jung-hoon lee's latest furniture series is a nod to ancient korean architecture

giwa sideboard (2021): red oak, 1622 x 530 x 414 mm | image © powerstudio

jung-hoon lee focused his study of the ‘heritage series’ on ‘giwa’ – the symbolic roof tiles of the hanok, made of soil or cement. that said, the purpose behind the designer‘s collection was to capture the formative charm found in various types of giwa, but also the beauty of the structure that supports the roof and the subtilely elegant curves of the hanok architecture.

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a collection inspired by ‘glocalism’

lee’s purpose for this collection falls under a bigger umbrella: the emergence of ‘glocalism’. through this movement, a new desire is born – that of rediscovering local culture and further seeking new aesthetic formability and functions applicable to modern life as we know it worldwide. 

therefore, this collection emphasizes a new formative beauty associated with furniture design and celebrates the value of tradition by ‘redesigning korea’s unique culture and aesthetic consciousness to suit modern global design trends’, explains lee. 

round table (2021): red oak, walnut, stainless steel, corrosion, 800 x 700 x 724 mm | image © powerstudio

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giwa shelf (2021): red oak, 970 x 250 x 164 mm | image © powerstudio

layer tables (2021): walnut, stainless steel, 1000 x 294 x 710 mm / 1000 x 294 x 450 mm | image © powerstudio

giwa chair (2021): red oak, 460 x 520 x 1000 mm | image © powerstudio

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project info:

 

name: [heritage] series
designer: jung-hoon lee

year: 2021

photography: powerstudio, 516studio 

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edited by: lea zeitoun | designboom