The beauty of New Chinese style is not something everyone knows how to appreciate
In the past two years, in the soft furnishings projects for some hotels and villas I have worked on, clients have all shown great interest in the New Chinese style. As for what New Chinese style is, perhaps every designer has their own interpretation, yet each has a different understanding.
When it comes to New Chinese style, we must first understand Chinese style. Chinese style is an interior decoration design art style based on the classical court architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its composition is mainly reflected in decorative items such as traditional Ming and Qing furniture, floral art, fabric art, and craft ornaments. The colors are mostly red and black, blending the dual qualities of solemnity and elegance.
So where does the "new" in New Chinese style show itself? What I understand as new is the interpretation of cultural meanings with traditional Chinese style against the backdrop of the current era, and a contemporary design built on a full understanding of contemporary Chinese culture. New Chinese style inherits the essence of traditional Chinese style and creates innovation through dialogue and collision with modern trends.
In design, the New Chinese style continues the home accessory concepts of the Ming and Qing periods, distilling their classic elements and simplifying and enriching them. The forms of furniture are more concise and delicate, while it also breaks the cultural ideas of hierarchy and rank in traditional Chinese spatial layout, and the spatial color scheme is also more relaxed and natural.
Returning to the topic of floral art, the aesthetic connotation of New Chinese floral art is profound and long-lasting, with a classical beauty. Beauty lies in the bones, not the skin - this is an aesthetic concept upheld by Eastern aesthetics. Wherever flowers and leaves touch, there is endless reverie and aftertaste.
Chinese people are quite fascinated by "Zen." Nowadays, many floral art training institutions, when teaching Chinese floral art or what is called Eastern floral art, also emphasize Zen spirit, focusing on the "Zen meaning" contained in the work. The works mainly feature branches and green leaves, with flowers as a supplement; flowers are not many, and the emphasis is on deeper meaning. They are paired with various types of flower vessels such as bottles, plates, bowls, jars, and tubes, stressing spirit, form, and meaning.
A delightful floral art work can render the beauty of a space through the natural forms of flowers, or capture the true moment of nature through the blooming and withering of flowers. What it conveys is the resident's interests in life and insights, gaining a spiritual resonance of beauty.
The combination of New Chinese floral art and home decor is like a perfect encounter, subtle and meaningful, dignified and flourishing.
In terms of form, New Chinese floral art breaks away from the piling up of traditional symbols and seeks the rhythmic beauty of Eastern painting, then combines with contemporary design styles to present an Eastern beauty in the eyes of modern people.
In the colors of floral art, the main tone is mostly neutral gray, elegant and warm, natural and refined, extremely in harmony with the Chinese-style environmental atmosphere.