Notes on ikebana principles and its translaton to an urban / augmented or alternate reality artform:

Ikebana(生け花) is the art of Japanese flower arrangement. It can be literally translated as “living flowers”. It is also known as Kado (花道) or “way of the flower”.

1. Silence
2. Minimalism
3. Shape and Line
4. Form
5. Humanity
6. Aesthetics
7. Structure

• history: http://tulsagrad.ou.edu/okitea/Yukiko's%20Resources/resource%20of%20Japan/art/ikebana/Casady-Ikebana-1[1].doc
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikebana#_
• In Belgium (uni gent): http://www.ikebana-ohara.be/
• Zen'ei ikebana : more free-style
• http://m.eb.com/topic/656477
• http://nordic-lotus.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html