01 · materials · April 1, 2026
Blending styles — wabi-sabi, japandi, baroque
Cultural blending is not a trend, it's a discipline. My travels taught me to combine apparently incompatible registers. Notes on wabi-sabi, japandi, baroque, and what happens at their meeting.
I have traveled across several continents. At each return, I bring something back — not an object, but a way of seeing. Japanese wabi-sabi taught me the just imperfection. Japandi taught me the rigor of stripping down. European baroque taught me that richness can be noble. And it is their mix that interests me.
Wabi-sabi — the elegance of the unfinished
Wabi-sabi is accepting that a wall is not perfectly smooth, that wood keeps its grain, that metal develops a patina. It is not negligence — it is a discipline of the gaze. It presupposes an artisanal craft that knows when to stop, neither too soon nor too late.
Japandi — shared rigor
Japandi is the most natural encounter between Asia and Scandinavia: two cultures that share a taste for raw material, simple function, soft light. It is a style that never shouts, that effaces itself to let volumes and textures speak.
Baroque — richness as intention
Misunderstood baroque becomes kitsch. Well-integrated baroque becomes a powerful counterpoint. A baroque detail — a molding, a velvet, a chosen gilding — can give its depth to a contemporary volume. Provided it is used with exigence, never as decoration.
The mix — writing a universe
None of these styles suffices alone to tell a project. It is in their mix that my writing lodges. A baroque furniture piece softened by a wabi-sabi wall, a japandi light revealing the patina of classical paneling. Each project is a new composition — never a copy-paste of trend.