Wabi-sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Nov. 2008

beautiful book which perfectly illustrates the beauty of imperfection

Koren's clarity and thorough discussion of all aspects of wabi-sabi is hugely useful to anyone who doesn't have a Japanese cultural background. I really liked the way he explained the historical marketing incentive for keeping wabi-sabi an inscrutable concept. He sees wabi-sabi as an endangered species even within Japan and the whole book makes a good case for adoption of it's principles by non-Japanese. There are some great pictures too!

Good little introduction.I especially like the simple comparisons between Modernism and Wabi-Sabi

There was nothing I didn't like about this book, it captivated me from the first page to the last. Easy to read and also very informative, it presents clear notions of what Wabi-Sabi is and what it is not. It goes down to the roots of the concept and follows its evolution through time and space. The comparisons with our Western art principles are also very clear and helpful. I'd recommend this book to almost anyone who likes reading and very specially to some Western authors who publish their own books on Wabi-Sabi techniques using colours and textures in great excess, that are exactly the contrary to the Wabi-Sabi approach.

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Any artist or would be artist should read this book

This is the second time I've brought this book as a gift for a creative loved one. Hope one day to buy my own copy. A really beautiful looking book on the Japanese aesthetic wabi-sabi - the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Recommend it for anyone that sees beauty in the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete...

Koren at his best, a short concise introduction to thoughts surrounding imperfection, the incomplete and impermanent. Beauty of Japanese aesthetics in a pocket sized book that packs a punch. I have three copies, one in the studio, one on the bedside table and one in my bag.