Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers (Paperback)

Leonard Koren

ISBN 10: 0981484603 / ISBN 13: 9780981484600

Published by Imperfect Publishing, Point Reyes, 2008

About this Item

Paperback. This is an updated version of the enduring classic that first introduced the concept of "imperfect beauty" to the West. Text, images, and book design seamlessly meld into a wabi-sabi-like experience. "Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete . . . . . wabi-sabi could even be called the "Zen of things," as it exemplifies many of Zen's core spiritual-philosophical tenets . . .Wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty. It occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and perfection in the West . . .Wabi-sabi, in its purest, most idealized form, is precisely about the delicate traces, the faint evidence, at the borders of nothingness . . ." This is an updated version of the enduring classic that first introduced the concept of "imperfect beauty" to the West. Text, images, and book design seamlessly meld into a wabi-sabi-like experience. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers (Paperback)
• Publisher: Imperfect Publishing, Point Reyes
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0981484603
• ISBN 13: 9780981484600
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

An updated version of the seminal 1994 classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Every book with "wabi" or "wabi sabi" in the title is based on the concepts first elucidated in this book.

About the Author

Leonard Koren, trained as an artist and architect, writes books about design and aesthetics.