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Contemporary Side Table 'Memory Box' by Jia Li

$2,032.15
£1,500
€1,753.36
CA$2,804.67
A$3,141.84
CHF 1,637.19
MX$38,324.02
NOK 20,804.90
SEK 19,617.54
DKK 13,086.61

About the Item

Designed in 2008; from a 2012 limited edition of 20. Side table enclosing handmade a red silk lantern in plexiglass. From a limited edition of 20 side tables. 5 Memory Boxes are available from the edition of 20 - each is £1,500. Born in Xinjiang, Jia Li lives in Beijing where he co-founded LiSpace, a centre for design development. He was one of the young designers at the forefront of the city’s flourishing design scene combining clean-lined, craftsman-led objects with a contemporary eye and creating unconventional constructions. . HIs obsession is the unity between spirit and function, the meeting and clash of ancient skills and their survival in a modern context, so challenging in an expanding, fast-paced contemporary China. 1,800 years ago the Chinese began the tradition of hanging red lanterns for prayer and festivals and the lantern-maker’s skills were central to these traditions. This intricate and difficult process is disappearing fast in modern China having been replaced by simpler, commercial, synthetic versions. Jia Li’s Memory Stools - handmade silk lanterns enclosed in perspex - hold in poetic perpetuity the artistic endeavour of one of the last of these traditions.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 15.75 in (40 cm)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2012
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(Limited Edition)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    Available Now
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU865443193412

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