Neri & Hu | De La Espada | Furniture
Neri and Hu have recently completed a range of furniture for De La Espada in New York
Mesh Sofa | PAO
People’s Architecture Office (PAO) have recently completed work on the Mesh Sofa – a series of outdoor furniture which makes the user feel as if they are floating.
Hangzhou Stool | Chen Min | Furniture
Chen Min is an Industrial Designer from Hangzhou who studied in Germany before moving back to China in 2010. He currently works in Guangdong at Atelier Chen Min – he attributes his strong design ethos to his upbringing by his artist father who taught him calligraphy from a young age. His Hangzhou stool is made...
Dee Feels | Koi Table | Furniture
There is not much information about the Koi Table from Chinese firm Dee Feels, other than it has been CNC routed to creates a series of 3 tables based on a Koi Carp swimming. A simple concept well executed.
Yingshuang Guo | Furniture & Product Design
Yingshuang Guo is a graduate designer from Shenzhen who completed her studies at the School of Industrial Design at Jiangnan University in 2012. She recently completed a project called ‘Rebirth’ with Yi Guo for their end of year project. By reusing the cheapest possible chairs available in China, which are common in small restaurants, they wanted...
A’postrophe Design | Furniture
A’postrophe Design, founded by Shanghai native Ivan Zhang, produces responses to traditional furniture to increase their usability. Having studied at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, he is currently studying for his masters in industrial design in Germany. His bookshelf project addresses the need of having to tilt the last book in a...
Banmoo | Product Design
Banmoo is a Shanghai based product and furniture design company founded by Lv YongZhong in 2001. Their design philosophy is outlined below. BANMOO’s design philosophy strives to derive the “halfness”—“ban” —from the “fullness”—“man”. By carving out the innate essence from the ornate whole, BANMOO’s philosophy gives users the aesthetic freedom for spatial and temporal exploration....
Liu Feng | Product & Furniture | Interview
Beijing-based interior, product and furniture designer, Liu Feng, has been working in the creative industry in China since the late 90s. Originally from Shandong Province, he majored in sculpture at Tsinghua University, Beijing before founding design consultancy Fun+Living in 2004. He is also one of the founders of the China Furnishing Design Brand Alliance and, with designers...
Interview – Zhang Zhoujie
Zhoujie Zhang's fantastical furniture brings to mind digitisation and galactic travels. It's near impossible to imagine that these futuristic designs came from a boy trained in classical arts in a rural village of Ningbo, China.
Interview – Neri & Hu
Design duo Neri and Hu need no introduction. Known the world over for being at the forefront of Chinese design, they are championing Chinese design on the world stage and receiving the exposure globally.
Interview Week on EightSix
To launch our new logo, EightSix is celebrating by having a week of interviews with Chinese designers, starting from Monday 27th of October. We will be interviewing product designers, architects and a whole host of figureheads in the Chinese Design community.
Tai Chi Chair | Yuan Yuan
Chinese designer Yuan Yuan has been living in France since 2006. She studied at Wuxi University, gaining a Masters in Environmental Arts and Design. She has recently completed work on Tai Chi Chair A and B, a series of chairs to improve sitting in an office environment, by encouraging users to sit up and use...
