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Designer
Chi Wing Lo
Chi Wing Lo is an architect whose furniture designs have helped to shape the direction of Giorgetti since 1996. He was raised in Hong Kong and received his Master Degree in Architecture from Harvard University with the best thesis prize in…
Biography
Background
Chi Wing Lo is an architect whose furniture designs have helped to shape the direction of Giorgetti since 1996. He was raised in Hong Kong and received his Master Degree in Architecture from Harvard University with the best thesis prize in 1988. He taught at Syracuse University in New York, was a member of the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart and has been a visiting critic at universities in Greece and abroad.
Signature Style
His aspiration for timelessness has brought his collections to worldwide attention, and many of his works continue to be much sought after today. He is an active practitioner who integrates architecture, interior and furniture design for projects in Milan, Athens, Istanbul, Yalta (Crimea), Beirut, Dubai and Beijing.
Notable Works
Giorgetti pieces by Chi Wing Lo include Ode, Rea, Eos, Oti, Aei, Dia, Ino, Nea, Nyn, Gea, Ion, Myo, Oro and Nao. His Tower-House in Athens was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Prize in Architecture in 2009.
Legacy
Lo served as Art Director of Giorgetti S.p.A. from 2004 to 2006 and chaired the jury of the St. Petersburg Design Biennale 2009. In 2007 the Hong Kong Government invited him to contribute a design commemorating the tenth anniversary of unification with China, and Radio Television Hong Kong aired a documentary on his life and work that year. Since 2010 he has been working on sculptures conceived in drawings from To Kardizu 1992.
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Products
Ion
Chi Wing Lo writing desk in solid canaletto walnut with saddle leather top, drawers and panel
Rea
Winged double bed by Chi Wing Lo whose fabric or leather upholstery comes off completely
Aei Console Table
Console in walnut canaletto wood on a bronze-colour painted metal base
Oro
Tall dresser in walnut canaletto with leather inserts, drawers, two doors and a round tilting mirror
Eos
Small round table on wheels with a maple or walnut canaletto tray, by Chi Wing Lo
Aei Glass Cabinet
Glass cabinet in walnut canaletto wood with LED-lit tempered glass shelves
Dia
Walnut canaletto cabinet with sliding leather doors, a chest of drawers and two swivel trays
Nyn
Corner cabinet in maple with two flap doors and five drawers that swivel 360 degrees
Aei Chest of Drawers
Walnut canaletto chest of drawers with 4 or 8 drawers and a bronze-colour metal base
Ino
Walnut canaletto bar cabinet with revolving trays, glass tops and LED lights
