Bartal, Ory, <br/><br/>
Critical design in Japan :  material culture, luxury, and the avant-garde / 
Ory Bartal. 
 - Manchester [UK] :  Manchester University Press,  (c)2020. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Studies in design and material culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> This book tells the story of critical avant-garde design in Japan. It challenge the characterisation of Japanese design as beautiful, sublime or a simple product of 'Japanese culture', and reveal the ways in which material and visual culture can serve to voice protest and formulate social critique. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526139986 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Design--Japan.<br/>Decorative arts--Japan.<br/>Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NK1484  / .C758 2020