The
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Korean Artist and Designer Rahee Yoon Creates Chromatic Journeys in Acrylic
Rahee Yoon reinterprets industrial materials through a craft ethos to create geometric yet emotive forms
Bshop Unveils an Unassuming Sanctuary in Seoul’s Hannam-dong
The new flagship brings the immersive Japanese retail format to a fast-paced Seoul shopping destination, using timeless materials to create a calm, curated experience
Korean Studio Niceworkshop Takes Inspiration from Construction Sites
Korean designers Hyunseog Oh and Sangmyeong Yoo of Niceworkshop experiment with construction and building waste to create new forms.
The City: Seoul, South Korea
A design-led tour of one destination, selected by our global contributors and team. In this first edition, we visit the South Korean capital of Seoul, notebook in hand
A Work of Substance Designs House of Shinsegae in Seoul
Designed by A Work of Substance, retail concept House of Shinsegae belies its bustling urban surrounds
Seoul-based Niceworkshop and Format Reimagine Industrial Waste as Modular Furniture
Korean studio Niceworkshop and upcycling brand Format repurpose aluminium formwork to create a starkly modern furniture collection
A Seoul City Apartment that Evokes Nature
Studio HJRK designed this Seoul apartment to combine openness and privacy while echoing the owners’ love of nature, art and design
Teo Yang Redesigns a Hanok for Blue Bottle Studio
American giant Blue Bottle Coffee continues its international expansion with the opening of Korea’s first Blue Bottle Studio in Seoul, designed by Teo Yang Studio
Define Seoul Returns for a Second Outing
Five-day Korean design event Define Seoul sits alongside its well-established art fair counterparts, adding a new dimension to the nation’s ever-increasing cultural capital
A Korean Furniture Brand Made by Her
Korean brand Dozamm’s female artisans hand-make furniture using traditional joinery methods
A New Generation of Cabin Interiors Takes Flight at Korean Air
Korean Air‘s new cabin interiors reflect a modern, forward-looking airline that focuses on creating spaces with both material and aesthetic longevity
NoLo! Opens in Seoul Celebrating Drinking Without Alcohol
The global appetite for no- and low-alcohol beverages is manifesting in physical spaces such as new bar NoLo!
The Gallery House
In Seoul, multi-unit residential project Brighten N40 makes its home in a Jean-Michel Wilmotte-designed building with interiors by local studio INTG. Here INTG founders Daniel Song and Kate Cho tell us more about the Gallery House concept they developed for the units
Manlijhwa Fuses Korean Tradition with Modernity
In Seoul’s downtown Jongno-gu, Teo Yang Studio has realised an elegant, contemporary restaurant that pays tribute to Korean architectural vernacular
A Modern Hanok Hotel in the Heart of Seoul
Tucked away in Seoul’s Bukchon Hanok Village, this hanok hotel realised by local design firm Kilyeon reinvents the traditional hanok home for the modern traveller
Around the Bonsai
Studio Eccentric designed this serene, layered family home in Seoul’s Cheongdam neighbourhood around a central bonsai tree. Here studio founder and creative director Seuk Hoon Kim tells us more about the project
Open to All: Aesop Seochon
Designed by architecture firm Samuso Hyojadong, Aesop Seochon is modelled on the traditional open-sided pavilion and invites people, nature and the elements in
The Woven World of Dahye Jeong
We get to know South Korean weaver Dahye Jeong, the winner of this year’s Loewe Foundation Craft Prize known for her delicate horsehair creations
MyoungAe Lee and Minjae Kim Exhibit Together
A collaborative showcase at New York’s Matter Projects explores the formal and familial ties between South Korean painter MyoungAe Lee and artist-designer Minjae Kim, who happen to be mother and son
A Sculptural Graphic Novel Library in Itaewon
Designed by OONN and U.LAB, new Seoul bookstore Graphic — dedicated to graphic novels, comic books and art and design books — takes its shape from the well-worn pages of an old book