The art of disappearing: When storage becomes invisible
Imagine a winter morning in Kyoto. Pale light filters through the shōji, those paper partitions that separate rooms without ever enclosing them. On the tatami, a black cast-iron teapot waits, resting on a lacquered tray. Not a book, not a cushion is out of place. Yet everything is there: the tea bowls tucked away in a tansu with secret drawers,…