# Build brief: Wabi-Sabi

Resource base: https://mejohnc.org (or the preview host used to obtain this file).

Use this direction within the user’s requested project and existing design constraints.

## Illustrative use case, not project requirements
A ceramics archive with close photographs of surfaces and concise notes about each object.

A Japanese aesthetic reference associated with transience, irregularity, and the character of materials. A restrained screen interpretation should not flatten that context into generic cozy branding.

## Essential cues
- Material character
- Irregular detail
- Restraint

## Recipe
- Use real texture with visible variation.
- Allow asymmetry in imagery.
- Keep navigation and text alignment dependable.

## Optional decoration
Real material variation is difficult to replace with a generic texture.

## Avoid
Calling any beige interface wabi-sabi, treating kintsugi as its synonym, or simulating imperfection in functional controls.

## Values and validation
Read [tokens](/territories/wabi-sabi/tokens.json) and [acceptance checklist](/territories/wabi-sabi/checklist.md). Use [the working example](/territories/wabi-sabi/example/) to inspect color roles, spacing, hierarchy, and interaction states. It is a UI translation, not a reproduction of historical art. Tokens describe the base UI; [example CSS](/territories/assets/example.css) contains the style-specific composition and decorative layer. Preview navigation with `?navigation=top`, `?navigation=sidebar`, or `?navigation=tabs`; combine with `project`. Use [Compare](/territories/compare/) for mobile (390 px), tablet (820 px), and desktop (1440 px) viewports.

## Delivery
Preserve real content and existing working behavior. Check keyboard, narrow layout, error, empty, and success states. Report any departures from this recipe with a reason. Do not claim to have inspected a preview or run checks that you could not access.

Schema 1.0.0; revision f5fd78058ba2.