Guochao is Not New Chinese Style: One Adds, One Subtracts

Guochao is not New Chinese style: one adds, one subtracts. A space that treats traditional elements as images to play with. The walls feature traditional patterns enlarged to distortion, colors are saturated true red paired with lake blue, furniture forms show hints of horseshoe-back armchairs but with exaggerated proportions, and materials include obviously contemporary items like acrylic and baked enamel. The overall impression is lively, high-contrast, with a flat, printed quality, rather than whitespace and elegance. Avoid: depicting the space as quiet and restrained New Chinese style, using low-chroma colors of natural wood and ink wash, pursuing a literati aesthetic, or reducing patterns to a single accent.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個把傳統元素當成圖像來玩的空間。牆上是放大到失真的傳統紋樣,顏色是飽和的正紅配湖藍,家具形制看得出圈椅的影子但比例被誇張化,材質有壓克力與烤漆這種明顯當代的東西。整體熱鬧、對比強、有印刷品的平面感,而不是留白與雅。避免:把空間畫成安靜克制的新中式、用原木與水墨的低彩度、追求文人氣質、把紋樣縮到只剩一處點綴。