Name: Chen Yanfei
Tag: Home design with austerity; Calligraphy master; A practitioner of traditional Chinese aesthetics
Intro: Furniture Designer who goes into Calligraphy, an art form of handwriting, which concentrates traditional Chinese aesthetics.
Project: Chen creates Pusu, a furniture design brand based at the heart of Shanghai. Pusu means ‘austerity’ in Chinese. Chen prefers to draw inspiration from Calligraphy and traditional Chinese wooden furniture.
Background: Born in a doctor’s family, Chen started learning Calligraphy since early age, and then was admitted into Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, where he became familiar with graphic design. After graduation, he worked at a commercial magazine that features on furniture. Chen’s passion on furniture design was inspired at that time, especially when he found a way to combine his love of Chinese Calligraphy with furniture design. With this dream, Chen created his own designing brand, ‘Pusu’.
Read Chen Yanfei’s story at china30s.com: http://www.china30s.com/portfolio/a-三明治访谈-story/陈燕飞：书法与家居的相生浸染
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