Helen Wat
Chi Table
Winner of the New Territory Design Award 2023
A low table hosting Chinese tea rituals, honouring the heritage and space held by Hong Kong-British diaspora. Chinese tea is symbolic of heritage and hospitality. In homage to Hong Kong-British diasporic experience, this ritual is adopted to offer a contemporary proposition to examine the role of tea in spaces of gathering from the community outside the homeland.
Chá Table explores ideas of identity and belonging while alluding to critical social issues of autonomy. Inspired by traditional architectural structures and joinery, the Eastern-informed design fuses manufacture with Western timber - a reflection of the blended cultural position of Hong Kongers in Britain.
