aBOUT Wei Yee

Contemporary Artisans in the Renaissance of Chinese Art of Living

WEI YEE and the Renaissance of Chinese Art of Living

Chuang Tzu, the Chinese philosopher from 3rd Century BC, once said: “Heaven, Earth and I were produced together, and all things and I are one.” From here comes WEI YEE, meaning “become one”.

Chuang Tzu was not only free and unfettered all his life, but was also ingenuity, proficient in woodworking, ceramics, dyeing and other crafts. His idea of “allow all things to take their natural course”, is respecting the natural beauty of the material. With the artisanal spirit of excellence, the craftsman endows the substance with his affection and culture implications. While working with the material, the craftsman and the substance become one.

WEI YEE is not only the renaissance of Chinese arts and crafts, but also the pursue of Chinese elegant art of living, returning to Nature and finding joy in one’s own lot. Simple yet refined, carefree yet elegant, intelligent and joyful, it’s neither a blind pursuit of fame and fortune, nor negative Masquerade, but a balance between the material and the spiritual world.

WEI YEE’s products use all natural and fine materials, are comprised of fine jewelry, handbags, furniture and home collections. 5000 years’ exquisite craftsmanship and the East-meets-West design philosophy become one, tradition and modernity become one, human and nature become one. WEI YEE would like its products to be the carrier of an artistic attitude to life and Chinese elegant art of living.

Naming Concept

WEI YEE means “become one”. It derives from Chuang Tzu’s Discussion On Making All Things Equal : “Heaven, Earth and I were produced together, and all things and I are one.” It represents a philosophical and artistic conception of “Nature and Human being one” and “Substance and I being one”.

“Nature and Human being one”, is the yearning for harmonious co-existence of human and Nature.

While “Substance and I being one”, expresses the affection which human is putting into the beautiful objects they create. It’s the highest representation of the artisanal spirit of excellence.

The entirety means “Nature and Human being one”.

Sky
The semi circle in the logo represents the sky.
Butterfly
The butterfly is from Zhuang Zhou Dreaming of a Butterfly, a story with romance, open aesthetic imagination and richphilosophical thinking about life.
WEI
The Chinese character “为” (pronounced WEI, meaning become) written in seal style calligraphy represents a standing Man with his head looking up to the sky.
YEE / Earth
The one stroke underneath is the Chinese character “一”(pronounced YEE, meaning one) , and also represents the earth.

WEI
The seal style calligraphy is the oldest Chinese script, which symbolizes the long Chinese history. The seal style calligraphy is also the unique script on Chinese bronze, which dates back to over 5000 years ago.

The exquisiteness of the Chinese bronze enjoys very high reputation and artistic value in the world, which represents all the superb craftsmanship developed throughout Chinese history, and also shows WEI YEE’s wish of inheriting and preserving Chinese crafts and culture.
“Zhuang Zhou Dreaming of a Butterfly”
“Zhuang Zhou Dreaming of a Butterfly” is also from Discussion On Making All Things Equal.

It’s a story with romance, open aesthetic imagination and rich philosophical thinking about life, which gives an extraordinary refined and beautiful sublime feeling. The butterfly in the logo signifies that WEI YEE contains rich cultural connotations and aesthetic creative design, which also gives people and their lives the same extraordinary refined and beautiful sublime feeling. And the tranquillity and comfort revealed from the story, also expresses our love of Chinese elegant art of living, returning to Nature and finding joy in one’s own lot.

Design Philosophy

WEI YEE’s products use all natural and fine materials, are comprised of fine jewellery, handbags, leather goods, furniture and home collections. 5000 years’ exquisite craftsmanship and the East-meets-West design philosophy become one, tradition and modernity become one, human and nature become one.

WEI YEE would like its products to be the carrier of an artistic attitude to life and the Chinese elegant art of living.

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