Japandi interior design with ceramic surfaces: 5 furnishing ideas for kitchens, bathrooms and other home projects

Have you ever wanted to create a living-space that reflects calm and serenity?
The meaning and approach of Japandi in interior design start from these core concepts.
In fact, the Japandi style isn’t just a matter of aesthetics: it also reflects a philosophy of life.
It’s inspired by the Japanese Wabi Sabi principle, which celebrates imperfection and authenticity.

The term embraces two separate but complementary concepts: 

• wabi, which evokes rustic simplicity and tranquil solitude;
• sabi, an appreciation of the beauty that emerges with the passage of time.

In Japandi interior design, these values are expressed through the intelligent choice of materials of natural inspiration, with a particular focus on easy-care surfaces that age gracefully, like ceramics. 

The aim is to create an interior free from excessive ornamentation, the exact opposite of maximalism.

As a result, the art of Japandi furnishing combines trends from Scandinavian (Scandi) with those of Japanese interior design, aiming first and foremost for simplicity.

Designing in Japandi style therefore requires a deep understanding of its principles and fundamentals applied to interior design.

Let’s examine them together.

Here’s an example of how skilfully combined neutral and earthy shades create an inviting, comfortable mood in line with the simplicity of Japandi interior design.

This living room features the Calcecreta collection, a new entry to the Marca Corona range of surfaces, here in Terracotta wall tile variant.

It’s combined with the elongated brick tiles of the Calcecreta Longarine selection and the Arialuce lattice tiles, from the collection created with Fornace S.Anselmo as a homage to craftsmanship and aesthetic versatility.

To embody the spirit of the Japandi kitchen, colours and shapes that work together in harmony must be selected to create a convenient, attractive interior.

Excessively bright or artificial hues that might disrupt the balance of the design scheme are therefore to be shunned.

Here again, Calcecreta has plenty of ideas to offer, thanks to its wide variety of surfaces - Spuma, Argilla, Bisque, Terracotta and Selva - with subtle trowelled effects and 3D bas reliefs that can transform rooms like the kitchen to tell tasteful visual and tactile stories that blend tradition and modernity.

The bedroom is the heart of Japandi interior design, as it’s the room where the search for serenity is at its highest.

So how do you choose the right tiles to make this room a calm, relaxing refuge in pure Japandi style?

In this case, the answer is Longarine Calcecreta, with its elongated brick size of 7.5x60 cm offering a contemporary emotional charge and the authenticity of a hand-mixed tile body mix.

The bathroom as private spa, with Japandi interior design playing a fundamental role in designing an oasis of calm and peace.

Durable, anti-slip surfaces are also extremely attractive, their appeal enhanced by the multiple installation options, from chevron herringbone with two-colour inserts in shades of terracotta and the wood effect to straight, vertical installation in a pale grey colour.

Relief wall and floor tiles where the elongated brick of the Longarine line provides refinement, understated good taste and natural allure for bathrooms of unique beauty.

The Japandi style can also be extended to the home working and study area.

In this case, it’s best to choose surfaces that add character to spaces, not forgetting the balance with convenience and organisation fundamental in a home office.

Calcecreta in the Calcecreta Solco Bisque version - available in 120x278 and 60x120 sizes - gives substance to the material look with a subtle tone-on-tone bas relief that enriches the design scheme with tactile textures, to generate an interplay of light and shadow that provides depth and character.

Longarine Calcecreta wall tiles are ideal for creating elegant interiors with high visual impact, as in this solution for a bookcase wall in pure Japandi style, where the Manto decor evokes the craftsmanship of handmade creations for an original, comfortable, interior full of inspiration.