This small cabinet has received the 2008 Design Journal’s ADEX Award’s first place of a Platinum Award. It was designed in January 2005 and produced by China’s wood factory in March 2005.

This piece was designed with a narrower depth and a clean look to accommodate a smaller space for a good storage for the organization of personal items and for a beautiful presentation of such compact space.

This item is handcrafted with the Southern Chinese Lotus wood called “He (Lotus) Mu (wood)”. It was produced in small quantity with the selected cuts of wood.

Lotus wood bears many grainy knobs and holes in the raw material and the holes are often big and need to be patched. It is difficult to have larger cuts of this wood without encountering many discolorations and holes in the wood. Therefore, although wood selection is extremely careful, each piece differs in its look because of this wood character, which offers the cabinet a one-of-a-kind appeal.

In trying to match the finish with the characteristic of this wood, this item is finished in a less visible matte lacquer finish over the very light blonde wood.

Lotus wood in general has been used in China for making toys because of the availability of the smaller cuts of wood.

20” W x 40 ¼” H x 10 1/8” D

---