We caught up with the maker of the famous Wavy Lamp and Wooj Design founder Sean Kim to discover the modern design he's loving lately.

Sean Kim is the founder and designer behind Wooj Design ? the home goods company that believes good design shouldn?t be synonymous with high cost and exploitative labor. Their modern home goods are ethically made using a combination of robotic and craft manufacturing methods, allowing the brand to create its products at a manageable scale and stay mindful of their 5-person team. Wooj Design?s best-seller, the Wavy Lamp, has been one of their most talked about releases to date, garnering hordes of design-loving devotees ? all understandably obsessed with the Wavy Lamp?s wiggly 3D-printed shape and the warm, ambient light it brings to a room. Founder of Wooj Design, Sean Kim
Design wasn?t always on Kim?s radar though. Originally a student of psychology then a software engineer, Sean actually blames burnout for his early experiments as a maker. Looking to break up with the barrage of screens that punctuated his time as a programmer, Sean dedicated his spare time to building tangible objects like furniture and home goods. It wasn?t long before he caught the design bug and pursued design full time, marrying his engineering experience with his passion for designing handheld objects through tech-driven manufacturing methods like 3D printing. Sean went on to start Wooj Design while working towards his graduate degree in design, using his te...