Sisan Lee (b. 1995) Korea is a designer/Artist based in Seoul. He majored in spatial design and works mainly on interior design and furniture, products, and sculptures. He became interested in nature while attending a university surrounded by mountains and rivers, and majoring in spatial design, he was attracted to the uniqueness of stones, that contrasts to artifacts which were made by standardized processes. He finds a point of contact in the confrontational relationship between nature and artificiality, primitivity and modernity, and incorporates it into his work. He crosses nature and cities and collects raw materials such as stones, trees, and metals around him over a long period of time. The physical properties of the collected materials are identified and used as they are to produce them in a way that allows the purity to be preserved without being destroyed. The results produced through this method have a unique individual uniqueness, distanced from objects created through the design process of the traditional industry.
WORKS
Proportions of Stone
Stone Pagoda
Neo Primitive
Earth Pieces
X Chair
PROJECTS
RAINS in Seoul
RIMOWA in Seoul
OBSCURA Pop up store
OMAR AFRIDI ‘Primitive Tech’
RIMOWA ‘As seen by’
OBSCURA store in Dosan
Installation for GYUBAN
OBSCURA store in Seoungsu
PRESS
INFORMATION
Neo-Primitive_Bench01
Aluminum Branches
Aluminum Branches
W 200 × D 70 × H 145 (cm)
2024
It consists of a bench, chairs and lighting that are creatively carved using natural elements such as branches, twigs and a tree trunk. The elements are sand-casted into aluminum versions, while preserving their shapes.
The results have traces of wood in nature as itself, but are made of aluminum, which gives a paradoxical and mysterious atmosphere. This result shows an ambiguous relationship between primality and modernity, and the boundary between nature and artifacts.