2024年起，ZENSLAB开始布局国际市场

希望在更广阔的世界里
让木头进入更多家庭与生活场景

这一站，来到马来西亚槟城
马六甲海峡一隅，海风缓慢流动

朽木传奇槟城新店
承南洋风土与华人记忆而生
延续自然与生活的缓慢节奏

让木作与空间彼此呼应
容纳日常里的停驻、松弛与呼吸

Since 2024, ZENSLAB has begun expanding into the international market,
seeking to bring wood into more homes and everyday living spaces across a wider world.

This stop brings us to Penang, Malaysia.
At the edge of the Malacca Strait, where the sea breeze moves slowly,

the ZENSLAB Penang new store takes shape—
born from the South Seas’ local spirit and the memories of the Chinese diaspora,
continuing a gentle rhythm of nature and daily life.

Here, woodwork and space echo one another,
making room for pauses, ease, and quiet breath in everyday living.

01

落于槟城

缓慢的城市里，让木头恣意生长

A new store opens in Penang.
In a slow-paced city, wood is allowed to grow freely.

槟城是一座节奏很慢的城市，海风从海峡吹入旧城，穿过骑楼与街巷，也穿过日常生活的缝隙。这里无需匆忙抵达，而更适合被缓慢停留，时间在这里没有被压缩，而是以一种更温和的方式展开。

Penang is a city with a slow rhythm. Sea breeze drifts in from the strait into the old town, passing through arcades, alleyways, and the quiet gaps of everyday life.There is no need to rush to arrive here; it is a place better suited for slow lingering. Time is not compressed here, but unfolds in a gentler way.

在马来西亚的几座城市之间，槟城并不是一个会被轻易选中的地方。在吉隆坡、新山与槟城之间反复考察之后，最终选择这里，更接近一种生活感受与文化气质的自然指向。它的特别之处在于一种延续性，华人文化没有被抽象成符号，而是仍然真实地存在于日常生活之中，老一辈人依然讲述南下的经历，关于迁徙、落地与生长的故事，城市的记忆没有断裂，而是一层层留下来，成为一种可以感知的底色。

Among several cities in Malaysia, Penang is not an easy choice. After repeated visits and considerations between Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, and Penang, the final decision here feels more like a natural alignment with a way of life and cultural atmosphere, rather than a purely commercial judgment.

What makes it special is a sense of continuity. Chinese culture here is not reduced to symbols, but remains present in everyday life. The older generation still speaks of their journeys south—stories of migration, settlement, and growth. These narratives continue quietly in the streets and daily routines. The city’s memory has not been broken; instead, it has accumulated layer by layer, becoming a tangible backdrop of life.

正是在这样的语境下，朽木传奇选择停留于此。木头本身同样是一种缓慢的存在，它的生长来自时间与自然的共同作用。当木头进入槟城，这种节奏开始彼此呼应：城市的缓慢，使木头的温度得以延续；而木头的温润，也让城市的日常多了一层可被感知的安定感。于是，朽木传奇槟城店的落地，并不是一次扩张，而更像是一种自然发生的停留。

In this context, ZENSLAB chooses to stay here. Wood itself is also a slow presence, shaped by time and nature working together. When wood enters Penang, these rhythms begin to resonate with each other: the city’s slowness allows the warmth of wood to continue, while the quiet warmth of wood, in turn, adds a tangible sense of stability to everyday life.Thus, the opening of the ZENSLAB Penang store is not an expansion in the conventional sense, but rather a kind of natural pause—something that happens on its own.

02

抵达空间

在木头之间开启关于生活方式的探索

Arriving at the space,
we begin an exploration of lifestyle among the wood.

ZENSLAB奇马来西亚槟城店正式启幕，空间总面积约200平方米，在两层结构中展开，也更贴近真实的生活场景。原木大板不再只是陈列，而是在空间的流动中被重新体验与感知，一种关于木与生活的关系，也在这里逐渐建立。

The ZENSLAB Penang store in Malaysia has officially opened. Spanning approximately 200 square meters across two levels, the space is designed at a scale closer to everyday living.Solid wood slab tables are no longer presented merely as exhibits; instead, they are re-experienced and re-perceived through the flow of the space. Here, a renewed relationship between wood and life gradually takes shape.

一层空间以大尺寸实木大板桌为核心展开，不同材质与形态的原木大板在此集中呈现，四十余片原木大板依次铺陈，同时加入立板展示，使木材的纹理与结构以更完整的方式被观看与理解。空间中同时融入吧台与交流区域，让木头不再只是静态的陈列对象，而是在人的停留与流动之间，自然进入日常的视野与尺度之中。

The first floor is centered around large solid wood slab tables. Solid wood slabs of different materials and forms are brought together here in a concentrated presentation, with more than forty pieces arranged in sequence. Vertical display boards are also introduced, allowing the grain and structure of the wood to be seen and understood in a more complete way.A bar and an interaction area are integrated into the space as well, so that wood is no longer treated as a static display object. Instead, it naturally enters everyday sight and scale through people’s movement and lingering within the space.

沿着空间向上，二层的表达逐渐转向生活本身。约三十款座椅与沙发围绕不同的组合关系展开，它们并不以单一风格陈列，而是以使用场景为线索，被重新放置在不同的空间状态中。这里更接近一种日常的延伸：坐下、停留、对话，或只是安静地待一会儿。

Moving upward through the space, the second floor gradually shifts toward life itself. Around thirty types of chairs and sofas are arranged through different combinations, not displayed in a single stylistic order, but repositioned according to usage scenarios and varying spatial conditions.

Here, the space becomes an extension of everyday life: sitting down, lingering, talking, or simply staying in quiet stillness for a while.

整个空间并未强调传统意义上的展示逻辑，而是更在意人进入之后的感知与发生，木头不再被定义为静态展品，而是作为一种可以被触摸、被使用、并持续参与生活的存在。在人与木之间的关系被重新拉近之后，空间本身也不再是边界，而成为一种持续展开的生活场域。

The space does not emphasize a traditional logic of display. Instead, it focuses on what is perceived and experienced once people enter.Wood is no longer defined as a static exhibit, but as a presence that can be touched, used, and continuously involved in everyday life. As the relationship between people and wood is brought closer again, the space itself is no longer a boundary, but becomes a continuously unfolding field of living.

03

木之相生

在时间与日常之间建立一种关系秩序

Mutually Generative Wood

Establishing a relational order between time and everyday life

槟城店主理人过去长期从事木材进口贸易，往返于北美与东南亚之间，处理不同产区木材的流通与供应。在这一过程中，他逐渐看见木头如何从森林出发，经过加工、运输与市场体系的层层转译，最终成为一张桌子、一件家具，并进入人们的日常生活。木头在他眼中，不只是材料，而是一条连接自然与生活的持续路径。

The Penang store’s principal has long been engaged in the timber import trade, traveling between North America and Southeast Asia to manage the circulation and supply of wood from different regions. In this process, he gradually came to see how wood departs from the forest, passes through layers of processing, transportation, and market systems, and is ultimately translated into a table or a piece of furniture that enters everyday life. To him, wood is not merely a material, but a continuous pathway connecting nature and living.

2020年，他转向实木成品领域，在家具商场开出第一家门店。从原材料到成品，再到空间，他与木头的关系逐渐从“流通”进入“使用”。也正是在这一阶段，他开始重新理解木头的价值：不只在于稀缺或价格，而在于它是否能够持续进入生活，并在时间中被不断使用与感知。基于这样的经验，他所关注的，不再是单一物件，而是木与人之间如何在日常中形成稳定的关系。

In 2020, he shifted into the solid wood furniture sector and opened his first store in a furniture mall. Moving from raw material to finished product, and then to space, his relationship with wood gradually shifted from “circulation” to “use.” It was also during this stage that he began to redefine the value of wood: not merely in terms of rarity or price, but in its ability to continually enter everyday life and be used and perceived over time. Based on this experience, his focus moved beyond individual objects to the stable relationship formed between wood and people in daily life.

在马来西亚槟城店中，这种理解被转译为空间本身，这里不以展示为中心，而是让木头始终处于被使用、被停留、被选择的状态之中，并自然融入咖啡、茶与交流等日常场景。二楼的茶空间尤为明显，低桌与沙发的组合让身体进入松弛的节奏，时间被缓慢拉长。在这里，空间不再只是容器，而成为一种持续发生的生活场域，使木与人、人与时间之间的关系在其中自然展开与延续。

In the ZENSLAB Penang store, this understanding is translated into the space itself. It does not center on display, but keeps wood in a continuous state of being used, lingered with, and chosen, naturally integrating into everyday scenes of coffee, tea, and conversation.The tea space on the second floor is particularly expressive of this atmosphere. The combination of low tables and sofas allows the body to settle into a relaxed rhythm, and time is gently stretched. Here, the space is no longer merely a container, but a continuously unfolding field of life, where the relationships between wood and people, and between people and time, naturally extend and evolve.

04

在场之间

门店正式启幕，空间在到访中展开

In Presence

The space unfolds through visitors’ presence.

马来西亚槟城新店已正式启幕，并在开业当日迎来第一批到访者。空间在真实的人流之中被重新激活，木材不再停留于静态陈列，而是在观看、触摸之间进入具体的生活场景。

The new ZENSLAB store in Penang, Malaysia, has officially opened and welcomed its first visitors on the opening day. The space is reactivated through the presence of real foot traffic, and wood is no longer confined to static display, but enters tangible everyday scenes through viewing and touch.

不同的人以各自的方式进入空间：有人在大板前停留，有人围坐交流，也有人在楼梯与动线之间缓慢穿行。光线、声音与人流共同构成了一个正在发生的现场，使空间的边界变得柔和而开放。

Different people enter the space in their own ways: some pause in front of the solid wood slabs, some gather for conversation, while others move slowly along the stairs and circulation paths. Light, sound, and human flow together form a live, unfolding scene, softening and opening the boundaries of the space.

ZENSLAB马来西亚槟城店的开启，象征着一种新的关系开始发生。从木材的选择，到空间的构建，再到生活方式的呈现，这一切最终都指向一个更简单的愿望：让木头重新回到人的日常之中。槟城的开放性与多元性，使它天然适合承载人与空间之间的关系发生，在这里，设计师、使用者，以及对木头感兴趣的人，都可以以自己的方式进入、停留，并重新理解材料与生活的距离。因此，这里并不只是一个门店，而更像一个持续开放的空间现场，等待被进入，也等待被重新体验。

The opening of the ZENSLAB Penang store marks the beginning of a new kind of relationship. From the selection of timber, to the construction of the space, and the expression of a way of life, everything ultimately points to a simple intention: to bring wood back into everyday life.Penang’s openness and diversity make it a place naturally suited for relationships between people and space to unfold. Here, designers, users, and those who are simply drawn to wood can each enter, linger, and rediscover the distance between material and life in their own way.As such, this is not merely a furniture store, but more like a continuously open spatial field—waiting to be entered, and to be experienced again.