Handleless Cabinet: Opened by a Beveled Edge

The front of a floor-standing cabinet features continuous, flat wood veneer, without any handles, pulls, or push-to-open hardware. The opening mechanism is a 30-degree bevel cut into the upper edge of the door panel, forming a groove 20mm deep and running the full width of the door, from which fingers can hook and pull outwards. Because the bevel cut is continuous, the entire cabinet presents regular horizontal shadow lines on its facade, which serve as both function and the sole dividing language. The wood veneer is straight-grained white oak, with a 4mm gap between door panels. The image shows one door slightly ajar. Side lighting clearly reveals the shadow of the bevel cut. Avoid: adding handles or push-to-open mechanisms, shallow bevel cuts that don't show a groove, using different materials for door panels, inconsistent gap widths.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組落地櫃的正面是連續的平整木皮,沒有任何把手、拉手或按壓五金。開啟的方式是門片的上緣做了一道 30 度的斜切,形成一道深 20mm、寬度貫穿整片門的凹槽,手指從那裡勾住往外拉。因為斜切是連續的,整組櫃體在立面上呈現規律的水平陰影線,那既是機能也是唯一的分割語言。木皮是直紋的白橡,門片之間留 4mm 的縫。畫面呈現其中一片門微開的狀態。側光讓斜切的陰影清楚。避免:加裝把手或按壓開啟、斜切做淺看不出凹槽、門片使用不同材料、縫隙寬度不一。