Tl;Dr, I need to find the word which describes “the one and the whole”
A few years ago Yamaha (company that makes motorcycles and pianos etc) has released a car concept called the sports ride. In an interview I watched with one of the designers he had mentioned a word used to guide the design philosophy and I cannot for the life of me find it anymore – I used to be able to with a quick Google search but Google search has gone so far downhill it’s showing me Jamie Oliver’s mayonnaise recipes and such instead.
I believe a close English equivalent is Elementalism – where each part is complete on its own, while establishing overall harmony.
It expresses the beauty of “the one and the whole” as described on the English Yamaha website.
I am designing some parts and wanted to explore further examples of this style but until I find that word again I seem to be completely stuck!
Many thanks in advance.
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Do you still have access to the interview? The Yahama sports ride website calls it an elementalism design, presenting beauty through a fusion of “the one and the whole” (個と全). Which is essentially the same as their English translated website and probably not helpful at all…