Soft landing, 2023, OTV
A speculative design project consists of a structure and a timeline. This work offers a vision of Korea’s future society inspired by historical research on migration deeply rooted in Korean culture.
According to projections by Statistics Korea, The number of migrants in South Korea in the 2040s will be 3.23 million, or 6.4 percent of the total population.
But as the migrant community swells, how significant are their stories, often trivialized, likened to ephemera like popcorn? What does ‘shelter’ really mean for those in search of grounded
belonging, and where should they land?
Installation, mixed media (Pine, Plywood, Acrylic, Stainless, Fabric, etc.)
2000 ✕ 1000 ✕ 3000 mm
Role: Concept and Design for Installation, Metal and Fabric Fabrication
Commissioned by Hyundai Motors Company, exhibited at Hyundai Motor Studio, Busan, South Korea, 2023.
We are resting, 2022, Jayul Design Lab
“We Are Resting” is a public art project in the form of a billboard, inspired by the contemporary artist Yiso Bahc’s work “We are happy(2004)”, in which he challenged our society to compete for happiness.
The work asks the question, “Are we really resting?” in a society where even ‘rest’ is competitively acquired.
Installation, mixed media(Pine, OSB, MDF, Acrylic Paint, etc.)
3000 ✕ 4000 ✕ 16000 (mm)
Participated as Jayul Design Lab
Role: Concept, Drafting, Fabrication
Winner of Seoul Public Art Competition, Exhibited at Nodeul Island, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
Ping Pong with Louis, 2022, OTV
A scenic design, based on Kim Cho-yeop’s science fiction “Spectrum”. We set up the laboratory of a protagonist ‘Heejin’ in SF. ‘Heejin’ is a biologist and the first human being to have with an alien species. ‘He’ came into contact with an alien life form known as ‘Louis’, who spoke in a ‘colour language’ completely different from the human language system. When Heejin returned to Earth, she spent the rest of her life deciphering the
language of colour.
Installation, mixed media(Plywood, Tyvek, Metal, CD Player, etc.)
Table 1250 ✕ 750 ✕ 740(mm), Luggage 358 ✕ 294 ✕ 100(mm)
Participated as Open to Variables(Seo Young Lee, Sung Won Park)
Role: Concept, Research, Fabrication
Exhibited at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
Monocarpic, 2022
‘Monocarpic’ is an exhibition exploring the realm beyond physicality through a shift away from the functionalist constraints of design. The exhibition curated by this question. Is it possible to design without physicality in mind?
Historically modern design and the human body have been inextricably linked. From Henry Dreyfus’s The Measure of Man: Human Factors in Design and Le Corbusier’s Le Modulor to deconstructive work and contemporary universal design, design and physicality have been inextricably linked and considered a priority.
Curation
Exhibition supported by wrmspace(operated by PLATFORM P)
Exhibited at wrmspace, Seoul, South Korea, 2022
