Axel Vervoordt：Wabi Inspirations

InteriordesignguruAxelVervoordtshareshislatestinspirationsforthehome.AxelVervoordtsintensecuriosityhasfueledhisworkasaninteriordesigner,spurringhimtoexploreanddrawinspirationfromculturesaroundtheglobe.HewasfirstexposedtoEasternartandphilosophyyearsago,buttodayithasbecometheguidingprincipleinhiswork,particularlytheconceptofWabi.Developedinthetwelfthcentury,Wabiadvocatessimplicityandhumility,therejectionofallthatissuperfluousorartificial.ThroughextraordinaryphotographsfromJapanandKoreatoBelgiumandSwitzerland,Vervoordtinvitesustoexploretheelementsthatinspirehim:naturalmaterialsandtimewornobjectsthatevoketheessenceofWabi.Today,togetherwiththeJapanesearchitectTatsuroMiki,VervoordtcarriestheprinciplesofWabiintohisremarkableinteriors.AsVervoordtrevealshowheinfuseshiscurrentcreationswithafundamentallyorientalapproach,interiorsdevoteeswillgainnewinsightfromthistributetothedesignerslatestsourcesofinspirationforthehome.