YUMING BAI
Furniture · Fabrication

dotMake Furniture

Children's furniture, beds, tables and chairs designed for production at dotMake.

Year
2016–2021
Role
Co-founder and Head of Product Design, dotMake
Location
Beijing
Tags
furniture · product design · plywood · production
Two children reading at a low plywood table with an animal-shaped chair

From 2016 to 2021 Yuming Bai led product design at dotMake, a Beijing furniture and household-product company he co-founded. The range covers children’s tables and chairs, a loft bed with desk, animal-shaped stools, and plywood chairs and tables for adults.

A family of plywood stools and animal-shaped children’s seats

Designed for production

More than 20 furniture and household products were taken into production. Each was documented as a manufacturing-oriented millwork and joinery package; the role also covered supply chain and quality control.

Timber loft bed with ladder, storage and desk below Plywood children’s desk and chair with exposed fixings

Plywood armchair in a dark timber-lined interior

Patents

Yuming Bai is named on 23 of the company’s patents: one utility model and 22 design patents.

Two-tone dining chair beside a timber wall Children’s table with a green fabric storage pocket

Plywood table on splayed, branching legs