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SHIKI. The art of measure
Measuring space does not mean calculating it. It means understanding it. This distinction is the starting point for SHIKI, the new Atelier Mirage collection designed by Studio Hasuike, where every formal choice stems from a precise principle: measure as an act of balance, not reduction.
"Before the product, the thought. Before the surface, the system."
A system, not a surface.
SHIKI is a compositional system. Its grammar is articulated through modules, rhythms, and directions that the designer arranges according to their own logic, generating environments of vastly different natures—from absolute continuity to a controlled tension between opposing visual fields. For centuries, the tatami measured Japanese living space not in meters, but in modules. In SHIKI, that compositional principle is translated into ceramics: transformed, not replicated.
Each slab dialogues with the others. Installation is not a technical detail; it is the place where the project takes shape.
Each slab dialogues with the others. Installation is not a technical detail; it is the place where the project takes shape.
"The cultural root is that of the tatami. Not as a decorative reference, but as a principle."
The signature of Studio Hasuike.
The project bears the signature of Studio Hasuike—Makio and Naomi Hasuike—a studio that for over sixty years has explored the relationship between form, function, and meaning. Makio Hasuike, recipient of the Compasso d’Oro Career Award, has built an entire professional practice around a seemingly simple principle: questioning the meaning of forms before creating them. Naomi Hasuike, an architect, brings a perspective to the project that combines attention to detail with an overall vision. With SHIKI, the studio engages with ceramic material for the very first time.
"Meaning blurs, and that blur is the project."
The eye reads a fabric. The hand discovers ceramics.
The surface is born from a subtle crafting of warp, weft, and resist-glazes that restores the perception of woven fiber, while remaining porcelain stoneware. A sensory short-circuit belonging only to materials capable of bringing a story into the matter.
The edging, present in one of the two variants, is not an ornament. It is the element that marks direction, reinforces the visual module, and introduces that controlled vibration inherent to materials of natural origin.
The edging, present in one of the two variants, is not an ornament. It is the element that marks direction, reinforces the visual module, and introduces that controlled vibration inherent to materials of natural origin.
"The value does not lie in the individual slab. It is born from the composition."
Rhythm builds space.
The choice of installation—modular, linear, perpendicular—is never neutral. It changes the character of the environment, its visual tension, and its perceptual depth. The inclusion of strips and squares in Texture Tatami or Graphite introduces a second compositional layer that the designer calibrates with precision.
The four shades—Brezza, Vapore, Ripa, Alba—do not indicate colors. They evoke light conditions, perceptual states, and memories of nature.
The four shades—Brezza, Vapore, Ripa, Alba—do not indicate colors. They evoke light conditions, perceptual states, and memories of nature.
"Measure is not subtraction. It is balance through understanding."
A tool for designers.
The art of measure is a design skill before it is an aesthetic. SHIKI offers those who design space a tool capable of bringing culture as well as function, sensitivity as well as performance. A system where the value does not lie in the individual slab, but in the harmony that arises from their composition.
