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Ekuan, Kenji (Japanese industrial designer and author, 1929-2015)
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Note: Member of the Metabolism movement, product designer, and author of books on Japanese design and aesthetics. Prolific and highly regarded, his work shaped products associated with modern Japan, including Yamaha motorcycles, a bullet train used in the country’s Shinkansen high-speed rail network, and a ubiquitous soy-sauce bottle. |
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Ekuan, Kenji (preferred,V,English-P,NA,U) |
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Kenji Ekuan (V,display) |
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אקואן, קנג'י (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U) |
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designer |
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industrial designer |
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Awazu, Kiyoshi |
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(Japanese graphic designer, 1929-2009) [500125899] |
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Kikutake Kiyonori |
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(Japanese architect, 1928-2011) [500065799] |
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Kurokawa, Kisho |
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(Japanese architect, 1934-2007) [500026365] |
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Maki, Fumihiko |
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(Japanese architect, 1928-2024) [500030522] |
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Biographies:
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(Japanese industrial designer and author, 1929-2015) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Japanese industrial designer, born 1929) ..... [AVERY]
(Japanese artist, born 1929) ..... [MoMA]
(Japanese designer, born 1929) ..... [IMJ]
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Ekuan, Kenji ........ | [AVERY Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
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Avery Authority files (1963-)
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Ekuan, Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox (1998)
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Grove Art Online (2003-2008)
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Israel Museum Jerusalem database
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Kurokawa, Metabolism in Architecture (1977) 41
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 81053919; accessed 15 October 2007
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York [online] (2000-) collection
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Soble, Kenji Ekuan Dies at 85, New York Times (2015) obit. | | | | | | | | |
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