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Thank you for posting. If I may add to your conclusion: it is important to remember in our work that it is not the physical product that is the result; it is t
by jschveibinz 6y ago
Thank you for posting. If I may add to your conclusion: it is important to remember in our work that it is not the physical product that is the result; it is the experience of others. The carpenter makes much more than the chair. The carpenter makes the pleasure of observing the chair and sitting in the chair. I think that the Japanese have a very good sense of this in their craft work. Thank you, again.
- agomez314 6y agoYou make an interesting point, which adds the communal aspect of making things for others' enjoyment. Do you have an example or resource on how the Japanese do this exactly? I find this point interesting when I look at the Macbook I'm using to write this: it is plain, has no "designs" except for the functional aspects it embodies (a screen, a keyboard, a mouse, inputs). Its design does not seek to evoke a response from its user other than the experience that the operating system creates, which can be pleasant sometimes. In this sense, could we say that the design of a Macbook resonates with the craft of the Japanese?
- jschveibinz 6y agoThe true concept of design, as in “industrial design”, takes into account the function and experience of the users. The Japanese word for this I believe is “shokinin” and here is an article on this by someone much more knowledgeable than I am: https://www.realtyninja.com/blog/the-mastery-of-ones-profession/ https://www.realtyninja.com/blog/the-mastery-of-ones-profess...