ddp design fair

S2VICTOR x TAMKEN

S2VICTOR

A Joyful Process

We dream of happiness and hope to find happiness. The design process with TAMKEN was really fun. We are still thinking about our future, whether to work on clients’ projects or live as an artist to tell our own story. Even though the collaboration with TAMKEN — especially the process of creating the mock up — was intense, we’ve learn a lot.

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TAMKEN

TAKE MAKE ENJOY

TAMKEN will proceed with its own design along with various exhibitions, multi-brand stores and market research to develop design furniture differentiated from others, and is making efforts to showcase distinct products through collaborations like the DDP Design Fair. We strive to create products that are differentiated from existing industrial products with a story expressed in morphological language.

Isy Design Studio x Plantree

Isy Design Studio

A Process of Finding Novelty through Design Thinking

We dream of designing lives, everyday lives and ourselves in a world where design is not special but a part of our daily lives, and design thinking becomes our daily routine. These days, we realize the importance of things we took for granted. The small gratitude for breathing, living and romping around freely despite the risks associated with disease and pollution makes our lives more precious and valuable. We took one step at a time. We like the fresh feeling of new proportions, forms designed to express the functions and the new functions supported by the technology. Our products start to resemble us before we know it. We yearn and crave for new designs, and we want to go on a journey to find novelty.

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Plantree

Furniture with Its Own Identity Loved by Many People

While I was studying design, I learned how to make furniture by chance. I was fascinated by furniture making because I could turn my idea into a piece of furniture, which led me to start a business right after graduation. There are numerous furniture brands in Korea, but it is very rare to find brands with their own personality. Even though the reality is harsh, I hope to create and nurture a brand with my own identity and make beautiful furniture more accessible to more customers at a reasonable price, rather than focusing on creating unique artworks. Currently, I am making a lot of furniture myself but when we scale up our business, I would like to have a well-organized production system and focus on developing new products or conducting research on furniture.

Doyoung Choi x Lunico

Doyoung Choi

Crossing Boundaries between Industry and Craft

I am working as a designer at Workshop H, which not only specializes in artistic projects but also design consulting and collaboration with companies in various fields. I am also working on my personal projects by designing and making furniture myself. I want to keep creating artworks that embody practical and modest beauty based on a life of constantly making valuable and beautiful objects and a sincere attitude toward life, without lies or exaggeration, by crossing boundaries between designer and artist; and industry and craft.

Seona Im x Soleno

Seona Im

A Time for Discovering the Values of Everyday Life

I’m trying to take my own path slowly but steadily. I also want have a positive influence on others.

To have a positive influence on others, I need to be a well-rounded, relaxed and insightful person. These days, I am spending time rediscovering the value of my daily life in a situation where things I took for granted are no longer guaranteed. Due to the constraints on outdoor activities, I have come to realize the value of taking care of myself as I tried to focus on myself by perceiving time, space, smell and sound in a totally different way, and I will continue to seek ways of treating myself better. I have always liked paper, and I love the moment when colors, letters and shapes meet paper. I have always wanted learn and study more and keep telling stories on paper. I am currently working as an educator, researcher and graphic designer.

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Soleno

Audience Seats with a Distinct Design

We are a company that develops, manufactures and installs audience seats in concert halls, auditoriums and multiplex cinemas, and the unique design of audience seats is considered as one of our core competencies. Therefore, we develop the design of audience seats with a competitive edge in collaboration with local and global furniture designers rather than relying on designs developed by in-house staff. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world earlier this year, we have witnessed a significant decrease in sales resulting from irregular operations and economic losses of movie theaters and concert halls, which are our target market.

However, we are launching and marketing the smart seating system (seat control system + indoor air quality management system) we have been developing for several years earlier than the schedule to overcome the current situation for survival and prepare for the post-COVID era. In addition, we are targeting domestic and foreign markets by developing a design for a new audience seat called Soleno Flex with a feature for enhanced privacy in the audience space.