Wabi-sabi is a centuries-old Japanese philosophy that embraces imperfection, simplicity, and the natural passage of time. Sara Ligorria-Tramp; Design: Emily Henderson When designing your home, one ...

While wabi sabi embraces a slightly more haphazard decorating style, you don't want to head all the way over to maximalism. "Because it comes from Japanese culture, there's still a lot of ...

Wabi-sabi is typically described as a traditional Japanese aesthetic: the beauty of something perfectly imperfect, in the sense of “flawed” or “unfinished.” ...

Good news for people who stress out over redoing their homes every year to keep up with interior design trends: you get to relax in 2018! You don’t necessarily get the year off, but wabi-sabi is ...

Wabi-sabi is typically described as a traditional Japanese aesthetic: the beauty of something perfectly imperfect, in the sense of “flawed” or “unfinished.” ...

But the good news is, that’s exactly what the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi is combatting. And with the help of our wabi-sabi living room ideas, so can you.

My first articles on wabi-sabi were published right around 9/11. At that time, the Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in the imperfect had a serious underground following, but the concept was ...

But Adams understands the mind of the perfectionist perhaps better than most, which is why she felt compelled to write Wabi-Sabi Welcome, a radical reimagining of the way we conceive of “perfection” ...

But in East Asian philosophy, specifically Japan, it’s the opposite. This ancient Japanese philosophy is known as Wabi Sabi, which seems to have gripped the post-pandemic world.

As a scholar of classical Japanese language, literature and culture , I too have a professional interest in wabi and sabi and how they have come to be understood outside Japan. A cursory search of ...