korean furniture designer choi joon woo reveals a steel edition of his previous design collection giwa. his previous works were expressed through arch-shaped steel frames, reinterpreting the image of giwa (traditional korean tiles) that were melded with some parts of the past and present furniture. through this edition the designer wanted to embody mixed images of giwa of korea’s traditional architecture in terms of forms, time and space into physical properties by contrasting heaviness with lightness, thickness with thinness, symmetry with asymmetry, and roughness with softness.
all images courtesy of choi joon woo
giwa eclipse lighting
giwa eclipse lighting by choi joon woo is expressive of the scenery of a solar eclipse over giwa roof tiles. as the moon gets between earth and the sun casting different shadows over earth with time, the designer wanted people to experience similar feelings of the temperature and intensity change of lighting by manually adjusting the distance between the plate and the light. its post and giwa-reminding c-shaped frame combined with the lighting shadow when viewed from the front displays the image of a traditional korean candlestick.
giwa eclipse lighting
the shading and intensity of lighting can be changed by manually adjusting the distance between the plate and the light
giwa eclipse lighting’s detail
giwa steel tea table
reinterpretation of the mixed images of giwa from the morphology, time, and space point of view
giwa eclipse lighting & tea table
giwa nightstand lamp
giwa nightstand lamp’s detail
giwa side table & nightstand lamp
giwa side table
giwa side table’s detail
project info:
name: giwa series_steel edition
designer: choi joon woo
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edited by: yasmina karam | designboom
