during seoul design festival 09 a number of emerging korean furniture designers exhibited
their work at the COEX conference centre, including park su jin, lee sam woong
and hwang hung shin.


d-construction2, hwang hung shin
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buildings have life cycles which can last anywhere from a few years to several decades
or longer. hwang hung shin's 'd-construction2' furniture focuses on utilizing the
industrial waste which is a result of demolishing or deconstructing a building. here,
he recycles the demolished concrete and shift its value by reusing it to create furniture.


d-construction2, hwang hung shin
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chair and table from 'illusion' series, park su jin
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park su jin's 'illusion' series represents furniture within the nonexistent space of a mirror.
parts are 'mirrored' through a frame, developing an extension of the furniture pieces -
a kind of 'real' illusory reflection.


detail of the furniture reflections through the 'mirrors'
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stick series, lee sam woong
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lee sam woong's stick series derives its name from the materials and construction of the pieces.
a collection of seating designs are built up from small pieces of wood - 'sticks'- which are
arranged in such a way to create volume and presence.