Wabi-Sabi
My tutor sent me a link to this diagram which I received this morning. (If click the above image you should get a larger version). Wabi-Sabi is something I’ve never heard of before but it seems to fill in a few blanks. This year I have been trying to adopt a new strategy when approaching design problems. We’re always told that the solution is in the problem but I’ve never looked at it in terms of excavation. I believe that decadence is an essential ingredient of art and I’ve never been entirely convinced by restoration; which for me constitutes a form of plastic surgery. Wabi_Sabi, described in the Wiki
“represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience”
Would appear to fill the gap (or leave it open). I need to track down a book or two in order to gain a deeper understanding.
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