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Blue jean black jean Nike gym shoe CowboY boots Cowboy hat socks Hair dryer Rice Wine Television onion and green pepper Cellular phone rice paper Lap top dolls toy ships bikes motorcycle windows floor mat JOHN DEER TRACKER Radio beanie baby Walkman Newspaper Microwave pipe Dish washer tobacco Gum Cloth dryer cookies Cooking stove furnace toaster candy Refrigerator bottle water Battery Coats airplane train bus Shoes CD Player mini CD player Boots picture frame Fishing rod foot stool white castle targets Fried chicken Coffee screw driver Tea Coca cola Pepsi Race car Trucks SUV Hats Footballs Soccer’s Peanut handle bag pan slow cooker George Forman grill Bell bottoms jean mood ring Star Wars Figures smiley face stickers tweed jackets microprocessor lotion nivea Avon computer chip Mexican food Japanese food Chinese food Mary K AY
BY Cynthia Halim & MARY LEWIS
JAPANESE CULTURE Teamwork Family comes first Anti-confrontational Large number of population over small area (the size of California) Tradition is important Not as environmentally conscious WESTERN EUROPEAN CULTURE Individualism is most important Work comes first Social life Large number of population over large geographical area Tradition is not as important Unity among diversity Strict environmental laws
Japanese & Western European Cultures He who seeks truth shall find beauty He who seeks beauty shall find vanity He who seeks orders shall find gratification He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance Arrogance is incompatible with nature Through nature, the nature of the universe and the nature of man, we shall seek truth If we seek truth, we shall find beauty Moshe Safdie
Japanese Culture • Vending machines (“Jiddonhanbaiki”)
Japanese Culture • Famous Japanese toilets (many control buttons performing different functions) • Sink/toilet combo
Japanese Culture • Bullet train (“Shinkasen”)
Western European Culture • Different approach to products (example: Shinkasen interiors vs. ICE interiors)
Western European Culture • German InterCity Express (ICE) • ICE3 influenced by Japanese Shinkasen • France TGV
Japanese & Western European Cultures • Traditions
CULTURAL PRODUCTS CULTURE IS THE LEARNED PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT” BECAUSE WE ARE RAISED IN A CULTURE, WE LEARN A BROAD FRAMEWORK OF ETHICAL AND AESTHETIC VALUES .
Old Coffee Pot By: Kaiman