Lotus
Lotus is a guest chair designed to bring forth a translation of traditional Ming Dynasty chair design for a modern space. The design was inspired by a Ming Dynasty folding chair that was created to allow high-class generals to maintain a gesture of status during an outing. There's a Chinese idiom that describes the growth of a lotus flower, out of the mud yet unstained. Kindness, warmth, generosity, and pureness of heart are all emotions the chair hopes to convey.
Lotus Guest Chair by Ming-Li Chang was selected as an innovative illustration of industrial design by the A' Design Award. Lotus Guest Chair won the Silver A' Design Award in Furniture Design in 2024. The A' Furniture Design Award is an international, meritocratic, just and fair design award which recognizes excellent design of chairs, tables, sofas, beds, cabinets, shelves, desks, wardrobes and more.
