Golden Key Dining chair by MASAYA
Apiwat Chitapanya is a furniture designer with a Master’s degree in applied art from Silpakorn University in Bangkok. His main design concept is “furniture beyond function” — the blending of art and design to create a product with a unique identity. For this reason, he thinks carefully about not only the function of his furniture, but also how he can add aesthetic value to it. Stainless steel, iron, brass and wood are the main materials for Apiwat’s furniture, enabling him to depict stories in his designs that are inspired by nature. By using natural shapes and redesigning them to form contemporary and surreal furniture, Apiwat hopes to appeal to the users’ sense of fantasy. Since each piece of furniture is handmade by skilled craftsmen, it’s more like a work of art than a piece of functional furniture. This is certainly the case with the Ink Collection of furniture pieces he created for sustainable-wood brand Masaya, where he used the process of lost-wax casting to emulate Chinese ink painting.
Origin: Thailand
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