WantedDesign 2019 Launch Pad Furniture Winner: Seonhee Sunny Kim
Launch Pad furniture design winner Seonhee Sunny Kim talks to us about her work, winning this year's Launch Pad and what's next.
We were proud to again be a sponsor and lead the jury for WantedDesign?s 2019 Launch Pad alongside EQ3, which was another year filled with incredible designs from designers from around the globe. The 2019 Launch Pad jury included Karen Hong, Buyer for Design Within Reach, Giulio Cappellini, Art Director, Marva Griffin Wilshire, Curator and International Press Director of Salone Satellite, Enri Tielmann, VP of Product Development of EQ3, and Shant Madjarian, Founder & Creative Director of Juniper.
Furniture design winner Seonhee Sunny Kim talks to Design Milk about her work, winning this year’s Launch Pad and what’s next:
How did you get started stretching fabric over forms" How do you come up with what the forms will look like underneath"
Anti-gravity yoga is one of my favorite hobbies. It is always impressive to me that how one sheet of the thin fabric holds a human?s body like hugging gesture. It makes me feel comfortable but also nervous at the same time. At first, I just wanted to share the novel experiences with the daily object. I started with covering various types of chairs with the hammock fabric. It was interesting to see that some part was revealed and the other part was hidden depending on the tension of the fabric. Later, I found the forms through the process of covering small mock-ups with fabric a...
We were proud to again be a sponsor and lead the jury for WantedDesign?s 2019 Launch Pad alongside EQ3, which was another year filled with incredible designs from designers from around the globe. The 2019 Launch Pad jury included Karen Hong, Buyer for Design Within Reach, Giulio Cappellini, Art Director, Marva Griffin Wilshire, Curator and International Press Director of Salone Satellite, Enri Tielmann, VP of Product Development of EQ3, and Shant Madjarian, Founder & Creative Director of Juniper.
Furniture design winner Seonhee Sunny Kim talks to Design Milk about her work, winning this year’s Launch Pad and what’s next:
How did you get started stretching fabric over forms" How do you come up with what the forms will look like underneath"
Anti-gravity yoga is one of my favorite hobbies. It is always impressive to me that how one sheet of the thin fabric holds a human?s body like hugging gesture. It makes me feel comfortable but also nervous at the same time. At first, I just wanted to share the novel experiences with the daily object. I started with covering various types of chairs with the hammock fabric. It was interesting to see that some part was revealed and the other part was hidden depending on the tension of the fabric. Later, I found the forms through the process of covering small mock-ups with fabric a...
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