Naked design [New edition]
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 we trace the origin of a shape that we feel is beautiful,
All of them lead to the world of gods and Buddhas.
...Seiji Onishi
Natural objects have no unnecessary shapes, no names, and no coloring. The aluminum products featured in this book have been cleaned of dirt that is considered valuable in antique art, called hand-made, history, and flavor, nameplates removed, paint removed, and anodized aluminum peeled off, revealing the bare face of the material itself. This book introduces a variety of aluminum antiques collected by industrial designer Seiji Onishi.
Text by Osamu Kushida
Author Profile
Seiji Onishi
Seiji Ohnishi
Born in Kagawa Prefecture in 1944. Industrial designer. Representative of Alpha Design Co., Ltd. He is involved in the development and design of many products, from educational toys and beauty equipment to two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles and bulldozers.