Japanese Culture Western European Culture

1. CULTURAL
VALUES

2. 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 Coatsairplane train
bus Shoes CD Player mini CD player Boots picture
frame Fishing rod foot stool white castle targets
Fried chickenCoffee 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

3. BY
Cynthia Halim
&
MARY LEWIS

4. 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

5. 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

6. Japanese Culture
Vending machines
(“Jiddonhanbaiki”)

7. Japanese Culture
Famous Japanese
toilets (many control
buttons performing
different functions)
Sink/toilet combo

8. Japanese Culture
Bullet train
(“Shinkasen”)

9. Western European Culture
Different approach
to products
(example: Shinkasen
interiors vs. ICE
interiors)

10. Western European Culture
German InterCity
Express (ICE)
 ICE3 influenced by
Japanese Shinkasen
France TGV

11. Japanese & Western European
Cultures
Traditions

12. 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 .

20. sumo

24. Mexico Silver

25. Espresso any one?

27. 1914 WASHING mACHINE

29. Kamera

30. Car Turn Table

31. Old Coffee Pot
By: Kaiman

32. Children Book

33. 1900‘s Woman

34. Hot Sauce

35. 70’s Music in the park

36. 8 Track Tape

39. I cold Pepsi…

47. 1907 Washing Machine

49. It’s a phone booth!

52. Coats

53. The real thing!

54. Tattoos

58. Monaco Bay

59. Women….

62. Red – White – Blue on Wheel

63. Tub’s

64. Custom Espresso

65. Dry Sink
Chair

66. HATS

67. DUNKIN’ DONUT
OF
ENGLAND

68. “DRINKING –A-CUP-OF-TEA-HONG”

69. HATS….

73. 1924 Portable Radiola

75. FRUITS ANYONE?

77. GIFT CARD

81. JELLY CABINET

82. 8 Track Recorder

83. Mexico Banner

86. Turkish Coffee

88. Egg Beater

91. Tea?

92. Tea?

93. Deere, John Deere

96. Nike!!!!!!!!!!!

97. Kid Hat

100. Russian Soul

101. Baskin Robin Ice Cream Parlor

102. Stirring Tea

103. “Good To The Last Drop”

104. Postum Company enters into an agreement with the Sanka
Coffee Corporation to market SANKA decaffeinated coffee
in the United States
Sanka

105. Revlon

106. Carson
For the look of your life

107. Carson

108. Outback

109. International Products
7 Eleven – Japan
Burger King – England
Food Lion – Belgium
A & P – Germany
Libby’s – Switzerland
Taster Choice – Switzerland
French Mustard - England

110. Suave

112. Icon's

113. Icon’s

116. Mosaic Tile Designs

119. The End
National cultures
By
Cynthia Halim
&
Mary Lewis
ME214

120. Music
by
Antonio Vivalad
Le quattro stagioni – L’estate - #3 Presto
Vuena Vista Social Club by Ifrahim Ferrer
Cuban Music
Exile by Geoffrey Oryema

121. Stanford University
ME214
Prof. Dave Beach
*Marcelo Gomes Freire