Influx Insights har en intervju med Verena Dauerer, den enda västerländska journalisten som arbetar på superhippa Pingmag i Japan. Hon beskriver bland annat designläget i Japan 2008.
What do you think is happening with the world of design? Are developed nations over-designed?
Over-designed? If the natural development of a civilization is its aesthetic refinement,
cutting back would be a step backwards or a possible indication of decay. There is no end to this refinement, as you can surely see in Japan... Provided that environmental factors are included.
How would you describe the current state of Japanese design and where do you believe it is heading?
Huh, I can maybe enlighten you with some aspects of its structure that might help you
understand its output: On one side, there are the star designers that design practically
everything from mobiles to furniture to any other gadget you can imagine with utmost
perfectionism.
Think of Naoto Fukasawa or Iwai Toshio (who just developed the Tenori-on.) As Sensei, they have an army of designers working for them - and this system is strictly hierarchical and as solid as the tough structure within the mainstream design establishment.
On the other side, design events like the annual DesignTide try since a couple of years to promote the young upcoming ones.
Then I have the feeling that some designers aren't interested at all in a wider exposure outside of Japan, others would like to but they don't speak any English.
Where it might all be heading could also depend on how far people keep perceiving the country as an isolated island and themselves as a closed community in the future.
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