André Fu 新作 | 艺术装饰花园系列家具，融合日本禅意与 Art Deco 风格

André Fu Living’s Art Deco Garden is a collection of furniture, objects, wallcoverings and homeware inspired by Zen gardens and Art Deco

Art Deco Garden by André Fu Living is a new collection of furniture and accessories inspired by Japanese Zen gardens and Art Deco motifs

André Fu presents Art Deco Garden, a new collection of furniture by his brand André Fu Living, inspired by Art Deco and the Zen gardens of Kyoto. The collection comprises cabinets, armchairs and dining chairs, tables, room dividers as well as porcelain tableware and wallcoverings in collaboration with De Gournay.

‘On the new collection, I was interested in exploring if there is a means to reinterpret the Art Deco silhouettes against the sensibility of Zen gardens,’ says Fu. ‘In many ways, I want to deconstruct the Art Deco formal patterns with the sensuous movement characteristic of Zen gardens. It will be intriguing to juxtapose the two highly distinct and culturally different design elements.’

Ichou Armchair, 4-panel screen and wall cabinet, part of the Art Deco Garden collection

Starting from two seemingly unrelated points of references, the designer weaves a visual narrative based on delicate intersecting lines, combining the meditative motifs of raked sand and the gilded patterns of Art Deco architecture. The design process went hand in hand with rigorous research into historical Japanese Zen gardens, with a particular focus on the Tofukuji Temple Garden. What attracted Fu was the use of nature as a raw material to create lyrical spaces, and the masterful use of pebbles to create fluid lines and evoke a sense of visual movement and serenity.

‘Ichou’ armchair and footstool,  Wall Cabinet, High Cabinet

The collection’s visual focus is the delicately hand-drawn silk paper surfaces of cabinets and the room divider, individually hand-painted and finished with silver and gold gilding on delicate hues of blue, brown and beige. These abstract motifs discreetly reference Japanese gardens and calligraphy, adding subtle decoration to the sophisticated collection. The same patterns are recreated in smaller scale on the porcelain tableware, a minimalist design in white enriched with a palette of almond taupe, mink brown and gold gilding.

‘My personal design approach is not just about combining styles together,’ says Fu. ‘Rather, it rests on an ability to navigate different cultures and reflect contemporary culture based on the inherent qualities of beauty itself, as opposed to just based on any one style.’ §

‘Ichou’ armchair,  3-panel Garden Screen, High Cabinet

‘Ichou’ armchair, 4-panel screen, ‘Shoji’ table lamp

‘Dotai’ Dining Chair and High Cabinet

Details of the bedside cabinet in grey, 3-panel screen and ‘Hana’ armchair

Porcelain tableware from the Art Deco Garden collection

‘Stroke’ bedlinen in Midnight Blue

Porcelain tableware and sketches by André Fu of the Art Deco Garden collection

Rectangular tray and oval box from the porcelain tableware collection

Detail of porcelain tableware

Detail of porcelain tableware, featuring brown and gold gilded hand-painted motifs

Hand-drawing the silk paper wall-coverings by De Gournay

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