- Cleanliness is beauty and beauty is cleanliness
- The best design is deeply compassionate for the least of us
- Designing for the least of us makes life better for all of us
- Self awareness in large quantities can create tranquility, peace, and calm out of what would otherwise be chaos
- Individuality and independence aren’t as amazing as the West makes it out to be
- Discipline and precision should be offset with laughter and whimsy
- Bigger isn’t always better
- There’s more in restraint / less (or, more is just more)
- Every part that makes the whole is vital
- Every job is essential and sacred
- Everything is craft if you choose to approach it that way
- Fulfillment comes from “enough”, not from more, growth, or scale
- Sliding/pocket doors are awesome
- Details are the design
Lessons from Japan
On beauty, craft, self awareness, and community.