Making Wet:: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing
Koren, Leonard
ISBN 10: 098148462X ISBN 13: 9780981484624
Published by Imperfect Pub, 2012
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1st edition. 176 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 098148462X
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People often assume that I've always been interested in bathing. But this isn't so. My fascination really only began while in architecture school. Like most of my classmates, I was initially drawn to the heroic architectures du jour, Modern the taut, muscular variety-and then proto-Postmodern. When those love affairs soured, I became curious about less self-conscious, more humane approaches to place-making. This led me to small, intimate environments: the kinds of places you go to feel safe and secure, the kinds of places that induce you to let go and be yourself. The Japanese tea room despite its very appealing form and philosophy was too culturally specific for the vague purposes I had in mind. I sought a species of enclosed space that offered similar possibilities for transcendental experience but was more universally available.
About the Author: Leonard Koren was the founder, publisher, and creative director of WET: the Magazine of Gourmet Bathing.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Making Wet:: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing
Publisher: Imperfect Pub
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New