Li’s chair series investigates bodily discomfort through the modification of furniture, examining how design disciplines movement and behaviour. What appears to be a simple ergonomic adjustment reveals the invisible structures that shape how we sit, act, and conform, extending into broader questions of power, authority, and social conditioning.

Expanding this inquiry, the Constraint series of digital renders manipulates a range of chair designs to explicitly restrict and contain the body. The altered forms occupy space in ways that obstruct the sitter, creating an uneasy and confrontational relationship between the human body and the object.  By disrupting the chair’s expected function, the series deepens its exploration of power and autonomy. Li often incorporates transparent acrylic elements to construct visible yet intangible barriers within the chair — a metaphor for the unseen rules and systems that structure behaviour. Familiar furniture becomes a site where invisible frameworks of control are made materially perceptible.