Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers

Koren, L. (1994). Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. Stone Bridge Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1994

Link

https://library.cca.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=9968

Cited from

art_aesthetics

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2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Minimalism
  • The aesthetic or functional intensification arising from the strategic elimination of non-necessity

    This sourceConcise English exposition of the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic — beauty in austerity, imperfection, and reduction — as Eastern lineage of design minimalism.

Mechanisms

• Process Mark Retention
  • Its strength is that the object documents its own making and its honest history, supporting a valuation of process and age

    This sourcePresents wabi-sabi as valuing imperfection, impermanence, incompleteness, and the beauty that develops through age and decay rather than flawless finish.

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