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COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; THE DEVELOPMENT OF WABI SABI; WABI SABI IN THE ART OF ZEN; THE TEA CEREMONY; A LEAP OF FAITH; WABI SABI AND THE JAPANESE CHARACTER; WABI SABI--AN ART IN TRANSITION; WABI SABI IN THE JAPANESE ARTS; DEFINING AESTHETICS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF WABI SABI; CREATING EXPRESSIONS WITH WABI SABI MATERIALS; THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT OF WABI SABI; THE WABI SABI ENVIRONMENT; THE LIFE OF WABIZUMAI; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING; PERMISSIONS; BACKCOVER.;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 & mdash;of a chipped vase or a rainy day, for example.

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Author
Juniper, Andrew
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9780804834827
Category
art
Subjects
Philosophy, Architecture, History
Rating
3.91 / 5 (401 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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