Comfy or wacky?

Since last week, Sanlitun Village has been attracting hordes of people not for shopping but to try out colorful and wacky eco-chairs at the Design for Sitting exhibition.

On display are more than 70 winning works picked from nearly 800 international entries by students working individually or in teams, using non-traditional material in the design and production.

The selected works include those by many local and international avant-garde furniture and product designers, such as China's Jiang Li and Zhu Xiaojie, Italy's Yrjo Kukkapuro, Germany's Luigi Colani, and Japan's Toshiyuki Kita.