Woven Simplicity, Enduring Grace — Aesthetic Living through Eastern Natural Textiles

As Eastern aesthetics quietly rise amid today’s global landscape of technology, commerce, and culture, GUANZHUO responds to a renewed desire for simplicity and contemporary living through the medium of natural textiles. Making its debut at Design Shanghai, the brand unveils its mysterious signature piece — the Guanzhuo Coffer — an exploration of materiality, aesthetics, and lifestyle. An Eastern response to the beauty of the unrefined is about to begin. 

Speakers：

Xi Sancai, Former Executive Deputy Director & Research Fellow, Nanjing Museum, Former Vice Chairman, China Association for the Conservation Technology of Cultural Heritage, Recipient of the Special Government Allowance of the State Council 

Yang Fan, Chief Designer, GUANZHUO Brand, Ph.D. in Design, Zhejiang University 

Han Ruiqi, Co-founder, GUANZHUO, Research Fellow, Institute of Lifestyle Studies, Jinan University 

Huang Shuai, Practitioner of Chan Music, National Representative Inheritor of Yushan Fanbei, China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, Composer, Theme Song of GUANZHUO