Partnerships with Designers + Architects Plane-Spoken partners with architects, space planners, and interior designers seeking to integrate design elements of Japanese architecture. We build custom tansu, shoji, beds, and architectural millwork that help them bring their vision to life.   Incorporating high-grade hardware tracks with shoji provides a solution where traditional wood tracks would not work as well, e.g. high-traffic areas. Platform beds for futons or mattresses extend the quality of simple refinement. This bed features two under-platform drawers for linen storage. In this office space, transom shoji allow interior light to reflect back into the room while obscuring a concrete block wall next door.     An antique ranma with a wave motif was repaired and mounted in a cherry lattice frame, delineating the space between the living room and dining room. Shoji enhance this entertainment center and modify the visual heft of wall-to -wall cabinetry. Flat-screen televisions need not dominate a room when concealed by shoji.       As an alternative to shoji, frame and panel doors can provide greater privacy when needed. Here is a walnut door with a pumpkin motif window and mica pane. The door opens to a half-bath.         Contact us for ideas and solutions for incorporating shoji and tansu beds and Japanese millwork in your home or office. You may reach us by calling 773.989.8150 or at shoji@planespoken.com.   Images and content ©2008 Plane-Spoken Furniture and its Licensors. All rights reserved. Web Site Design by Swartwerk Media, Inc.