- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Original edition (November 15, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0804834822
- ISBN-13: 978-0804834827
Wabi sabi, the quintessential Japanese design aesthetic, is quickly
gaining popularity around the world, as evidenced by recent articles in Time, The Chicago Tribune and Kyoto Journal. Taken from the Japanese words wabi, which translates to less is more, and sabi,
which means attentive melancholy, wabi sabi refers to an awareness of
the transient nature of earthly things and a corresponding pleasure in
the things that bear the mark of this impermanence. As a design style,
wabi sabi helps us to appreciate the simple beauty in imperfection--of a
chipped vase or a rainy day, for example.
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