Shading is an unusual choice for design projects because it blurs outlines and tricks our perceptions of size, weight and proportions. Wood Bikini seems to have survived some event which has left its trace on its surface: the wood becomes coloured, saturates, whitens, is this a creative act or a reaction to external agents? The answer is hidden by the eclectic rigour of the designer who, by playing with the decorative nature of surface colours, gives a certain fashionable nonsense to this modular system.