100 Whites
100 Whites The world of white, from Muji art director Kenya HaraWhite not only plays an important role in Japanese cultures in general but also in the work of Kenya Hara, art director for Muji. On…
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100 Whites
The world of white, from Muji art director Kenya HaraWhite not only plays an important role in Japanese cultures in general but also in the work of Kenya Hara, art director for Muji. On the basis of these examples he discusses the importance of white in design--not only as a color but as a philosophy. In 100 Whites, Hara gives 100 examples of white, such as snow, Iceland, rice and wax.
100 Whites is the extension of Hara's previously published book White. Hara describes how he experiments with the different whites he instances, what they mean in the process of his work and how they influence design today. The publication explores the essence of white, which Hara sees as symbolizing simplicity and subtlety.Kenya Hara (born 1958) is a Japanese graphic designer, a professor at the Musashino Art University and, since 2002, the