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Who is wabi-sabi style suitable for?

According to statistics from research institutions, emerging consumer market groups such as those born in the 1990s and 2000s favor wabi-sabi style, and it has become a new trend in the decoration market. Especially this year, Syrian-style and abject poverty styles have continued to attract attention on content platforms such as Douyin and Xiaohongshu, and the popularity is hard to fade away.

The reason why wabi-sabi style is so popular among young people. Personally, I think the biggest reason is the sense of escape brought by contrast.

Contemporary young people’s work life is too repressed, and the society is too impetuous. They have fantasized about escaping from the city and looking for poetry and distance. The wabi-sabi wind just gives spiritual comfort to the soul and the beauty of movement.

Incorporating wabi-sabi style into the space creation of personal stores can keep away from the homogeneous competition of monotonous decoration and satisfy consumers’ psychological needs for tranquility.

The concept of wabi-sabi

Wabi (wabi) is the integration of simple beauty (such as natural objects, stones, soil, trees, etc.) into simplicity and tranquility.

Sabi refers to time and luster. For example, the value and beauty of an item increase during use.

When it comes to wabi-sabi, one cannot fail to mention the Japanese tea sage Sen no Rikyu, who pushed the aesthetic concept of wabi-sabi to the extreme.

In the universal concept, wabi-sabi originates from the three seals in Hinayana Buddhism: "All actions are impermanent, all dharmas are selfless, and Nirvana is silent." It generally refers to simple and quiet things. In Sen no Rikyu's opinion, don't wait until the spring flowers bloom. Before you see them, the grass is green under the snow and spring is already in full bloom. The general idea is: Learn to discover from the boring, and rejuvenate from the dilapidated.