Born in 1987 in Zhangzhou, Fujian, graduated from the integrated design department of Shanghai Institute of Visual Art in 2012, a student of Mr. Ding Yi, Chen Furong is a young designer currently living and working in Shenzhen , Guangdong.
Weaponized with solid professional background and acute artistic sense, Chen Furong’s works are always sharp with his ponderings and philosophy. Chen attaches great importance to the existential value of every design, aiming to create things that are timeless, with a respect of the materials’ true nature. Expressed through the designs, his poetics is honed with a fastidious professionalism, appears in his understatedly powerful works of art.
Chen Furong has won prestigious awards like the Architectural Digest’s Top Emerging Chinese Talents of the Year, the IDEAT Future Award and the MASION&OBJECT Rising Talent Award. And he has been widely reported by renowned international media like WALLPAPER, ELLE DECO, AD, IDEAT, INTERNI, VOGUE and ICON.
Selected Awards
2022 Wallpaper* / China Nominees for Best Home Design
2019 Rising Talent / Paris Maison&Objet
2019 GEN.T 100 / TATLER China
2018 Nominated Rising Star / Elle Decoration Internationale Design Award (EDIDA) China
2017 IDEAT Future Award Best Furnishings Product - Lighting
2015 Home Style Award 2015 Winner (by IF)
2015 Design Shanghai & AD China Emerging Chinese Designer Award Winner
Exhibitions
2023 Grand House | Three Years at Objective / Shanghai
2023 The Rumors Are True / Shanghai
2022 ART021 Shanghai
2021 Design Miami / Basel
2021 Disfruta 宴 / Objective X BANK Mabsociety
2019 Ontimeshow Shanghai
2019 Design Shanghai
2019 Rising Talents / Maison&Objet
2018 Design Shanghai
2017 Design Shanghai
2017 Maison & Object
2016 London Design Festival
2017 Design Of Designers Shanghai
2016 Design Shanghai
2015 Hi Design Shanghai
2015 Beijing Design Week
2015 Furniture China
2015 100% Design London
2015 Design Shanghai
2014 Macao International Design Show
2014 Oriental Design Week - Torino