The moment that Kardashian and Kanye finally disclosed to the media the mansion they spent four years and tens of millions of dollars to renovate, it was not the luxury and extravagance that caused the hot topic.
The Kardashians family, who has always been a high-profile and flamboyant couple, have an exceedingly simple home, with large areas of gray and white in the frame, where furniture is placed sporadically in all corners of the living space; there are no other colors and decorations then gray and white, which the Kardashians describe as a "Minimalist Monastery."
The designer of the Kardashian mansion is Axel Vervoordt, who is one of the world's leading designers and the most knowledgeable designer in the West, particularly about the beauty of Wabi-Sabi, to design the simple and sharply neat decoration style like the Kardashian's is not the popular minimalism, but an oriental aesthetic that originated in Japan.Wabi-Sabi which is an aesthetic that accepts transience and imperfection as its core building block where the concept is a kind of casual beauty that does not follow the convention, and it is a spontaneous beauty that does not follow the norm. It does not deliberately over showoff decoration and appearance but instead emphasizes the rustic beauty hidden in the object's originality.
The core of modern decoration design is the divertissement of home comfort and attenuation while "home = vacation" is the most desirable look of an ideal home, which is the niche design of the Wabi-Sabi style because it advocates simplicity, economy, sophisticated high-profiling, intimacy, nature and originally natural design concept, where the use of simple design elements, slight characteristic of the sittings can give a completely different style to the home, the "rough room" but full of meditation encourages let the people go home to have a clean soul, back to nature, intimate and Relaxation.
In the decoration of the Wabi-Sabi style, the original texture of the ecology is mainly kept necessary. Wabi-sabi designs are usually dominated by neutral tones, usually with original or natural surfaces. Stone, wood, cotton, linen, and cement walls that retain their natural appearance are the most used elements of Wabi-sabi's style.
Abandon the simple flashy design to retain its original texture, the avenue of simplicity, presenting the beauty of the original rustic. Wabi-sabi style generally does not use bright colors but natural colors, such as light gray, yellowish, etc., as the primary origin colors, so the visual impact created is felt and essential. The dry and pure tone is precisely the essence the Wabi-sabi style pursues and conveys.
In order to make the space more soft and pure visually, curves and surfaces are widely and wisely used in Wabi-Sabi home decoration to achieve a balance between shapes and colors and visually present a sense of smoothness. The curve design is not only integrated into the overall space but also creates a unique personality.
Meticulous artistry and material integrity are essential to create a sense of living space and maintain functionality. Different from the symmetrical aesthetics of traditional design, the Wabi-sabi style advocates "asymmetrical," presenting an asymmetrical yet inclusive beauty. The surrounding layout is casual and straightforward, satisfying the most basic functional needs and keeping the layout as "airy" and minimal as possible, presenting the simple beauty of the Wabi-sabi style. The space is subtracted with white space design, giving the building environment space to ventilate appropriately and focusing the visual focus of the area on one or a few things to create a minimalist Wabi-Sabi aesthetic.
The natural and unique style of the Wabi-Sabi style also requires matching soft furnishing elements to complement each other. Logs, rattan woven products, and linen products are all common elements of Wabi-Sabi soft furnishings; ceramic pots with manual feeling and ceramic handicrafts are also essential delicate decorations for the Wabi-sabi style. In the selection of lamps, wood matte and small hidden light sources are the first choices for the lighting design of Wabi-Sabi.
A home in the simple best luxurious state can achieve a harmonious standard pleasant frequency with its owner in terms of mood, thinking, lifestyle and habits so that the possibility of life is not limited by the shape or sittings of the house. If you want to enjoy the tranquility and spiritual Relaxation of living through the decorated design of the home space, then Wabi-Sabi is one of the best choices.