Ming's Heart | Armchair

Shi-Chieh Lu

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The Ming’s Heart armchair has a steel tube structure with gunmetal grey galvanic treatment. The shell is a continuous surface made from thin steel sheet completely upholstered in Saddle Extra leather with contrast stitching. Its ends are attached to the tubes with visible screws. The overall effect is that of a chair floating in space, almost a conceptual sculpture.

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Ming's Heart | Armchair

Shi-Chieh Lu

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East and West. The Ming’s Heart armchair goes right to the heart of two worlds, two visions, two life and lifestyle philosophies. The inspiration for Shi-Chieh Lu’s work is the historic Ming chair. The calligraphic purity of the fluid lines, the perfect expression of Chinese and oriental spirituality, is combined with the geometric and cubic rigour of the Western vision. Shi-Chieh Lu scratches beneath the surfaces to obtain a continuous line. The armrests, seat and backrest become ultra-light symbols.

Shi-Chieh Lu

Shi-Chieh Lu was born in 1965, Taipei, Taiwan. Bachelor Architecture degree in Tung-Hai University, Taiwan. Master Degree in Architecture from Architectural Association, London, in 1993. He worked for Raoul Bunschoten in 1994. Established CJ Studio in 1995. He taught at Shih-Chien University, Min-Chang University, and Tung-Hai University, and was a Visiting Professor at Graduate Institute of Architecture, NCTU. Shi-Chieh Lu regards architecture and design as social events not simply as a creation of art. In other words, it is an entrance to the world as well as an endless discovery. Major projects are the United Hotel (selected as a member of “Design Hotels”, a well-known international hotel chain.), the [WUM] Store, the DOUCHANGLEE Concept Store in Tiger City, Taichung (JCD Design Award 2005), the Aesop Store in Breeze Center (JCD design Award 2006, IFI 2007 Gold Award), the “Residence of Tsai” project (TID 2007 Gold Award). He was selected from 5 talented designers and reported in a special edition to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the US magazine "Interior Design". His artwork “Signscape” was exhibited at the 11th “International Architecture Exhibiton” of the “Venice Biennial” (Taiwan Pavilion) and at the 6th “City on the Move” Art Festival at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei. Awards and Exhibition: Taiwan Interior Design (TID) Award 2007-2010 – The top 10 designer; Influence & confluence: 2011 International Interior Design Exhibition; Taipei World Design Expo (Taiwan Designers Exhibition); China Annual Top 10 Influential People of Interior Design, 2015; Poltrona Frau Award, 2015.

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