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Welcome to Take Your Seat, Beijing!
Look for the director’s chair in every photograph: In Take Your Seat, Beijing, your ability to direct your choices of where to go, what to see, and how to become part of this incredible city is enhanced by the people, places, and human stories that make Beijing yours to discover…
Through this emotive collection of photographs and narratives both iconic and intimate, our chair now artfully shares The Peninsula Perspective on Beijing. Let the journey of a chair inspire you to direct your own!
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(Click on any photograph to enter full-screen viewing mode)
Exhibition in beijing
To see the rest of our Take Your Seat, Beijing series, and to read the stories accompanying each photograph, request a copy of the book from The Peninsula Beijing.
And join us in Beijing to see the exhibition in person!
The Peninsula Beijing
3rd Floor Gallery and throughout the property
May 30 through August 31, 2025
behind-the-scenes
We post all our favourite behind-the-scenes moments to our Instagram. Follow us here.
Check our Stories Highlights for more video clips of our Beijing expedition!
Take Your Seat, Beijing stands out as a true partnership. Every photograph is the result of an authentic and collaborative engagement with The Peninsula Beijing. We hope you feel as inspired and as welcome as we did in creating it.
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We extend a special thank you to the people of Beijing.
Take Your Seat is led by Randy and Spencer VanDerStarren.
Together, this father-and-son team has given a chair a voice; one that speaks a universal language of unity, responsibility, and individual power that is being shared with audiences around the world.
Take Your Seat and their director's chair have had the privilege of being hosted in 41 countries and counting. We extend a heartfelt thank you for being part of our chair's ongoing journey! Contact us here.
