Compared with Song-style furniture, Ming-style furniture is called "New Chinese Style"; compared with Ming-style furniture, Ming-style furniture is also called "New Chinese Style", but innovation has risks and "pitfalls" cannot be avoided.
1. The glory of the past formed a stereotype
The most glorious period of China's "Chinese" furniture was in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, literati were keen on the creation of works of art. There are many records showing that literati Both emperors and emperors participated in the design of furniture, making Ming-style furniture contain both aesthetic attainments and ergonomic technology. Therefore, in today's international auction market, Ming-style furniture maintains a distinguished status.
2. Innovation may fall into a "pit"
The newly produced furniture today is copied from the works of predecessors and has never been able to surpass it. Imitation furniture will definitely have errors. The gradual accumulation of errors is called deformation. Deformed furniture will lose its original artistic sense and technological quality.
Innovation involves risks. The innovation survival rate of artworks is very low, only 5%, and 95% of the works will be eliminated. This is the "pit" that the new Chinese style will encounter. Chinese furniture has been constantly innovating for hundreds of years, but most of them have been eliminated. The classic styles that remain today are those that have survived a narrow escape, such as armchairs and four-year-old chairs. The styles that have been eliminated are not included. Its number.
3. New Chinese style will definitely be reborn
Furniture serves life. Chinese people’s living habits are constantly changing, and new furniture is needed to match them. For example, the Chinese people's habit of drinking tea is gradually returning. Currently, most of the tea-drinking furniture on the market is vulgar and simple. Tree-root furniture is more common. It looks silly, bulky, and causes back pain when sitting on it. Zisha tea sets can be refurbished in various ways, why not introduce a set of tea drinking furniture?
There is no shortage of new furniture on the market, but they are all Western-style. Chinese people like their own culture. For example, they use rosewood and rosewood as materials, depict dragons and phoenixes in carvings, and pay attention to mortise and tenon structure in craftsmanship. These Chinese elements combined with the market demand are the new Chinese-style furniture, which is the nirvana of the phoenix. Only when you are in heaven can you not be afraid of the pits in the ground.