{"product_id":"the-red-book-9781638402114","title":"The Red Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis study revisits The Red Book, the foundational but long-overlooked research document that guided the conception of Festival Plaza for Japan's Expo '70.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis volume presents the first English translation of the Red Book, a little-known 1967 report that established the conceptual foundations for Festival Plaza, the iconic centerpiece of Expo '70 in Osaka. Produced by an extraordinary team of architects, artists, engineers, computer scientists, musicians, and writers, the report proposed a radically new model of adaptive urban space. It captures 1960s Japan at a moment of bold experimentation, when traditional festivals were reimagined as spatial strategies and local cultural knowledge intersected with cybernetics, media theory, and experimental performance. The result was a vision of a managed yet interactive environment poised between human agency and technological control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume challenges dominant narratives of Expo '70 and expands the cast of protagonists in postwar architectural history. At a time of renewed debate around responsive environments and the future of public space, it offers a timely and provocative account of how past futures were collectively imagined, engineered, and staged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Actar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638402114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 7.70w x 1.10d","brand":"Marcela Arag\u0026#195;\u0026#188;ez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458842026165,"sku":"9781638402114","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781638402114.jpg?v=1791297344","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-red-book-9781638402114","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}