5 Japanese Design Concepts

JAPANESE 5. DESIGN CONCEPTS Wabi-Sabi 佬 , 寂 び Wabi: A kind of freshness and quietness. Kanketsu 簡潔 Iki いき Sabi: Beauty or serenity that comes with age. It means It stresses that true simplicity is often achieved through a complex process. Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect and that is a good thing. original, calm, exquisite and sophisticated but without being perfect or complicated. Ma Mono-No-Aware もの の あはれ 間 It means being WHITESPACE = EMPTY aware of the passing of things and the bittersweet feeling that goes with it. It defines the element around it, and is in turn also defined by the elements surrounding it. Piktochart Transform data into Stories. For more information, please visit us at www.piktochart.com