Tokyolife
By: Ian Luna...[et al.] ; essays by Mori Toshiko, Kawamura Yuniya, Hayashi Fumihiro.
Contributors: Toshiko, Mori.; Kawamura, Yuniya, 1963-; Hayashi, Fumihiro.; Luna, Ian.; Mes, Tom, 1974-; Sharp, Jasper, 1971-
Publisher: Rizzoli
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780847829255
Subjects: Art -- Japan -- Tokyo; Architecture -- Japan -- Tokyo; Design -- Japan -- Tokyo; Fashion -- Japan -- Tokyo; Photography -- Japan -- Tokyo; Motion pictures -- Japan -- Tokyo
Other titles: Tokyo life.; Tokyolife : art and design.
Description: From the Publisher: The divergent personalities profiled in this book have collectively engineered entirely new ways of seeing, expanding their influence well beyond Japan and into the arts of Asia, Western Europe, and North America. Featuring the work of renowned talents as well as rising stars, this book is organized around the physical city and the role of the megalopolis as both the site and inspiration for an unprecedented explosion in the visual arts.
Table of contents: title: State of play / Ian Luna; title: Fashion in postmodern times / Kawamura Yuniya; title: Center stage city : Tokyo in the movies / Tom Mes; title: Futurscape / Jasper Sharp; title: Japanese renaissance in art and fashion photography / Hayashi Fumihiro.