Visible Storage: Don't Hide Everything

A storage wall that balances concealment and display, making life visible. In this full wooden wall, about 70% consists of handleless closed panels, storing clutter, equipment, and unsightly items; the remaining 30% comprises open shelves, displaying selected items: books, pottery, a sculpture, a few plants, and some records. The distribution of open and closed sections is not regular but determined by the needs of the objects. Thus, this wall achieves both tidiness and content—if entirely closed, the space would feel cold and impersonal; if entirely open, it would appear cluttered. The image depicts this proportion. Avoid: making the entire wall closed panels, making the entire wall open shelves, overfilling the open compartments, making the distribution of open and closed sections a regular checkerboard pattern.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個平衡隱藏與展示的收納牆。整面木作牆中,約七成是無把手的封閉門片,收著雜物、設備與不好看的東西;剩下三成是開放的層格,放著被選出來的東西:書、陶器、一件雕塑、幾株植物、幾張唱片。開放與封閉的分佈不是規律的,而是依照物件的需要決定。因此這面牆同時做到了整潔與有內容——如果全部封閉,空間會冷而無人味;如果全部開放,會顯得雜亂。畫面呈現這個比例。避免:把整面牆做成封閉的門片、把整面牆做成開放的層架、讓開放格塞得過滿、讓開放與封閉的分佈變成規律的棋盤。