Korea Style
Korea Style by Marcia Iwatate, published by Tuttle Publishing on October 16, 2018, is a reissue that showcases the unique aesthetics of Korea through over 500 stunning photographs. This book explores the central elements of Korean design, emphasizing simplicity, moderation, and a deep respect for nature. It highlights how Korea has maintained its distinct identity in architecture and interior design, despite influences from Japanese and Western styles.
Readers will find a comprehensive examination of twenty-two exceptional homes, studios, and public buildings that reflect both traditional and contemporary Korean design. The book presents a celebration of the country’s architectural heritage, arts, and crafts, while also showcasing innovative approaches to space and material. With a focus on the interplay between natural beauty and distinctive design, Korea Style offers insights into the spatial and spiritual qualities that define Korean aesthetics. This edition spans 224 pages and is presented in English, making it accessible to a wide audience interested in architecture and interior design.
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With over 500 stunning photographs, this design book reveals the relatively unknown but unique aesthetics of Korea.
Korea Style reveals the cemtral elements of Korean design; simplicity, moderation, constraint, and a deep respect for all things natural. Despite the filtering of Japanese and Western design ideas into Korea over the millennia, the peninsula has maintained its own identity and is gaining recognition for its own particular “style.” Spatial, spiritual and material qualities are reflected in the pure beauty of its architectural design, while classic objects that immediately distinguish themselves as being uniquely Korean are used with distinctive flair in interior design and decoration.
Korea Style is the first book devoted to the country’s architecture and interior design-featuring twenty-two exceptional homes, studios and public and heritage buildings. They range from vernacular to cutting-edge creations and are a celebration of the country’s natural landscape, arts and crafts and architectural heritage juxtaposed with a drive towards invention, experimentation and individuality.
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