Eastern craft in Orientalism and Modern Design

Eastern craft in Orientalism and Modern Design

ISHIKAWA, Yoshimune

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This article focuses on furniture inspired by Eastern culture in Orientalism and modern design and clarifies the acceptance of the East not only as exoticism but also as inspiration for new design and theory beyond century. Eastern craft often offered new images from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and this historical process is easily seen. Therefore, with regard to craft, the East was not an “other” as Said has suggested.

This article focuses on furniture inspired by Eastern culture in Orientalism and modern design and clarifies the acceptance of the East not only as exoticism but also as inspiration for new design and theory beyond century. Eastern craft often offered new images from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and this historical process is easily seen. Therefore, with regard to craft, the East was not an “other” as Said has suggested.

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DOI: 10.5151/design-icdhs-091

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ISHIKAWA, Yoshimune; "Eastern craft in Orientalism and Modern Design", p-412-415. In: Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa & Schincariol, Zuleica (Eds.). Design frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies [=ICDHS 2012 - 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2012. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/design-icdhs-091