by TOSHO PRINTING CO., LTD. 図書印刷株式会社 / Special Thanks to Koichi Uruma 漆間公一 、Osumi Tsuyoshi 大隅 剛 、Hidenori Sasaki 佐々木秀典 、Takiko Takahashi 高橋滝子 、Yasutoshi Tokunaga 徳永泰俊 、Yoshimi Noda 野田好美 、Kimiko Matsuzawa 松澤紀美子
When I trace the source of beautiful forms, they always lead me back to the world of the sacred.
— Seiji Onishi
This book presents a remarkable collection of vintage aluminium objects assembled by industrial designer Seiji Onishi, inviting readers to discover the quiet beauty of form through the material itself.
In nature, there are no unnecessary forms, no names, and no artificial colours.
The aluminium objects presented in this book have been stripped of everything that conceals the material itself. The stains, patina, and traces of history so highly prized in the world of antiques have been carefully washed away. Nameplates have been removed, paint has been stripped, and anodized finishes have been peeled away, revealing aluminium in its purest, most essential form.
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Seiji Onishi
Born in Kagawa Prefecture in 1944, Seiji Onishi is an industrial designer and the founder of Alpha Design Co., Ltd. Throughout his career, he has designed an extraordinary range of products, including educational toys, beauty equipment, motorcycles, automobiles, and even bulldozers. His work is distinguished by a lifelong pursuit of forms in which beauty emerges naturally from function.