Parallel Forest - Mingyu Xu

Mingyu Xu is the winner of the Furniture category. Mingyu is a Design: Ceramics, Furniture or Glass MA graduate from Central Saint Martins UAL and originally from China. Mingyu’s work Parallel Forest is a collection of modular bamboo woven furniture that captures the elastic and tough quality of bamboo weaving. The structures and joints of the bamboo forms provide unexpected stability and functionality.

Parallel Forest explores bamboo weaving for new applications as an environmentally friendly material and a production method. The collection offers a modern version of the traditional bamboo weaving of objects with a simple yet unexpected aesthetic, achieved by combining manual and digital manufacturing techniques. The collection reimagines the interior possibilities of bamboo woven objects, offering unique furniture which is regenerative, bespoke, as well as adding value.