Korea Style
Korea Style by Marcia Iwatate, published by Tuttle Publishing on November 15, 2006, is a hardcover design book featuring 224 pages in English. This work presents a comprehensive exploration of the unique aesthetics of Korea, showcasing over 500 photographs that highlight the intrinsic elements of Korean design, such as simplicity, moderation, and a deep respect for nature. The book emphasizes how Korea has maintained its distinct identity in design despite influences from Japanese and Western styles.
Readers will discover a rich tapestry of architectural and interior design through twenty-two exceptional examples, including homes, studios, and public buildings. The book captures the spatial, spiritual, and material qualities that define Korean design, celebrating both traditional and contemporary elements. By juxtaposing the country’s natural landscape with its artistic heritage, Korea Style offers insights into the distinctive flair of Korean interior decoration and the innovative spirit that characterizes its architectural endeavors.
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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 intrinsic 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 simple 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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