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For Tony Chi, “Hospitality”is the core of his passion to study and think, and it is also the most profound part of his design pathway that inspires him. In February this year, we were very honored to invite Mr. Ji to open an online class for us, with "Hospitality" as the core of the course, combined with Mr. Ji's explanation of a series of design projects, to systematically understand how this concept has guided Mr. Ji all the way to the present...

“Hospitality”,In Latin it means a visitor, especially a stranger. In China, the meaning is to entertain, which means to give guests the best experience, the best food and to feel the host's most enthusiastic emotions. Ultimately, the goal is to show passion in its purest form. Mr. Chi defines the two main meanings of "hospitality" in the course, which constitute the two main parts of this. One is artistic(perceptual), corresponding to the soul behind Mr. Chi's design, and the other is scientific（rational）, showing the specific methods in design.

First of all, in terms of artistic（perceptual）, the "hospitality" actually needs the pure love and enthusiasm from the heart, but it is also worth mentioning here that deliberate is also its basis, and it needs to be harmonious with the natural moments that occur in daily life like home. In Mr. Chi's view, hospitality is a tradition, an experience, a practice and an art form. It is inherent in each person, expressed whenever and wherever human interaction occurs, and where there is human communication there is hospitality, which is not limited to a particular time or place.

And the hospitality between people will make us hear the sound of space and architecture. If we say that changing the "relationship between people" to "relationship between people and natural environment”, in fact, nature also has its own way of hospitality for human beings, and man-made buildings and Spaces will also have, one is whispering in your ear, and the other is more publicized and noisy.

And Mr. Chi's thinking that the soul behind the design of "hospitality" is derived from the "hospitality" of nature and human beings happens to be the basis for motivating him to enter the hospitality design, preserving the things necessary for People's Daily life, just like the breeze in nature that careens your cheek, and the hospitality experience that can gently and slowly penetrate your heart is the core meaning of hospitality design.