Discover the hidden depth and beauty of ‘wabi sabi’, named as a WGSN global design trend of 2018

Great news! You can get access to free group coaching when you pre-order MIID Co-Founder Beth Kempton’s gorgeous new book.

Wabi sabi’ has been hailed as a global design trend for 2018 by WGSN, as a key home décor trend by Etsy, and featured as a must-have style for the season in Elle Décor, Vogue, House Beautiful and more. Hailing from Japan and often translated as ‘the beauty of imperfection’, wabi sabi actually goes much deeper than a particular look, and can inspire us to view the world, our lives and ourselves in a whole new way.

We are thrilled that our co-founder Beth Kempton, who also happens to be a life coach and a Japanologist, has had the opportunity to dive deep into this beautiful concept in her gorgeous new book Wabi Sabi: Japanese wisdom for a perfectly imperfect life’, in which she explores many aspects of the creative life including comparison, dealing with rejection, acceptance and finding beauty everywhere.


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More than ever, we need books like this.” – Jessica Seaton, co-founder of Toast

Wabi Sabi is being published in 17 different languages, and is a real book of our times, written to help us navigate the complexities of modern life. We love this book and encourage you to spend some time curled up with it. You will come away calmer, more tuned in and more open to beauty in all areas of your life.

“Wonderful. So full of insights, and beautifully written.”– Liza Dalby, author of Geisha


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And guess what? If you pre-order it before the book is published next Thursday 30 August, you can get access to a series of group coaching calls with Beth. These will take place LIVE online in Oct/Nov and will be the only time Beth offers group coaching this year. You can book your spot for free now, and join from anywhere. Here’s how, in two simple steps:

(1) Pre-order from AmazonThe Book Depository* or any good bookshop (either hardback or Kindle). *If you are in the USA or Canada, you cannot currently order via Amazon. Instead please go to TheBookDepository.com where you can pre-order Wabi Sabi at 10% off with free shipping!

(2) Go to this sign up page, scroll to the bottom and fill in the short form by August 30Beth’s team will mail you details of how to join the coaching calls nearer the time (Oct/Nov).

We love celebrating all the creative endeavours of our team, and are proud of Beth for bringing this gorgeous new book into the world. We can’t wait to share it with you, and will also be exploring global influences on colour in the near future in The Colour Gang – stay tuned for that!


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