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Shoji for Visitor Center in Anderson Japanese Garden, Rockford, Illinois.
 
 
Samples of Plane-Spoken Designs

Custom shoji ,tansu, and beds enhance Western homes and buildings in ways that change how we experience them. Here is a selection of projects that Plane-Spoken has completed for individuals, interior designers, and architects. There are endless possibilities for including these elegantly simple and practical Japanese design elements in an environment.
 
Plane-Spoken Furniture - bedroom suite
Bedroom suite.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - tansu
Personal tansu chest.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - tansu
Personal tansu chest, interior.
 
 
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
Detail of flat-screen tv cover featuring asa no ha (hemp) motif.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
Walnut and yellow cedar cover for flat-screen television.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
Wall sconce, walnut and yellow cedar.
 
 
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Shoji for closet and bath in high-rise condominium.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
Two styles of window shoji: modified yukimi-shoji on the left with the bottom panel moving in the vertical axis and a track mounted sliding shoji on the right.
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Shoji for the office: transom window shoji in therapist's office obscuring cinder-block wall next door.
 
 
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Dyed walnut platform bed. This bed features under-platform drawers and attached nightstands.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
One of two drawers for linen storage.
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Attached nightstands help minimize bedside clutter.
 
 
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Shoji fronting glass doors in bedroom. Note the x-pattern hand holds in the center pair of shoji.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
Tansu for home office.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
Tansu can be configured to accomodate most equipment and storage needs.
 
 
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Bi-parting shoji for flat-screen tv.
Plane-Spoken Furniture - Portfolio
Bi-parting shoji for flat-screen tv.
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Window shoji made from basswood. Combining two kumiko (lattice) patterns yields pleasing results.
 
 
Please contact us to discuss how you can integrate shoji or tansu into your surroundings.