We… Love… Japandi… For those of you new to the style, welcome, you have arrived at balance, nature, and simplicity. Japandi might have a new name but we’ve had it for a long time, Scandanavian textile craftsman in the 60s were inspired by Japanese and Asian art and design and started a huge movement.
So what’s new about it then? Well a couple things. The forms are definitely more large scale and opaque with a lot of volume to it. It’s almost the opposite of MCM with small angled spindle legs on an ottoman. A Japandi ottoman would be a textural upholstered boucle in not just a cylinder, but a sort of “fluffy” shape like a cloud.
A couple years ago we started to see graphic design take to a a very oversized, flat, and yet dreamy style, and now the interiors are following suit. There’s definitely a lot more play with scale and volume in both this Japan Foundation’s illustration (on Behance), and Ksenia Bortsova’s design (rendered by Jansnvisuals on Behance).
(Want to go down the rabbit hole? Check out Design Stripe’s focus on what’s happening in the illustration world here)
So here are Palm + Pine’s favorite new Japandi approved pieces that we think would look amazing in any cabin. A lot of the pinterest boards are showing white and cream, but cabin’s (and especially STR / AirBNB’s) are much easier to manage long term with darker colors, so we decided to give a bit of a slant, think Japandi meets “dark and moody” palette.
To add these to your pinterest board, visit us at Palm + Pine's Pinterest Board / Blog: Japandi
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