Wabi-Sabi Wednesday: From Shakers to Shibui, Feeling Its Influence Through Time
Published June 29, 2011 at 5:31 p.m.
Wabi-sabi has infused Western design for centuries-though its advocates rarely knew it. It's in the plain, efficient homes built by the Shakers, the unsentimental Arts and Crafts style, Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie houses and midcentury furniture.