jeongmin yu texturizes emotions with mishmash stool

as part of his final graduate project at hongik university, furniture designer jeongmin yu has crafted a seating collection titled the mishmash stool. the outcome is a set of objects with repetitive patterns and textures made out of common materials.

the mishmash stool collection has been created as part of jeongmin yu’s final year project at hongkik university

the hongik university final project is a reflection of jeongmin yu’s personal emotions, especially unfinished ones experienced during his youth. from anger, embarrassment, fright, highs and lows, these emotions are repetitive and disordered — moving around irregularly like a stirred ant’s nest. therefore, he has extracted those momentary mishmashed feelings and incorporated them in each stool through elements of repetition and rhythm. 

the resulting textures reflect the designer’s personal emotions which are repetitive, disordered and ‘mishmashed’  

the work began from small and basic cylindrical shapes of stools, giving each one a distinct texture to maximize the emotions reflected on each design. therefore, with a diversity of patterns, viewers can experience a wide range of emotional impressions. finally, the resulting organic textures imprinted unto each stool are created by repeatedly squeezing and hardening hot-melt, a commonly used material. 

different textures and colors express the different feelings, along with their intensities 

detail view showing the crafting of hot-melt, a commonly used material

project info: 

title: mishmash stool
material: hotmelt, plastic
dimension: 350 x350 x 430 mm, 350 x350 x 650 mm 

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edited by: lea zeitoun | designboom