Custom hardware: Handles are a groove

A set of custom opening hardware for a Japanese light luxury space. Cabinet doors have no exposed handles; instead, a diagonally cut groove is carved into the upper edge or side of the door panel. A thin brass plate is embedded inside the groove, so when fingers hook into it, they touch the warm metal. The depth and angle of the groove are designed for the shape of a finger. All cabinets throughout the house use the same method, with the groove positioned at the same height on every door panel. Avoid: using commercially available exposed handles and pulls, using different opening methods for different cabinets, having inconsistent groove positions and heights, using purely push-to-open mechanisms that leave fingerprints on the door panels.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組日式輕奢空間的開啟五金。櫃門沒有外露的把手,而是門片上緣或側邊挖出一道斜切的凹槽,凹槽的內側嵌著一片薄的黃銅,手指勾進去時摸到的是溫潤的金屬。凹槽的深度與角度是為了手指的形狀設計的。全屋所有的櫃體使用同一種做法,凹槽的位置在每一片門的同一個高度。避免:使用市售的外露把手與拉環、在不同櫃體使用不同的開啟方式、讓凹槽的位置與高度不一致、使用純按壓式讓門片留下指紋。