Books Sep 19, 2015
Publishing in an age of pervasive design: An interview with IDEA magazine's Kiyonori Muroga
by Ian Lynam
In Japan, design is not what it seems. In colloquial Japanese, the loanword "dezain" (design) is used regularly in lieu of the two indigenous terms for the design process: "koan" (design conceptualization) and "zuan" (design actualization). Kiyonori Muroga, the editor-in-chief of Tokyo-based IDEA Magazine — ...