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What Is Ma? The Japanese Concept of Negative Space in Design
Walk into a traditional Japanese room and the first thing you notice is often what isn't there. The open floor, the bare wall around a single scroll, the pause between one piece of furniture and the next. That space is deliberate. In Japanese, it has a name: ma. Understanding ma japanese design is one of the most useful ways to make a home feel calmer without buying anything new. Ma isn't a style you can order from a catalog. It's a way of seeing a room, and once you start no
Imoshen Studio
Nov 14 min read
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