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Maria Yee's Furniture Designs Offer an Antidote to a Frenzied LifestyleEven if this is the first time you've ever heard Maria Yee's name or seen her face, you already know her, or rather, her style.
Yee's simple but beautiful furniture designs hold within them a statement, or maybe it's a wish to live simply.
Her style has more than one look and reflects the same graceful moves that keep her in step with changing lifestyles.
"I don't have so much the desire for people to know that it is my name on the design," says Yee, whose furniture is as functional as it is a piece of art.
"I don't have the desire for people to know so much about me, Maria Yee," she says. "But it makes me very happy to see people enjoy and appreciate the design, and then say, 'Yes, this is a beautiful piece.'"
To know Maria Yee is to know more about her work. It is like a classic Coco Chanel black dress or a softly tailored Vera Wang gown. The beauty is in the details, those little things that matter and that you might not notice.
"With contemporary (design), it's very easy to dress up or dress down," says Yee, who is very much like her design style: spare and free, from her signature short hairstyle to her Mandarin-style blouse and slacks.
Her aura of joy is contagious. She smiles and laughs easily, bringing this out in others.
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