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My home is my fortress
The pandemic has changed the attitude of people towards their home: it, albeit forcedly, turned into a fortress, and they wanted to decorate this fortress. In the first week of quarantine, retailers around the world recorded an increase in sales of home goods. Sellers of bed linen and textiles, kitchen appliances, furniture, accessories and decor elements reported growth.
At the end of 2020, the global home decor market was estimated by researchchandmarkets.com at $98.4 billion, by 2027 it is predicted to triple its growth to $348.3 billion. Decor has its own fashion, and retailers should adapt the assortment to change trends.
We are going to tell you about one of the styles that will be at the peak of popularity in interior design in 2022: Japandi.
Japandi?
This term refers to a sub-style of minimalism that combines the features of oriental and Scandinavian styles (Japan [ese] + scandi). So the concepts of the West and the East became friends, taking Japanese environmental friendliness and European practicality as a basis. The new Eastern Nordic minimalism is also characterized by the use of rough and raw textures, natural shades, maximum natural light, functionality and respect for nature.
History
Japan has always held a special place in the hearts of Europeans and Americans. The asceticism, rationality and philosophy of wabi-sabi, directly related to Zen Buddhism, already in the 19th century delighted designers and architects who were tired of the excessive decorativeness of their time. British metalworker Christopher Dresser returned from a trip to Japan in 1876 a new man: an acquaintance with the Japanese craft tradition inspired him to create truly avant-garde objects. His metal teapots and services look like they were designed during the Bauhaus era, not under Queen Victoria.
Interest in the Japanese architectural tradition played a large role in the formation of humanistic northern modernism. Many Scandinavian architects were impressed by the tea ceremony house installed in 1935 in the courtyard of the Stockholm Ethnographic Museum.
Modern style
Modern Scandinavian style – a broad interpretation of Nordic modernism – is conceptually connected with Japanese aesthetics precisely because it also gives priority to man and his natural needs. An important common feature was the love for natural materials and, in particular, for wood, which is so abundant both in the traditional northern interior and in Japanese homes. Common sense and the desire for order are organically combined in Japandi interiors with respect for manual labor. It is handicraft objects, as well as home plants or dried flowers that serve as the main decorations of the house.
The close connection between Japanese and Scandinavian interior styles is not new, but it is in recent years that designers have paid special attention to this harmonious duo. One of the important elements of modern Japandi is the palette, in which light natural wood is paired with smooth white surfaces. It is also true about decorations and details, look at these Japandi-style finds from Jayson Home:
The smoothness of polished wood is contrasted in Japandi interiors with uneven surfaces in the style of wabi-sabi: it can be textured stone on the floor, “sloppy” glazed ceramics using the raku technique, an installation made of driftwood washed up on the shore, or a man-made stool made of solid wood. The simplicity of forms and the absence of bright colors serve as a perfect backdrop for classic Scandinavian design.
