Eric Chan Wins WOCD Award

Congratulations to Eric Chan who recently received the 2010 World’s Outstanding Chinese Designer award from the Hong Kong Design Centre.

Chan says this award is particularly significant: “Creating product that is meaningful, responsive, and imparts a sense of cultural relevancy are personal priorities. I am truly grateful to be recognized in such a meaningful way.”

The founder and director of ECCO Design, New York, Chan was born in China and strongly believes in the Eastern philosophy of creating harmony between man and nature, society and technology: “I am most interested in translating complicated technology into simple understandable, and friendly products for people,” he says.

Herman Miller and Chan have collaborated on a number of projects during a long and proud history together. Among them, the elegant Foray chair and the highly adaptable Intersect Portfolio.