I Love Kawaii
I Love Kawaii

Author: Charuca

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-05-22

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0062133853

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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

I Heart Kawaii
I Heart Kawaii

Author: Emily Hunter-Higgins

Publisher: Buster Books

Published: 2020-08-06

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781780556888

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Enter the wonderful world of kawaii with this super-cute coloring book, filled with Japanese-inspired designs to color and enjoy. Featuring adorable animals, charming little monsters and super-cute food and stationery, this book is guaranteed to give you kawaii fever. Pocket-sized and portable, it's great for coloring on the go. Part of the I Heart series with a pretty foiled cover, this coloring book is the perfect gift for kawaii-lovers everywhere.

The Super Cute Book of Kawaii
The Super Cute Book of Kawaii

Author: Marceline Smith

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2019-07-04

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1473555574

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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...

Kawaii!
Kawaii!

Author: Manami Okazaki

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 3791347276

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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.

365 Days of Kawaii
365 Days of Kawaii

Author: Mayumi Jezewski

Publisher: David & Charles

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781446308752

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Draw the cutest kawaii pictures for a whole year - this fun book for the young and young at heart covers the widest range of kawaii motifs ever - 365 of them no less! Topics featured include animals, food, plants, clothes, household objects, musical instruments, people, vehicles, buildings and landmarks, weather icons and even space motifs.

Kawaii Drawing
Kawaii Drawing

Author: Becky Castaneda

Publisher: Walter Foster

Published: 2023-10-17

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0760385343

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Learn to draw in the supercute kawaii style with Kawaii Drawing!

Cuteness Engineering
Cuteness Engineering

Author: Aaron Marcus

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-30

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 3319619616

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This state of the art monograph presents a unique introduction to thinking about cuteness and its incorporation into modern, especially computer-based, products and services. Cuteness is defined and explored in relation to user-centered design concepts and methods, in addition to considering the history of cuteness and cuteness in other cultures, especially in relation to eastern Asia. The authors provide detailed analyses and histories of cuteness in Japan and in China, the rise of Kawaii and Moe cultural artifacts, and their relation to social, psychological, and design issues. They also attempt an initial taxonomy of cuteness. Finally, detailed interviews with leading designers of cute products and services, such as Hello Kitty, provide an understanding of the philosophy and decision-making process of designers of cuteness. Cuteness Engineering: Designing Adorable Products and Services will be of interest and use to a wide range of professionals, researchers, academics, and students who are interested in exploring the world of cuteness in fresh new ways and gaining insights useful for their work and studies.

This Beauty
This Beauty

Author: Nick Riggle

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2022-12-06

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1541675517

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An acclaimed philosopher and new father argues that engaging with beauty can make life worth living You didn’t choose to live this life, in this body, in these conditions—this delicate and difficult life. Yet when you consider that your existence is fleeting, an inspired sense of urgency can spring forth. Say you often hike with a friend. One day, they propose that you skydive instead. You’re wavering, and they insist: Come on. You only live once! And soon you’re flying through the air. Why embrace a life you did not choose? In This Beauty, philosopher Nick Riggle explores the beauty of being alive by investigating the things we say to inspire ourselves and each other: seize the day, treat yourself, you only live once. These clichés are at best vague, at worst stupid. They imply that you should do something wild with your life because your life is precious, a little like saying you should go swimming with your grandfather’s watch because it is irreplaceable. Drawing on insights from aesthetics and his experiences as a professional skater and new father, he develops the thought that beauty—the beauty of this day, this body, this moment, these people—can make life worth embracing, worth engaging with and amplifying as beautiful. Insightful and deeply humane, This Beauty is a searching inquiry into the mystery of life’s beauty and a call to create and share it.

Go Wild! (Slide Surprise)
Go Wild! (Slide Surprise)

Author: Matthew Morgan

Publisher: Words & Pictures

Published: 2018-09-26

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1786033194

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Who is hiding in the jungle? Slide the tab to make your favorite animals appear! Slide Surprise is a vibrant new series of board books using innovative sliding mechanisms to create fun, interactive stories about subjects young children identify with. Follow the friendly monkey through the jungle and to the ocean to find animal friends hiding in the scenes. Slide the tab in the page and out pops a toucan from the branches of a tree, a baby elephant from behind her mommy's knees, a lion from his hiding spot in the grass, chicks resting in their nest, a fish swimming in the water, and, on the last page--Where did our happy monkey tour guide go? Slide...surprise! He's hiding in the leaves, fast asleep! This colorful, interactive board book helps children develop hand-eye coordination, build cognitive skills, and learn language skills. Irresistible to curious little hands, babies and toddlers will delight in sliding the creatures in and out of hiding, again and again.

Zubi!
Zubi!

Author: Danny Ben Israel

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-02-22

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1101501723

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How to talk dirty and influence people—in Hebrew! You can study Hebrew for years, but do you really know how to talk like a native speaker? The next book in Plume's foreign language series, Zubi! will make sure you learn all the colorful vernacular words and phrases for a variety of situations,including insulting your neighbor,flirting with the hot guy or girl at the club, and even chatting online-not to mention plenty of Hebrew words that are...well, best not to mention. Accessible and useful to complete novices, intermediate students of Hebrew, or just anyone who enjoys cursing in other languages, this irreverent guide is packed with hilarious examples and stories to acquaint the reader not only with popular terms but how they are used in everyday speech. With clever illustrations, Zubi! covers it all-from essential basics to the hottest new slang-and proves that no language is too sacred.