SisanLee (b. 1995) Korea is a designer/artist based in Seoul. He majored in spatial design and works mainly on interior design, furniture and sculptures. He became interested in nature while attending a university surrounded by mountains and rivers and 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
Megalith
Earth Pieces
X Chair
PROJECTS
RIMOWA Event in Seoul
RIMOWA ‘As seen by’
RAINS in Seoungsu
RAINS in Timesquare Seoul
OMAR AFRIDI ‘Primitive Tech’
OMAR AFRIDI Exclusive Hanger
YOUTH Store in Seoungsu
OBSCURA Store in Dosan
OBSCURA Pop up Store
OBSCURA Store in Seoungsu
PRESS
INFORMATION
Neo-Primitive_RIMOWA
Grooved Aluminum Sheet, Aluminum Branches
Grooved Aluminum Sheet, Aluminum Branches
W 41 × D 52 × H 164 (cm)
2022
The aluminum sheet, which is used as the outer surface of the suit case of Rimowa, is a modern material which implies the history of Rimowa. These were used on the back and the seat of the chair, and the structures supporting them were made of branches, which contrary to artificiality.
The branches were discovered and collected by Lee in the nature, and made of aluminum through the sand casting method. The aluminum branch preserves its natural form and texture, retains nature’s temporality, and exists as a material with eternity (that does not change over time).
Aluminum branches lean against each other to support the structure, and are combined with aluminum sheets and bolts. The two components with the same material, which are the opposite of the production method and shape, harmonize with a mysterious atmosphere.
As the name Neo Primitive, the chair implies the history of Rimowa and the temporality of nature, demonstrating the harmony of primitiveness and modernity, and the coexistence of nature and artifacts.
The branches were discovered and collected by Lee in the nature, and made of aluminum through the sand casting method. The aluminum branch preserves its natural form and texture, retains nature’s temporality, and exists as a material with eternity (that does not change over time).
Aluminum branches lean against each other to support the structure, and are combined with aluminum sheets and bolts. The two components with the same material, which are the opposite of the production method and shape, harmonize with a mysterious atmosphere.
As the name Neo Primitive, the chair implies the history of Rimowa and the temporality of nature, demonstrating the harmony of primitiveness and modernity, and the coexistence of nature and artifacts.