Bauhaus in Beijing: Craft Furniture from an Emerging Designer by Julie Carlson Bejing/Hangzhou-based Fnji Furniture is the brainchild of industrial designer Gu Qi Gao, who seeks to discover meaningful things invented by Chinese people and to use them to serve modern Chinese people, according to Shanghai Daily. His solid wood pieces, which make use of Chinese mortise and tenon joint structure, are influenced by the shapes and forms of ancient Chinese furniture, but with minimalist lines. Gu Qi began designing furniture when he opened a cafe in Shanghai and couldnt find pieces that he liked. Design is connected to everything; it is the core to everything, he told Design China. The situation right now is that most people live their lives according to a very Western lifestyle. They have abandoned the Chinese way of life. To see more, go to Fnji Furniture. remodelista/posts/minimalist-chinese-wooden-furniture-line-fnji-from-beijing
Posted on: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:25:10 +0000
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