Contemporary Chinese Furniture Design is the first definitive book
on contemporary Chinese furniture, introducing the work of leading
designers and design studios, including Chen Darui, Jerry Chen, Frank
Chou, Hou Zheng-Guang, Hong Wei, Ma Yansong, Neri & Hu, Shao Fan, Shang
Xia, Song Tao, Studio MVW, Xiao Tianyu and Zhang Zhoujie.
It explains how the 'New Wave' of Chinese furniture designers are
looking back to their cultural roots and revitalizing traditional forms,
materials and techniques in order to produce interesting and exciting
contemporary furniture that is 100% Chinese.
The first definitive book on contemporary Chinese furniture design,
which includes not only an in-depth analysis of historic Chinese
furniture design in its introduction, but importantly relates the past
to what is happening now in Chinese furniture design.
Includes individual entries, many based on in-depth interviews with
leading figures within the Chinese furniture design, that provide
insightful personal perspectives on the rapid evolution of Chinese
furniture design over the last decade or so.
The publication of this book marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Furniture China expo.
Featuring over 400 exemplary works representative of the new wave of
creativity in modern Chinese furniture design. Channeling the spirit of
the Song and Ming dynasties, as well as other Chinese styles and themes,
the designs express a 21st Century Sinocentric national romanticism. -
China.org.cn
An excerpt from the book:
Since the mid-1990s a definable movement in contemporary Chinese
furniture design has been growing and evolving, and has now reached such
creative critical mass that it is possible to speak of it enjoying a
'moment'. The publication of this book is intended to share this
remarkable design story with the wider world, while introducing the work
and ideas of its leading protagonists. The exceptional quality and
innovation of the furniture associated with what has already become
known as 'New Chinese Design' will undoubtedly set in motion a
significant reappraisal of contemporary Chinese design in general. But
what is more, this extraordinary development may initiate the tipping of
the balance of international design influence from West to East, such is
its astonishing creative vitality and snowballing momentum.
