Mushashi’s Book of Five Rings is broken down into 5 parts: Earth, Waterm Fire, Wind, Void. In the coming Design Samurai entries I will take a look at each chapter in more depth, but here is a brief overview of what each section of the Book of Five Rings covers… (more…)
In the world of the Samurai, Miaymoto Musashi is one of the uncontested leaders in thought and discipline. As designers what can we learn from Mushashi? As in all learning we must start by understanding the past, not only the physical truths of what has happened, but the hows and whys as well. What were the events that lead up to the revolutionary changes, and what limitations did they have that they had to overcome? (more…)