On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore in Manhattan. Among the English-language books about Japan, I encountered a section of a shelf marked “WABI-SABI” and stocked with ...

After taking off in America and other countries, the phrase ‘wabi-sabi’ was imported back to Japan as a compound term. In it, in an essay titled, “The Beauty of Irregularity,” Yanagi wrote about the ...

Wabi-sabi, the ""Japanese art of appreciating the imperfect, the primitive, the incomplete,"" may be the next big thing in home design and decoration. Although on the surface it may sound like the ...

Carol Isaak Barden, a Houston developer, was nervous. Normally, in a first interview with an architect, the client is in the driver's seat — the person who'll say yes or no. But this time around, she, ...

The blog Blue Tomatoes introduced to me a new word, or words to be exact, Wabi-Sabi and claims that this is a new trend in the West. Architect Tadao Ando defines Wabi-Sabi as “the Japanese art of ...

"Singaporean Home with Japan Inspired Wabi Sabi Interior Design"Wabi-sabi and Japandi interior design styles are gaining momentum in Singapore, offering homeowners a balance of simplicity, ...

That speckled, perfectly imperfect cactus planter you bought off Etsy? It’s not twee, it’s “wabi-sabi.” Just ask Kim and Kanye. “You are familiar with the cultural pursuit of wabi-sabi in Japan?” ...

nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu) If you still haven’t mastered the art of feng shui and don’t know exactly where your red should be to bring you money, luck or love, never fear: wabi-sabi, the latest ...

There is a Japanese philosophy — wabi-sabi — that sees the world as impermanent, imperfect and incomplete. Neal Joiner, an art student at Southeast Missouri State University, said he used this ...

If you haven’t mastered the art of feng shui and don’t know exactly where your red should be to bring you money, luck or love, never fear: wabi-sabi, the latest Asian-inspired design craze, is here.