Kenji Ekuan. Simple but elegant, that's what creates a little moment of happiness.

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Kenji Ekuan. Simple but elegant, that's what creates a little moment of happiness.

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Received: nov. 11, 2021
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Kenji Ekuan. Simple but elegant, that's what creates a little moment of happiness.

José L. Esperon
Universidad de Palermo
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5134-3842
Argentina

Abstract

The Japanese designer Kenji Ekuan, has been awarded, highlighted and internationally renowned for his contributions to design including the Bullet Train, but why when we name it does a small container of soy sauce appear in our memory? Why is it more relevant to talk about a container than about the Bullet Train or a Yamaha motorcycle? In this article we will explore those traces that allow us to get closer to a better understanding of why this small container and its designer attracts so much attention.

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Esperon , J. L. (2022). Kenji Ekuan. Simple but elegant, that’s what creates a little moment of happiness. A3manos, 9(16), 102–108. Retrieved from https://a3manos.isdi.co.cu/index.php/a3manos/article/view/16
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Vol. 9 No. 16 (2022): No. 16 - january - june / 2022
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Curriculum synthesis

José L. Esperon , Universidad de Palermo

Arquitecto por la Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).
Arquitecto, investigador y docente de diseño industrial, especializado en análisis, investigación en tendencias de la comunicación del diseño.
Docente de la Universidad de Palermo de historia del diseño y tendencias para la carrera de diseño industrial y licenciatura en diseño.

References

La pérdida de un diseñador internacional: Ekuan Kenji

https://www.nippon.com/es/column/g00259/

https://www.kikkoman.com/en/shokuiku/soysaucemuseum/history/index_es.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwOMoirYMss&t=6s

Ignacio Alonso Garcia (2020) Identidad a través de la industrailizacion , Metabolismo y Kenji Ekuan. E.T.S. Arquitectura. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Kenji Ekuan (2000) The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox. The MIT Press; Reprint edición. ISBN-10: 0262550350, ISBN-13:‎ 978-0262550352