Ebook: Wabi Sabi: the Japanese Art of Impermanence

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.