Going for the gold:

Although this is technically the first installment of 100 % Design Shanghai, the show organizers hosted a preview exhibition last year to kick things off; Japanese product design firm SO inc. was among the featured attractions. The company returned this year with a pint-sized booth tented entirely in gold fabric to set off a pair of glittery chairs by Yutaka Yanagisawa of OWAS. Although the designer used gold to efface the chair’s form—“causing a distraction in peoples’ minds…to erase the image of a shape”—the strong geometries are a large part of their wacky appeal. Although I expected the O-shaped seater to be pretty on the eyes but punishing on my lower back, it was actually quite comfortable!

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