As mentioned in the previous post, I wanted to go into japanese designs but I dont really have a clear idea of which aspect about japanese design i wanted to go into. I decided to go to the library to get some inspirations and references. These are some interesting books that i have found.
this book really helped me alot in confirming the direction that i wanted to go due to its explanations of the patterns and symbols used. I love that and hence it become the anchor of my final designs
Really thankful for this book with the dedicate explanations, which helped me alot in understanding how the traditional designs are formed and composed.
The title of the book says it all. Japanese designs is really genius
Inside it, it is like a full museum of traditional design which greatly inspired me in my composition processes.
some of his design works
While i was researching on japanese design, Tanaka Ikko’s name appeared very frequently in many searches. His designs are all very interesting and abstract, but they tell us so much.
I love how he managed to mix japanese elements into such simple designs.
After looking through these books, i knew what i wanted was to dive deeper into the traditional designs where they used in the olden days (and widely used now)
Other than the “visual” aspect, one of the other ideas was the usage of tangrams. I thought that it look like origami and it might be able to fit well into my designs.
These are some of the many research i have found about tangrams. Another reason why i wanted tangram was that it was made up of 7 pieces! which is also my favourite number.
The designs tangram can have is really overwhelming and so interesting.
And then, i have also found products and quilts that have the feel that i was looking for. having a giant main shape and designs within the shape.