27 Aug
Design trends

SUIVRE Live 丨798序物大漆艺术家居空间盛大开幕，开启东方美学新篇章

BEIJING, February 15, 2025 -- The much-anticipated 798 Lacquer Artist Residence Space has grandly opened in Beijing's 798 Art District. This artist residence space centered on China's thousand-year-old lacquer craft, with "lacquer as the soul and artifacts as the medium", opens up a quiet place carrying oriental philosophical thoughts in the industrial-style 798 Park. On the day of the event, celebrities from all walks of life, artists, designers, media...

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26 Aug
Decoration

The Zen Chair

Originally a product of monastic life, the Zen chair is a specific sitting utensil given to Zen masters to meditate on special occasions such as temples and Buddhist halls. Unlike ordinary chairs, its size and construction need to be suitable for Zen masters to sit cross-legged, and can make the waist against the straight, the formation of a standard meditation posture. Therefore, it has a wide sitting surface, and the back and armrests are assembled with a simple four-sided vertical frame. As Zen culture gradually became popular in Chinese society, Zen...

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26 Aug
Design trends

CHINOIS丨Tears of the Lacquer Tree

Paint. It is derived from the ancient pictograph "蟶" (meaning "to cut"). It is a combination of water, wood and man. It means to cut the wood and make the liquid into water. Lacquer. Also known as raw lacquer, national lacquer, natural lacquer, and earth lacquer. It is the trunk of the lacquer tree that has been cut open and The milky white liquid from the phloem tissue. Therefore, it is also called "the tears of the lacquer tree". Cinnamon is edible ...

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