Japanese Design Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock
Japanese Design Since 1945. A Complete Sourcebook was edited by Naomi Pollock and Masaaki Kanai and published by Thames & Hudson:
Design in Japan is deeply rooted in the country’s historic craft culture, profound understanding of materials and commitment to functionality. These qualities yield chairs, cups and other daily use items which are easy on the eye, comfortable in the hand and always do their job well. Even as mass manufacturing became widespread in the post-war period and cross-cultural exchanges began to take place with the West, Japan held fast to these core values and practices. This dedication has given rise to timeless objects of great beauty and utility as well as innovations in materials, form and technology.
To design this book, Ryuhei Nakadai used the typeface Maax designed by Damien Gautier and distributed by 205TF. The typeface used for Japanese text is yet unidentified [edit: it appears to be Midashi Go MB31, see comments].
2 Comments on “Japanese Design Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock”
I think the Japanese sans serif is 見出ゴMB31 (Midashi Go MB31).
Added, thanks!