{"product_id":"ray-komai-doug-clouse-9781074361792","title":"Ray Komai: Design for America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecond Edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith radiant talent, determined industry, and a cheerful disposition, designer Ray Komai built an unusual career. After forced removal to Manzanar, the World War II incarceration camp for Japanese-Americans, the Los Angeles native designed notable furniture, textiles, and magazines in New York City in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. He left New York to design exhibitions and publications for the United States Information Service, promoting the country that had once put him behind barbed wire. Komai left behind beautiful work that provides insight into the relationship between design and nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis beautifully designed book, richly filled with full-color reproductions of Ray Komai's work and rarely seen photographs of his life, is available as a paperback and an e-book with with panel-view functionality.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition features a new cover design and includes a small number of text revisions and additions, as well as new photographs of Komai's textiles, his famous armchair, and an exhibition about Ray Komai at Fordham University in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doug Clouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1074361792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781074361792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Doug Clouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120696750335,"sku":"9781074361792","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f21124a-d923-497b-9c77-92c47c3caa40.jpg?v=1687415757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ray-komai-doug-clouse-9781074361792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}