Contemporary Materials Are Essential: Acrylic, Baked Paint, Stainless Steel

A space where traditional forms meet contemporary materials. The outline of a horseshoe-back armchair is made of transparent acrylic, the frame of a screen is replaced with slender painted metal, and traditional grilles are replaced with an arrangement of stainless steel tubes. The forms are recognizable in their origin, but the materials are entirely modern industrial, with the contrast between the two being the design itself. Avoid: using solid wood and mortise-and-tenon joints throughout, making contemporary materials look like wood grain, reverting both materials and forms to tradition, or hiding industrial materials so they are not seen.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個傳統形式配當代材料的空間。圈椅的輪廓被做成透明壓克力、屏風的框改成細的烤漆鐵件、傳統的格柵換成不鏽鋼管排列。形制看得出出處,材質完全是現代工業的,兩者的落差就是設計本身。避免:全部改用實木與榫卯、把當代材料做成仿木紋的樣子、讓材質與形制都回到傳統、把工業材料藏起來不讓它被看見。