Daijiro Mizuno

Writer; Editor; Educator / Japan /

Daijiro Mizuno’s Notable Books of 2012

2 books
Kurando Furuya Editor

This book celebrates the last 15 years of media arts in Japan. In 1997 the first Japan Media Arts Festival was first held, sponsored by the Council of Cultural Affairs in Japan. Since that time the festival has been held on an annual basis to encourage the further developments of media arts. Over the past 15 years situations surrounding media have changed significantly; this book should be read as a testimony, or a continuing negotiation of those who work in the fields of anime, manga, games, moving images, the Internet, and mixed media arts.

メディア芸術祭とは、文化庁メディア芸術祭実行委員会が主催しているメディアアートの祭典。メディア芸術の創造とその発展を図ることを目的に1997年から毎年実施されている。この15年間で、メディアをとりまく状況は劇的に変化した。作品を振り返ることは、社会の変化に対しての芸術家たちによる交渉を再読することでもあろう。メディアアート/アニメ/マンガ/ゲーム/映像/インターネットの6つのカテゴリーから、15年間にわたるメディアアートの進化を紹介。

Chris Anderson

In November 2012, MUJI held an exhibition entitled “Patterns of Furniture in Tokyo” and last year Droog mounted the exhibition “Design for Download” in Milan. Why are these design firms sharing and selling digital data? Because digital manufacturing (digital fabrication) is changing the role and meaning of design and designers. Chris Anderson, the former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and the author of Free and The Long Tail, introduces the Maker Movement, the rise of a new kind of DIY through digital fabrication; how 3D printers, 3D scanners, Computer Numerical Control Cutting Machines, and laser cutters can democratize the way we design, make, share, and sell things. Makers sketches the future of design.

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