Zero = abundance. Design your own happiness.

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“Less is more” and Zen

1508shinpaku 1.5 — Bonsai: condensation of nature for your palm
January 6, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

4805335532_cbb22a6842_z — Kengo Kuma: Our cities need to “ferment”
March 16, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

ikebana small rectangle — Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement): Define ultimate essentials by subtraction
January 6, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

Asakusa_Rice_Fields_and_Festival_of_Torinomachi_LACMA_M.66.35.8 — Absence in Ukiyoe: Hiroshige – One hundred of Famous Views of Edo
December 10, 2016/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

GPen1 — Zero Narrative

Mirei Shigemori Tofukuji north rock 3 — “Simplify!” Steve Jobs’ relentless quest for Zen design
September 20, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

Design and Architecture

4805335532_cbb22a6842_z — Kengo Kuma: Our cities need to “ferment”
March 16, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

wework phonebooth — Dwell on design 2017: Small is beautiful
June 29, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

Kyoto-Ryoan-medium — Demystifying the mysteries of Japanese aesthetics
March 30, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

Akagi shrine park court — Kengo Kuma and Kagurazaka
September 21, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

MUJI house sun wind — MUJI Passive house
September 20, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

2 MUJI-house-second-floor-thru-stairs — MUJI “Wood House” model home in Kanagawa, Japan
August 20, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

Tips for simple, minimalist living

Figure pleasure pain — Chapter 1-8

rei shabu — No guilt recipe: cold shabu-shabu (rei-shabu)
June 20, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

tomato — Chapter 1-11: Power of Zero

Cheesecake on plate — Japanese soufflé cheesecake recipe – less sugar diet
January 17, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

plum-organics-new — Chapter 2-8: Taste buds’ performance and Plum Organics

backtotheroots3 — Back to our Roots: from consumer to grower
February 8, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

“Less is more” in arts and culture

ikebana small rectangle — Zero Intro: Re-discovering the beauty and abundance in “less”

Katsu — Chapter 1-13: Zeroing in on our potential

Furuikeya — Chapter 2-3: Haiku – the beauty of worlds’ shortest poem

katsura rikyu syokintei 1 — Katsura Imperial Villa (Katsura Rikyu)
August 17, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

Prince face — Prince’s Piano & Microphone: Ultimate Art of Absence
December 19, 2016/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

46146545 – vector outline classic grey ball icon on white background — Chapter 1-9

“Less is more” in business and economy

Figure pleasure pain — Chapter 1-8

Celebrate what you own — Celebrate what you already own: Patagonia
July 7, 2016/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

corinthian — Zero and Architecture

backtotheroots3 — Back to our Roots: from consumer to grower
February 8, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

MUJI

MUJI matress rectangle — Why is MUJI’s minimalist design called Zen?
November 26, 2016/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

toothbrush square — How much is sufficient? “80% Full Product” by MUJI
December 15, 2016/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

Vertical house small — MUJI House: design your own life style and happiness.

design-rinkaku2 — Anonymous is beautiful: Zero in Naoto Fukasawa’s design
December 1, 2016/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

MUJI tanita kitchen scake — MUJI solar cooking scale – inspiring everyday product
September 26, 2017/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net

MUJI inner white — Haramaki, Heattech or MUJI?: waste heat recovery of the people, for the people
December 18, 2016/by mihoyofuji@comcast.net