In July 2008 Maarten Baas
will have a solo exhibition with
Contrasts gallery in Shanghai.
Pearl Lam, founder of Contrasts,
commissioned Baas to make products
with Chinese producers. The main
material Baas worked with in China
is wood, and he challenged woodcarvers
from Shanghai to make extraordinary
works with their techniques, creating a
cross-over between western design
and the traditional Chinese techniques.
Two works shown in Milan are “Chinese
Objects Object” (Campher wood) and
“Plastic Chair in Wood” (Elm wood).
At the Design Miami/ Basel fair in June,
these works will be presented by
Contrasts Gallery.

plastic chair in wood