作品展示 - neooold

East
東

CHEN MIN
陈旻

Chen Min, the main founder of neooold exhibition and a well-known industrial designer. As the only finalist of Loewe international craft awards from China 2018, Min and his HANGZHOU STOOL sparked a new wave of Chinese craft in London, and then were invited by Loewe Foundation to be one of the expert judges of the Craft Prize 2019. He has never stopped his steps of exploring material innovation and traditional craft, and also inviting designers from various countries to visit the birthplace of traditional craft in China via several NGOs to jointly explore the possibility of contemporary innovation, he was praised as the one who knows craft best among the designers.
In the Chinese language, the word 'East' represents the meaning of 'oriental'. Frequently as it shapes the concept of a 'Thing'. (meaning 'East and West') The design of using seal characters in ancient Chinese language to represent 'East' reveals the characteristics of the pictographic characters. The pictograph symbolizes 'a filled sack with a rope tied from the two endpoints'.

Using modular design techniques, the artwork used the bending process by solid wood and integrates mortise and tenon joints with it, creating the symbol of 'East' in ancient times. The design came from an oriental background, and produced using a western way of design, allowing it to be true incorporation of 'East and West Thing'.