One of the most distinctive features of Japanese design is the shoji screens. These are made of a thin wooden frame with stretched translucent paper that is set into a sliding track in the wall.   They divide spaces in a home while managing to still keep the room feeling open and well-lit.   The history of shoji screens  originates in Ancient China, and then made its way to Japan, evolving through many centuries before becoming the beautiful pieces of interior design we know today. History of...

Japandi origins trace back to a genuine philosophical overlap between Japanese and Scandinavian approaches to living well with less.

Shoin zukuri is an architectural style of Japanese houses that evolved during the Muromachi period, roughly from the 14th to the 16th centuries. And many of the basic features of this architecture are still visible in Japanese architecture today!