Uncoated brass: the only metallic highlight

A minimal amount of metal elements in a space, all made of unlacquered brass. Door handles, cabinet push-latches, faucets, hooks, and details of a lamp, totaling less than two percent of the screen area. However, because the surroundings are entirely matte coatings, wood, and textiles, these subtly reflective warm metal accents become focal points. The brass surface changes naturally with use: frequently touched areas are polished bright and reddish, while other areas oxidize to deep brown, showing varying shades. The shapes are the simplest geometries—round rods, square plates, thin strips, without any ornamentation. Their warm golden color belongs to the same temperature palette as the space's beige and brown tones. Avoid: adding cold metals like chrome and stainless steel, using brass as large-area cladding, applying artificially aged uniform finishes, polishing brass to a mirror finish.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個空間中極少量的金屬元素,全部是未上保護漆的黃銅。門把、櫃體的按壓片、水龍頭、掛勾與一盞燈的細部,總面積不到畫面的百分之二,但因為周圍全部是霧面的塗料、木材與織品,這幾處微微反光的暖金屬成為視線的落點。黃銅的表面隨使用而自然變化:常被觸摸處磨得光亮偏紅,其餘處氧化成深褐,顏色深淺不一。造型是最簡的幾何——圓桿、方片、細條,沒有任何裝飾。它們的暖金色與空間的米褐色系屬於同一個溫度。避免:加入鍍鉻與不鏽鋼等冷色金屬、把黃銅做成大面積的包覆、使用人工做舊的均勻塗裝、把黃銅拋光成鏡面。