Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

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…