Introduction to the Japandi Style of Interior Design
Japanese design itself has been around for a while now, and we are familiar with the look. Now we are seeing a huge rise in Japandi - a mashup of Scandi and Japanese interior styles. Whether the design trend is here to stay or not remains to be seen, however the interior design community seems to believe that this is a new way of life. Although seemingly a trend that has popularised in the last 2-3 years or so, Japandi can be dated back to the 1950s . Using a shared ideology of functionality and simplistic beauty, the Japanese and Scandi movements are a marriage made in heaven. The key differences between the two are that the Japanese have a tendency to utilise darker accent colours in place of entirely-neutral palettes, and prefer concave shapes. Image credit: John Lewis & Partners The accent colour is a key difference, with typical minimal Scandi spaces using an earthy neutral palette, usually with no accent or one bright colour. In Japan, the use of black as an accent colour