All objects featured in the exhibition ≪Trans-Furniture (What Happened to the Furniture)≫ are symbolic pieces that testify to the relationship between the "original furniture" that once filled the home of architect saasaakunkun and the "reconfigured objects" newly designed based upon them.
The Power of Furniture to Turn Any Place into Home
For saasaakunkun, a wardrobe is more than a storage unit; it is the first point that maps out a space. He recalls the kitschy molding decorations on the large wardrobe in his parents' bedroom during his childhood. As long as those decorations were in sight, he felt at ease even under an unfamiliar ceiling. Having moved seven times, he realized that what truly protects him is not the physical space itself, but the massive objects that always joined him on the moving truck.
Choosing a Raw Touch Over Sleek Efficiency
When he moved into a new home, the architect found the large pine plywood wardrobe in the hallway somewhat estranging, standing there like the expressionless face of an "industrial product." It was a sleek silence hidden behind the names of efficiency and economy. He decided to create a small crack in that silence. He sketched rough outlines with tape, picked up a carving knife, and began to etch raw yet honest lines into the hard wooden panels.
Wardrobe, acrylic paint on pine plywood, W3200 x D575 x H2240mm, 2024 (Original from home)
Where Italian Stars and Arches Settle I
n the fall of 2024, a trip to Italy gifted these wandering lines with specific "scenes." The intertwined branches from Da Vinci's ceiling frescoes, the iron bands tightly reinforcing the pillars of Bologna's cathedrals, and the silhouettes of towers viewed from breathtaking heights—these fleeting afterimages from his travels passed through the architect's eyes and settled onto the furniture's surface. These are not mere artificial decorations; they are the result of translating the sensations gained from interacting with the world into a language of memory.
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How Wood and Metal Embrace Each Other
To bring furniture that felt like a private diary onto the public stage of an exhibition, saasaakunkun contemplated the logic of "interlocking" as a designer. He sought the precise point where heterogeneous materials—wood and metal—could meet without conflict, structurally and decoratively. Through this painstaking process on the blueprints, his intimate memories took on a solid form capable of communicating with others. By adding small hooks for bags and keys, the heavy wooden mass finally becomes a life companion with a gentle "utility."
Artist’s Note
“I have never stayed in one place for very long. I have moved about seven times so far, and at some point, I realized that it is not so much the houses or the neighborhoods that form my image of home. It is the bedroom wardrobe that traveled with me each time, and other things like that.”
배송안내
배송 지역 | 대한민국 전지역
배송비 | 무료배송 (*도서산간 지역은 추가 배송비가 발생할 수 있음)
배송기간 | 주말 공휴일 제외 2~5일
- 모든 배송은 택배사 사정으로 지연될 수 있습니다.
교환 및 반품 안내
- 고객 변심으로 인한 교환/반품은 상품 수령 후 7일 이내 가능합니다.
- 고객 귀책 사유로 인한 반품의 경우 왕복 택배비는 고객 부담입니다.
- 반품접수 기한이 지난 경우, 제품 및 패키지 훼손, 사용 흔적이 있는 제품은 교환/반품이 불가합니다.
반품/교환 불가 사유
1. 소비자의 잘못으로 물건이 멸실되거나 훼손된 경우(단, 내용물을 확인하기 위해 포장을 훼손한 경우는 제외)
2. 소비자가 사용해서 물건의 가치가 뚜렷하게 떨어진 경우
3. 시간이 지나 다시 판매하기 곤란할 정도로 물건의 가치가 뚜렷하게 떨어진 경우
4. 복제가 가능한 물건의 포장을 훼손한 경우 (CD, DVD, GAME, 도서 등)
5. 용역 또는 문화산업진흥 기본법 제2조제5호의 디지털콘텐츠의 제공이 게시된 경우 (단, 가분적 용역 또는 가분적 디지털콘텐츠로 구성된 계약의 경우 제공이 개시되지 않은 부분은 제외)
6. 소비자의 주문에 따라 개별적으로 생산되는 상품이 제작에 들어간 경우
All objects featured in the exhibition ≪Trans-Furniture (What Happened to the Furniture)≫ are symbolic pieces that testify to the relationship between the "original furniture" that once filled the home of architect saasaakunkun and the "reconfigured objects" newly designed based upon them.
The Power of Furniture to Turn Any Place into Home
For saasaakunkun, a wardrobe is more than a storage unit; it is the first point that maps out a space. He recalls the kitschy molding decorations on the large wardrobe in his parents' bedroom during his childhood. As long as those decorations were in sight, he felt at ease even under an unfamiliar ceiling. Having moved seven times, he realized that what truly protects him is not the physical space itself, but the massive objects that always joined him on the moving truck.
Choosing a Raw Touch Over Sleek Efficiency
When he moved into a new home, the architect found the large pine plywood wardrobe in the hallway somewhat estranging, standing there like the expressionless face of an "industrial product." It was a sleek silence hidden behind the names of efficiency and economy. He decided to create a small crack in that silence. He sketched rough outlines with tape, picked up a carving knife, and began to etch raw yet honest lines into the hard wooden panels.
Wardrobe, acrylic paint on pine plywood, W3200 x D575 x H2240mm, 2024 (Original from home)
Where Italian Stars and Arches Settle I
n the fall of 2024, a trip to Italy gifted these wandering lines with specific "scenes." The intertwined branches from Da Vinci's ceiling frescoes, the iron bands tightly reinforcing the pillars of Bologna's cathedrals, and the silhouettes of towers viewed from breathtaking heights—these fleeting afterimages from his travels passed through the architect's eyes and settled onto the furniture's surface. These are not mere artificial decorations; they are the result of translating the sensations gained from interacting with the world into a language of memory.
| |
How Wood and Metal Embrace Each Other
To bring furniture that felt like a private diary onto the public stage of an exhibition, saasaakunkun contemplated the logic of "interlocking" as a designer. He sought the precise point where heterogeneous materials—wood and metal—could meet without conflict, structurally and decoratively. Through this painstaking process on the blueprints, his intimate memories took on a solid form capable of communicating with others. By adding small hooks for bags and keys, the heavy wooden mass finally becomes a life companion with a gentle "utility."
Artist’s Note
“I have never stayed in one place for very long. I have moved about seven times so far, and at some point, I realized that it is not so much the houses or the neighborhoods that form my image of home. It is the bedroom wardrobe that traveled with me each time, and other things like that.”
배송안내
배송 지역 | 대한민국 전지역
배송비 | 무료배송 (*도서산간 지역은 추가 배송비가 발생할 수 있음)
배송기간 | 주말 공휴일 제외 2~5일
- 모든 배송은 택배사 사정으로 지연될 수 있습니다.
교환 및 반품 안내
- 고객 변심으로 인한 교환/반품은 상품 수령 후 7일 이내 가능합니다.
- 고객 귀책 사유로 인한 반품의 경우 왕복 택배비는 고객 부담입니다.
- 반품접수 기한이 지난 경우, 제품 및 패키지 훼손, 사용 흔적이 있는 제품은 교환/반품이 불가합니다.
반품/교환 불가 사유
1. 소비자의 잘못으로 물건이 멸실되거나 훼손된 경우(단, 내용물을 확인하기 위해 포장을 훼손한 경우는 제외)
2. 소비자가 사용해서 물건의 가치가 뚜렷하게 떨어진 경우
3. 시간이 지나 다시 판매하기 곤란할 정도로 물건의 가치가 뚜렷하게 떨어진 경우
4. 복제가 가능한 물건의 포장을 훼손한 경우 (CD, DVD, GAME, 도서 등)
5. 용역 또는 문화산업진흥 기본법 제2조제5호의 디지털콘텐츠의 제공이 게시된 경우 (단, 가분적 용역 또는 가분적 디지털콘텐츠로 구성된 계약의 경우 제공이 개시되지 않은 부분은 제외)
6. 소비자의 주문에 따라 개별적으로 생산되는 상품이 제작에 들어간 경우
