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 Store in 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
Proportions of Stone_Low Table
Stainless Steel / Natural Stone
Stainless Steel / Natural Stone
W 96 × D 96 × H 35 (cm)
2020
‹Proportions of stone› is a modeling experiment on the fundamentality of stone cast away by natural phenomena. Consisting of tables, chairs, and other functional furniture pieces, the dimensions of each piece were determined by the stones borrowed from nature.
The shapes and functions of the designs were only formed after. Stones mounted on manufactured steel plates play both structural and aesthetic roles. These juxtaposed mediums are opposite, yet balanced - fulfilling the artist's desire to “balance the relationship between nature and artifact.”
The shapes and functions of the designs were only formed after. Stones mounted on manufactured steel plates play both structural and aesthetic roles. These juxtaposed mediums are opposite, yet balanced - fulfilling the artist's desire to “balance the relationship between nature and artifact.”