Gallery / Dongguan
Project Type: Gallery
Qiyiting Imported Furniture Gallery
Yixi Design
A 200 sqm imported furniture gallery uses a gentle, human-scaled route to connect art, lighting and furniture into a compact cultural retail experience.
Location
Dongguan, China
Area
200 sqm
Studio
Yixi Design
Designer
Hu Tao
A 200 sqm imported furniture gallery uses a gentle, human-scaled route to connect art, lighting and furniture into a compact cultural retail experience.
Design Concept
The project is built around gentle awakening. Rather than using monumental scale, the entrance introduces a Greek-style colonnade at a human dimension, making the gallery feel ritualised but approachable.
Spatial Experience
A garden-like route links furniture, artworks and lighting brands. The compact plan avoids the feeling of a showroom catalogue, instead asking visitors to read each object through pauses, framed views and small changes of atmosphere.
Materials / Lighting / Display Strategy
Warm timber, soft light, abstract artwork and slender vertical elements create a quiet display setting. The strategy is less about spectacle than about giving imported furniture a local cultural and emotional context.
DesignFan Editorial Note
The project is strongest when it lets retail behave like a small exhibition. Furniture becomes part of a conversation about taste, locality and independent viewing.