Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A perfectly imperfect tea bowl. Zen Rial/Moment via Getty Images On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore ...

TikTok’s latest trend has users obsessively labeling everyday quirks and imperfections as “wabi-sabi.” While some find it sweet, others say the trend has already been ruined. First, what is wabi-sabi?

After taking off in America and other countries, the phrase ‘wabi-sabi’ was imported back to Japan as a compound term. In it, in an essay titled, “The Beauty of Irregularity,” Yanagi wrote about the ...

Wabi sabi is “a Japanese aesthetic or world view characterized by finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence, or simplicity,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s a style, a thought ...

Come on, people, not everything is 'wabi sabi.' ...

A new year can encourage transformation at home where you may want to take your rooms in another direction. Two practices — feng shui and wabi-sabi ― feature principles that can enhance your ...

Roughly defined as the philosophy of embracing natural beauty and the imperfections of life, wabi sabi is more of a lifestyle approach than design aesthetic. Kintsugi art, the Japanese practice of ...

Casa Wabi Sabino, Fundación Casa Wabi’s not-for-profit exhibition space in Mexico City. Photo: Aldo Ayllon The name “Casa Wabi” embodies the principles of Wabi-Sabi, a philosophy that embraces ...

A living room features natural fibers, calming colors, and houseplants as part of wabi sabi decor. - AnnaStills/Shutterstock If there were a contest for brilliant Japanese takes on aesthetics, there'd ...

Wabi-sabi, the ""Japanese art of appreciating the imperfect, the primitive, the incomplete,"" may be the next big thing in home design and decoration. Although on the surface it may sound like the ...

Gardening is supposed to be relaxing, but it can be exhausting edging every border and precisely pruning every plant. Relax: ...