Ultimately, making space for imperfection yields both beauty and strength. Traditions like wabi-sabi prize the expressive value of irregularity, reminding us that character often emerges from repaired seams and adaptive choices (Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi, 1994). In practice, this sensibility aligns with robust engineering: designs that reveal and accommodate change are easier to maintain and improve. Thus, the sketch is not a preliminary stage to be hidden but a continuing stance toward reality. When setbacks become sketches, teams stay in conversation with their materials, their users, and their constraints. Out of that dialogue comes a design that is not only finished—but fit, resilient, and ready for what arrives next. [...]
