Clear tones, natural materials and minimalist spaces, mixture of Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics: The Japandi style is everywhere In social networks. Highly instagrammable, it is regularly presented as a trend. However, this style has a much longer story and is still quite timeless. For Analyze the Japandi, AD He spoke with several experts (designers, authors, Instagrammers) who share their vision and recommendations to do so.
What is the Japandi style?
Brief Japandi style history
«Some may think that the Japandi 'has just arrived', but the relations between Japan and Scandinavia began a long time ago,» explains Laila Rietbergen, author of the book Live the Japandi (Lannoo Publishers, 2022) and owner of the Instagram account @japandi.interior, with 550 thousand followers. Passionate about interior design, raw materials and crafts, this young Dutch has found in the Japandi the ideal style to express its affection for Japanese culture. Become a reference in the subject, he has submerged in his history. «After 200 years of closed borders, Japan opened theirs in the mid -1850s,» he explains. «The Scandinavians who visited Japan were excited about the country, culture and all the surprising objects found in stores. These objects became a source of inspiration for many artists and Scandinavian designers.»
Japandi style characteristics
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A special link with nature
For Laila, «both in Japan and Scandinavia we love spending time in nature and bringing it home.» This shared passion is evident in the use of natural materials such as wood and linen, as well as in organic forms. And beyond the simple decoration, Japanese and Scandinavian designers grant special importance to respect for the environment, crafts and the durability of objects. «It's about preserving nature and working with it instead of it,» Laila summarizes. Sergi Comellas, an interior designer based in Barcelona and lover of minimalism, especially appreciates this link with nature, which reminds him of the Mediterranean style with which he grew up.
Less is more
Everyone agrees at this point: Simplicity is one of the Japandi style keys. It is about getting rid of the superfluous and clearing the disorder to let the space breathe, as is the case with Japanese or Scandinavian interiors, which are committed to purity. As Dawid Lagua, interior designer of Munich: «The idea of surrounding yourself only with the things you need and Ams is very important.» For Aaron, owner of the Instagram account @Aaroninteriors, with 56,000 subscribers, dedicated to its Japanese -style interiors, this style is more than aesthetics; It is about «thinking about the essential and dispensing with the superfluous.»