Lu Zhirong: Undetected oriental temperament, give Giorgetti a touch of poetry

When it comes to Chinese designers, Lu Zhirong this name can not bypass. He is one of the very few ethnic Chinese designers recognized by the Italian contemporary design community. In his works, oriental elements and symbols have disappeared altogether, but still make people feel "very oriental." It is this oriental flowing through him "Blood", combined with Western crafts, to create a poetic oriental mood, truly become part of modern life.
Giorgetti's soul designer
From the fisherman's son to the design masters, Lu Zhirong's experience can be described as legend.
He was born in a fisherman's family in Hong Kong in the 1950s and received a master's degree in architectural design from Harvard University in 1988. He was also awarded the Best Paper Award for his graduation project with "Harbor of the South China Sea Fishermen". "I am the son of a Hong Kong fisherman who spent his childhood in a fishing boat, and I have to start from my own life experience, and construction is to solve practical problems." At that time, he has started to form a unique design concept.
After graduating from Harvard University, when this was a grand occasion, Lu Zhirong quietly retreated to the corner, giving himself two years of free time to reflect on what he or she should do and what kind of person it was. "We had the courage to go far from the design of the dust in order to find the design of the green." This is the artistic realm Lu Zhirong pursues.
Later, he did not choose to stay in the United States. Instead, he came to Athens with his Greek girlfriend, where he married, gave birth to a son and settled down to work together as a design and construction firm. However, by chance, he started to really emerge in the Italian design circle. At that time, the Italian furniture design and manufacturing industry is brewing a revolution, the 100-year-old brand Giorgetti is also looking for change, hoping to introduce more exotic new blood, collide with the aesthetic design of the future simplicity.

It is this opportunity, Lu Zhirong joined the Giorgetti brand, not only designed a large number of classic works such as sofas, corner cases, reading lamps and mirrors, but also opened a new direction for the design of this century-old brand. The perfect combination of oriental mood and western craftsmanship Into the architectural mechanics elements, creating a unique style of furniture.
Lu Zhirong designed the first set of furniture for it, is still the best-selling products on the market. "Lu Zhirong's work is such, very low-key seats, very low-key cabinet.Not necessarily make you feel very novel, but the shape, material, technology, every detail has been scrutinized, can make people never tire of." Brand Head of Carlo Giorgetti, who called Lu Zhirong the "soul" of Giorgetti.

In 2017, Giorgetti will continue to collaborate with Lu Zhirong to launch an outdoor furniture system. Quaint bamboo raft base, floating in mid-air and green plants side by side, evoke the same poetic beauty: driving a leaf boat, leisurely sitting in the meantime, let it float in the vast land, accompanied by mountains and rivers.
Lu Zhirong slightly Zen simple design, in the process of excellence Giorgetti, has attracted many people made a special trip to the Louvre Museum entrance hall Giorgetti pilgrimage, whether you love the oriental charm back to nature or a concise low-key luxury, here are Can find the ideal home life.
Let a table a resurrection regeneration
Each designer has its own unique image. Every time Lu Zhirong shows up, he always wears a white shirt and the clothes are fastened to the top. The shirt is covered with a black sweater and meticulously. As Lu Zhirong gives the impression, his work is quiet and humble.

"Now, many designs are overwhelming: the designer's edge often cover up the furniture itself, the so-called design, nothing more than furniture autonomy, so that table and chair have an independent life." This is what Lu Zhirong wanted to present the most beautiful furniture Look, in these works, you can not see the kind of self-centered shouting. They will be accompanied by a long time in a house, as a personality, a texture, people looked calm inside.

In the Louvre entrance hall, Giorgetti showroom is also presented in a low-key luxury style, its simple and unique, elegant lines and back to nature in style, and Lu Zhirong designed Zen furniture tacit understanding, for you to create a low-key luxury home.

Lu Zhirong designed this modern solid wood lockers, seemingly simple, which implies mystery. It is made of Chinese ancient building technology - tenon-dagger structure, which can join the wood without the metal parts and fix the central shaft. The drawers are designed to rotate. Each drawer has an independent open system, which is very convenient for storage. The handle and the bottom with a bright polished metal, to the overall wood adds a stylish atmosphere, as people's versatility, introverted and highlight the details from different places.
Compared to previous years, his design more concise and restrained. However, one can not simply define his work as minimalist. "It's simple and not simplistic. The journey to a simple journey begins with complexity and then erases excess connections, extra thickness, excess weight. This path can take a long time and can be difficult." Lu Zhirong said in an interview Therefore, he has been doing addition and subtraction, abandon the fancy dazzling, and then back a little, and then hide a little, just to make furniture and architecture reveal their own lives, to revived.

At first glance, his works seem like Chinese freehand paintings, and the refinement lines outline the divine essence of the objects. If we look closely, we find that there are many Western-rigorous logic. Once placed in the living space, it gives another surprise - extreme comfortability. Lu Zhirong once said: "The purpose of the design is to improve the life, not just in the form, shape, external to pull it." This design care through every one of his furniture.
Over the past fifteen years, Lu Zhirong has been trying to design a satisfactory sofa, for him, "those thick back looks completely non-shape, although comfortable, but easy to deformation, I want to get a more elegant style, to maintain Shape at the same time be comfortable. "

In the ELA series of lounge chairs designed for Giorgetti, Lo choi chose leather to cover the seats and pillows to emphasize the styling of the couch. The base uses smooth maple to create a fluid, fluid shape Rendered, created a sense of lightness, demonstrated an elegant way of leisure.
"I hope there is a kind of humility emanating from the art we create in the buildings we design and create, which, in the final analysis, permeates the air we breathe." This is Lo Chi-rong's design philosophy. When Giorgetti pure temperament, met Lu Zhirong humble and quiet spirit of the East, home has unlimited imagination. Come to Giorgetti exhibition hall of Louvre Entrance Hall to experience the beautiful space of a poetic party.
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