The Beauty of Everyday Things

Soetsu Yanagi

The Beauty of Everyday Things

A thoughtful celebration of the beauty hidden within the objects we use every day.

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The Beauty of Everyday Things

Beauty rarely announces itself.

The Beauty of Everyday Things is an invitation to look more closely at the ordinary objects that quietly shape our lives. Through thoughtful essays and carefully curated imagery, it celebrates the elegance of purposeful design, honest materials, and the subtle pleasures found in daily rituals. Rather than chasing novelty, it reminds us that the most meaningful objects are often the ones we use without thinking—the cup, the chair, the tool, the notebook.

A gentle meditation on design, craftsmanship, and the art of noticing.

Author

Soetsu Yanagi

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Format

Paperback

Pages

352

Size

7.13 x 4.41 x 0.98 Inches

ISBN

978-0241366356

About the author

Soetsu Yanagi

Soetsu Yanagi (1889–1961) was a philosopher, art historian, aesthete and poet. He evolved a theory of why certain objects made by unknown craftsmen were so beautiful, and became the founding father of the Japanese folk crafts (“mingei”) movement. He helped establish, and was the first director of, the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum.

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