Kawaii

Author : Manami Okazaki
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 3791347276
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kawaii! written by Manami Okazaki and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing Japan's astonishingly varied culture of cute, this volume takes the reader on a dazzling and adorable visual journey through all things kawaii. Although some trace the phenomenon of kawaii as far back as Japan's Taisho era, it emerged most visibly in the 1970s when schoolgirls began writing in big, bubbly letters complete with tiny hearts and stars. From cute handwriting came manga, Hello Kitty, and Harajuku, and the kawaii aesthetic now affects every aspect of Japanese life. As colorful as its subject matter, this book contains numerous interviews with illustrators, artists, fashion designers, and scholars. It traces the roots of the movement from sociological and anthropological perspectives and looks at kawaii's darker side as it morphs into gothic and gloomy iterations. Best of all, it includes hundreds of colorful photographs that capture kawaii's ubiquity: on the streets and inside homes, on lunchboxes and airplanes, in haute couture and street fashion, in cafés, museums, and hotels.

Author : Marceline Smith
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473555574
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Super Cute Book of Kawaii written by Marceline Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Live a bright, fun, rainbow-filled life with Kawaii! The Japanese word Kawaii means lovable or adorable. Welcoming a little kawaii into your life is like opening the window and letting a sparkling sunbeam in. Whenever you feel a little low turn to this squishy, padded-covered book. Find fun ideas to: make a cosy kawaii home; playful, confidence boosting styling and beauty tips; and recipes that will make your smile. This book includes 10 easy how-to projects to bring kawaii into your life. Here, you'll also find a host of very special kawaii mascots that will always be ready to give you a hug when you need one: The Octonauts, Smiling Bear, Hello Kitty, Gudetama, Molang, Ricemonsters, Miffy the Rabbit, the Moomins, Donutella, Unicorno, Moofia and Pusheen. Escape into the magical world of kawaii...

Author : Charuca
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062133853
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Love Kawaii written by Charuca and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kawaii is a word that originated in 1970s Japan when schoolgirls adopted the term to describe everything cute. This word is now understood world-wide and identifies a particular trend of visual aesthetics (Hello Kitty being the most famous). Kawaii is a recognizable art form practiced by artists all over the world and covers the visual gamut from commercial art (stickers, clothing, calendars, pens, pencils, erasers, video games) to high-brow contemporary art (e.g. Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara). Presented primarily through full page images, Charuca (a Kawaii artist herself) has curated an international collection of the most popular adorable, hilarious, and sometimes dark Kawaii art being made today. Charuca begins each chapter with a small description of the artist and her feelings towards his or her work, creating an artistic dialogue spoken mainly through the loud, brightly full-colored images that flood each page. Some of the artists she selected include: Aranzi Aronzo Bubi Au Yeung Bukubuku Charuca Devil Robots Hiroko Yokoyama Itokin Park Marichan Meomi Paul Shih Ryoko Takidoki Yukiko Yokoo

Author : Pic Candle
Publisher : Race Point Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631065823
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mini Kawaii Doodle Class written by Pic Candle and published by Race Point Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kawaii is a Japanese word that translates to "cute," and popular YouTube artist Pic Candle shows you how to doodle your way to adorable in this miniature, portable, and even cuter version of her best-selling Kawaii Doodle Class. This master class in cute features nearly 100 lovable, huggable characters and includes simple step-by-step illustrations and instructions, search-and-find puzzle patterns that you can color, inspiration boards that show you how to give your characters different facial expressions and zany accessories, and drawing pages to get your doodle party started. Your adorable drawing subjects include tacos, sushi, smoothies, clouds, rainbows, cacti, and more. Soon you'll be enhancing your notebooks, stationery, artwork, and more with your own unique kawaii world. Mini Kawaii Doodle Class is now in session!

Author : Michiko Ohkura
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811379645
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kawaii Engineering written by Michiko Ohkura and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kawaii” is a Japanese word that denotes “cute,” “lovable,” or “charming” although it does not have exactly the same meaning as those adjectives. This book proposes engineering methodologies for systematic measurement of the affective perception of kawaii, by using virtual reality and biological signals, and discusses the effectiveness of kawaii engineering for designing industrial products and services. Kawaii can draw sympathy from people and can embody a special kind of cute design, which reduces fear and makes dull information more acceptable and appealing. Following the introduction of the background of kawaii engineering in Chapter 1, Chapters 2 and 3 describe experiments on the systematic measurement and evaluation methods for kawaii products and affective evaluation experiments. Chapter 4 proposes a mathematical model to identify the physical attributes that determine kawaii in motion. Chapters 5 and 6 explain research that uses biological signals and eye-tracking. After a brief survey of psychological research on kawaii and cuteness in Chapter 7, Chapters 8 and 9 introduce the use of spoons designed to stimulate the appetite of the elderly and the practical implementation of an emotion-driven camera. Chapters 10–14 explain experimental research that examines kawaii perception of people from various cultural backgrounds. Kawaii Engineering will appeal to those who work on affective computing, product design, user experience design, virtual reality, and biological signals.

Author : Ilaria Ranauro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0760382441
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Draw Kawaii Style written by Ilaria Ranauro and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Draw Kawaii Style teaches the step-by-step fundamentals of drawing kawaii as well as how to illustrate specific characters and objects"--

Author : Pic Candle
Publisher : Race Point Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631066919
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mini Kawaii Doodle Cuties written by Pic Candle and published by Race Point Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare for the cutest world tour ever with this miniature, portable, and even cuter version of Kawaii Doodle Cuties! YouTube celebrity artist Pic Candle shows you how to draw kawaii characters from every stop on the map! The Japanese word kawaii translates to “cute,” and this how-to book is chock-full of super-adorable images from your favorite spots around the globe. With doodles of food, nature, animals, architecture, fashion, and more, you will learn to draw cute artwork from countries all over the world! Learn how to draw a darling Eiffel Tower, macaron, and beret from France. Or master how to draw precious natural wonders like Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and enchanting architecture like India’s Taj Mahal. Or sketch fashion fun like a K-pop skirt from South Korea and charming transportation like a tuk tuk from Vietnam. Mini Kawaii Doodle Cutiesfeatures over 100 lovable, huggable characters and includes simple step-by-step illustrations and instructions, search-and-find puzzle patterns that you can color, and inspiration pages. Thanks to this adorable crash course in doodling all things kawaii, you’ll soon be enhancing your notebooks, stationery, artwork, and everything with unbelievably adorable illustrations!

Author : Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739148478
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cool-Kawaii written by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cool-Kawaii: Afro-Japanese Aesthetics and New World Modernity, by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, analyzes and compares African American cool culture and the Japanese aesthetics of kawaii or cute and characterizes them as expressions set against oppressive homogenizations of a technocratic world. The Cool-Kawaii sheds light on the history and development of both cultures in three main ways: First, both emerge from similar historical conditions; second, both are in search of human dignity and liberation, and finally, both kawaii and African American cool establish a new kind of modernity able to transcend both traditionalism and anti-traditionalist modernity.

Author : Becky Castaneda
Publisher : Walter Foster
ISBN 13 : 0760385343
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kawaii Drawing written by Becky Castaneda and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to draw in the supercute kawaii style with Kawaii Drawing!

Author : Pic Candle
Publisher : Rock Point
ISBN 13 : 1631066978
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kawaii Doodle Universe written by Pic Candle and published by Rock Point. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your doodling skills to the next adorable level with this follow-up to popular YouTube artist Pic Candle's best-selling Kawaii Doodle Class and Kawaii Doodle Cuties—featuring over 100 lovable, huggable characters in 25 tableaus, with simple step-by-step illustrations and instructions, search-and-find puzzle patterns that you can color, and inspiration pages. Chock-full of super-sweet tableaus that are chock-full of super-cute characters of everyday objects, you will learn how to draw multiple characters and arrange them into a super-fun scene. Complete the scene by embellishing it with sweet decorations and faces. Soon enough, you will be enhancing your notebooks, stationery, artwork, and more with your own unique kawaii universe. So, let’s get this doodle party started!