The floor-to-ceiling shoji screens in the bedroom and dining room of this house seem to incorporate the natural world outside, with their distinctive patterns of light and shadow. The seamlessly linked panels were designed by architect Kota Mizuochi in collaboration with interior designer Toshie Shibata, who is known for her use of traditional Japanese materials and motifs.
Palm shadows on the shoji screens inspired Shibata to create something that would reflect their fluidity, which resulted in her proposal for a series of several works entitled Ikebana–a traditional Japanese art form involving the arrangement of flowers
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