As someone lucky enough to grow up in a home with wide clerestory windows in an already bright living room, I've always been enchanted by the beauty of manipulated light. However, it was this video of artist Aubrey Borschke capturing the sun that finally led me to explore the concept of dappling light. And what I found was the dreamy Japanese word 'komorebi'.
Roughly translating to 'sunshine leaking through trees', this concept speaks to the interplay of light and leaves to lend that dimpled effect that romanticizes any surface. And since Japanese design ideas tend to be some of the most simplistic yet nuanced ways to envelope a space in calm, it got me thinking about how we can bring this effect into the fold.
