Shiro Kuramata | Boutique: Glass, Aluminum Mesh, and Vanishing Volumes

Construct a shop using materials that are almost weightless: expanded aluminum mesh, glass, acrylic, and fine steel wire. Furniture and display racks appear like sketches left in the space, rather than solid objects. The aluminum mesh creates moiré-like interference under light, and the misalignment between two layers makes objects behind them semi-hidden. The flooring is terrazzo or polished concrete, and the walls are monochromatic. Displayed clothing hangs on slender rods, with almost no visible support. The overall atmosphere is light, cool, and poetic, as if matter is disappearing. Shot with a wide-angle lens indoors, uniform diffused light clearly shows the layering and shadows of the aluminum mesh. Avoid: using heavy furniture, opaque materials, lighting that creates strong directional shadows, a cluttered space.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

以幾乎沒有重量的材料構成商店:擴張鋁網、玻璃、壓克力與細鋼絲,家具與展示架看起來像草圖被留在空間裡,而不是實體。鋁網在光下產生莫爾紋般的干涉,兩層之間的錯位讓後方的物件半隱半現。地坪為磨石子或水磨,牆面為單色。展示的服裝懸掛在纖細的桿件上,幾乎沒有支撐的痕跡。整體氣氛輕、冷、詩意,物質彷彿正在消失。室內廣角拍攝,均勻的漫射光讓鋁網的層疊與陰影清楚。避免:使用厚重家具、材料不透光、照明產生強烈方向陰影、空間被填滿。