Definition: Darkness is the Natural Color of Wood

A space darkened by the wood itself. Walls, ceiling, and cabinetry are completely clad in the same dark wood, where the darkness is not painted on but is the natural color of the wood: smoked oak, walnut, or carbonized cedar. The wood grain is continuously visible throughout the space, being the only pattern. Illumination is very low, but the material is clearly discernible. Remove the light, and this space is still wood; remove the wood, and it is nothing. Avoid: covering wood grain with dark paint, using light-colored wood and then dimming it with lighting, having painted walls with only furniture made of wood, adding decorations and shapes to wooden walls.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個靠木材本身變暗的空間。牆、天花與櫃體被同一種深色木完全包覆,那個深不是漆出來的而是木材原本的顏色:燻過的橡木、胡桃、或碳化的杉木。木紋在整個空間裡連續可見,是唯一的圖案。照度很低,但材質看得清楚。拿掉光,這個空間還是木頭的;拿掉木頭,它就什麼都不是。避免:用深色漆把木紋蓋掉、使用淺色木再靠燈光壓暗、讓牆面是塗料只有家具是木、在木牆上加裝飾與造型。