“They Told Me” Chair

2022

Silk, hand-embroidery

The current phase of globalisation enables artists and designers to live and operate globally while using distinct local craftsmanship and cultural resource. The chair is a collaboration between the artist and the Shanghai region’s local textile industry and artisans. 80 hours of Chinese hand-embroidery on locally produced silk symbolically reflects the artist’s global lifestyle. Words, symbols of cities, postal codes, and luggage tags become ornaments that record the artist’s emotional attachment to places he has been to. 

Upcoming exhibition: Emerge @ FIND Design Fair Asia, Singapore, 2025