Xiao Han — New York City, USA

“It’s hard to understand the texture and characteristic of each wood piece. Especially when I laser-cut them, it’s really easy to either burn the wood or fail to cut through. To make the perfect shape and burning colour, after a lot of experimentation I finally found the most appropriate way to work with it. Now I love it, despite its difficulties.”

This New York-based designer, “life-lover and dream chaser” studied hotel management before “falling in love with image, colour, space and type”.