宋涛 SONG TAO

Song Tao is one of the most talented and influential contemporary designers in China today. In 1993, after receiving a Master's Degree from the Beaux Arts in Paris, Song Tao returned to China to concentrate on his creative process and quickly became a leading figure in the field of contemporary Chinese design. His experience abroad brought an open quality to his creative vision that fluidly bridges the aesthetics of East and West.

His practice engages the territory of contrast between Chinese ancient philosophy with that of the western sleek contemporary attitude. Building a constant dialogue between European minimal culture and oriental craftsmanship, the final result is design that has function without obligation. Famous for his design objects as a hybrid of international values, his works evolve towards sculpture or calligraphy in space and are often characterized as the essence of “understated elegance” perfectly balancing traditional fengshui elements and cutting-edge contemporary sensibilities.