Japanese wisdom also responds to purism and sobriety, according to the motto "less is more". In fact, typical Wabi Sabi style objects and artworks are devoid of squiggles and are timeless. From furniture to decorative elements, up to kitchen utensils, everything follows a purist style, reduced to the essentials, focusing on functionality. A Wabi Sabi style environment will therefore be furnished only sparingly and will show numerous free surfaces. Designers and interior design experts call it “negative space.” However, this is anything but a negative element: thanks to the free surfaces, every space and every work of art will appear larger, more ventilated and more welcoming. In the next creative tip you will discover how to reproduce the Wabi Sabi style on the walls of your home.
“Less is more”, that is, less is more or, even more clearly, less is better: this is the motto coined by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, father of rationalism and one of the major exponents, together with the Frenchman Le Corbusier of modernism.
A concept from which the world of architecture still takes inspiration today. Let's think for example of Farnsworth House, a weekend house designed by Mies van der Rohe as a place to live in the woods. A house, designed and built between 1945 and 1951, characterized by an intimate relationship with nature defined by boundaries of glass only in which the profiles of the window frames disappear.
This is how Mies van der Rohe explained: «You know, everything is so complicated in a building. To achieve clarity we must simplify practically everything. It is a hard job. We have to fight, and fight, and fight."
Today the trend towards minimalism which allows a building to communicate in perfect harmony with the outside world is the heart of architecture. Adored by designers and clients, the minimal profiles represent the maximum expression of van der Rohe's Less is more.
The minimal thermal break aluminum profiles of Agostini Group are no exception, designed to be almost invisible.
And they allow you to build with mutual respect between place and project, bringing nature inside, and architecture outside the home, creating complete physical and visual permeability between inside and outside.
Minimal windows and doors represent the way of conceiving the habitat in its rarefied essentiality. Space becomes the absolute protagonist, captured in its purity and flooded with light. The large retractable glass doors and reduced profiles dispense with superfluous details, leaving the eye with an uncontaminated vision of the external spaces. This guarantees extreme elegance, fitting perfectly into the line of thought of architecture and minimalist design dedicated to making people's lives more comfortable by combining the best transparency with daylight while respecting the warmth of the home.
“Wabi Sabi nurtures all that is authentic as it recognizes three truths: nothing remains, nothing is concluded and nothing is perfect
With Wabi Sabi you have discovered a conception of the world that emphasizes the love of imperfection and the acceptance of our fleetingness, also reminding us in daily life to be indulgent with ourselves and the environment. It is necessary to become aware of this concept when you try your next work of art or DIY project: Alleged errors or imperfections are part of the creation process and make your work unique.
