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# The Beauty of Everyday Things (Penguin Classics)

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Review: Design - Incredible book, well worth the read.
Review: An incredible book to savor - The first couple of essays/chapters are esoteric and nearly made me want to leave the book on a free bookshelf. I'm so so glad I didn't. Once you get past those you find yourself learning about and engaging with beautiful prose, describing the fleeting beauty of handmade products. Many instances I had to remind myself that this text was written many years ago because the same trials are being faced today.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #71,415 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20 in Design History & Criticism #25 in Philosophy Aesthetics #61 in Decorating |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (429) |
| Dimensions  | 4.38 x 1.04 x 7.08 inches |
| Edition  | Translation |
| ISBN-10  | 0241366356 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0241366356 |
| Item Weight  | 8.5 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 352 pages |
| Publication date  | October 8, 2019 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Classics |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Design
*by A***7 on December 9, 2025*

Incredible book, well worth the read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An incredible book to savor
*by B***G on June 30, 2022*

The first couple of essays/chapters are esoteric and nearly made me want to leave the book on a free bookshelf. I'm so so glad I didn't. Once you get past those you find yourself learning about and engaging with beautiful prose, describing the fleeting beauty of handmade products. Many instances I had to remind myself that this text was written many years ago because the same trials are being faced today.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting, but seems disjointed at times
*by C***B on August 26, 2024*

This book is a set of essays about various types of Japanese folk craft, such as kasuri (a type of resist dying that results in a blurry effect), kogin (counted thread embroidery), woodblock prints, otsu-e (a type of collaborative painting with repetitive patterns), and washi (traditional Japanese paper). There is also a rather lengthy essay on how the author discovered and popularized a heretofore unknown artist named Mokujiki, and an interesting chapter on the Japanese eye for beauty. The book’s unifying theme is that craft is superior to art, and the author makes some pretty compelling arguments toward that idea that are well worth a read. There are also a couple essays at the end seemingly thrown in for good measure – an apology to the Korean people for invading their country (written in 1920) and a description of the development of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum.

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