Ribs

Slim lines of anodized aluminum that give every Wood & Washi screen its rhythm. Ribs weight the panel, echo the lines and colors of your interior, and carry the heritage of the Japanese shoji into a modern room.

Catalog

Wood & Washi screen with horizontal dividing ribs

In a shoji screen, the wooden lattice is what turns paper into architecture. Our ribs play the same role. A flat profile of anodized aluminum, laid across the screen at the heights you choose, divides it into segments and gives it structure.

Align the ribs with a worktop, a shelf, a window frame or a line of furniture; repeat the rhythm of a bookcase or a staircase; echo the color of a floor or a fireplace in walnut, bronze or black. The screen becomes part of the room's geometry rather than an object placed in front of it.

Every rib is anodized aluminum. Choose it pure, in anodized tones from natural aluminum and black to stainless steel, bronze, brass and copper, or inlaid with a strip of natural wood veneer, from the palest ash and oak to walnut and charcoal. The collection is refreshed from time to time, and any RAL color is available to order. Within one product, all ribs share the same finish, including the bottom rib. Across a space, ribs can tie different products together: Rollo, Panel, Banner and Flow in the same finish and at the same heights read as one composition.

Details

Ribs by product

Ribs come in two widths, a slimmer one for the intermediate lines and a wider one for the top and bottom; Panel and Banner can take either between them. Flow carries a top and a bottom rib only, leaving the panel clear between them. On Rollo, the ribs sit on the front of the screen, with the bottom rib finished on both sides; ribs on both sides throughout are possible on request, in moderation, as the screen must still roll freely. On Follo, Panel and Banner the ribs are paired on both sides, so the screen looks finished from every angle.

Segments follow your layout: a standard rhythm, wider or narrower on request, and segments of different heights combined in one screen, wide fields with narrow bands between them. Exact widths and segment sizes are listed in the technical catalog.

Sections height

Segments follow your layout. The standard segment is 27 cm on Rollo, Panel and Banner, but on request any height from 10 to 240 cm is possible, and segments of different heights can be combined in one screen: wide fields with narrow bands between them, for instance. On the folded Follo, segments run from 27 to 44 cm.

Designed around your windows

The number and position of ribs follow your interior, not a catalog. For windows of different heights in one room, we place the ribs so that, with the screens closed, every line runs through at the same level. For a composition of several materials - Washi, Woven Washi, Textures - the ribs set the rhythm and hold the whole together.