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Louver Chair Aluminum, Acrylic, Tempered glass 480 x 460 x 840 mm

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Louver series began with an idea of utilizing existing industrial material with a different perspective, and those were an aluminum louver and an aluminum extrusion frame. We focused on their raw aesthetics, features, and refined their roughness while taking advantage of the industrial medium.

A louver is the architectural element. It is each a set of angled slats or flat strips fixed or hung at regular intervals to allow air or light to pass through. This element can be found on buildings, engineering equipment, or the vehicles around us.

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Louver Table Aluminum, Acrylic, Tempered glass 700 x 550 x 700 mm

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Louver Stool Aluminum, Acrylic, Tempered glass 670 x 500 x 390 mm

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Louver Bench Aluminum, Acrylic, Tempered glass 1250 x 500 x 390 mm

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Louver Cabinet Aluminum, Acrylic, Tempered glass 860 x 502 x 850 mm

We selected the aluminum louver as the main theme of the project because it is manufactured in various sizes and shapes through existing molds, and it can be easily modified. We manipulated the beauty of repeating horizontal lines, which became a character of the furniture series.

The basic structure of the furniture is built with an aluminum extrusion frame system that allows versatility. The aluminum frame can be extruded through various molds and trimmed to the desired length. Furthermore, the frame does not need to be welded and can be assembled in an array of ways through the use of various hardware. Aluminum frame has been used to support or build industrial equipment and we have found it to be solid enough to build furniture. We emphasized the clean straight lines and reduced its roughness through the minimum exposure of hardware for the furniture series.

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On top of the structure, surfaces are filled with three different elements: louver, tempered glass, and translucent acrylic. Louver visually blocks the plane as it connects the space, while tempered glass visually connects the space as it blocks the plane. Lastly, translucent acrylic with a logo has characteristics between the two. These elements with contrastive aesthetics are working together with their own characteristic in each piece.

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Louver Shelf Aluminum, Acrylic, Tempered glass 1600 x 500 x 1850 mm

Louver series consists of eight types of furniture: cabinet, shelf, desk, table, low table, chair, stool, and bench. Each furniture’s size and structure can be designed to the meet the specificities of a user’s demands because of the flexibility found within the industrial material. Moreover, we believe the project has the ability to surpass the eight types of furniture in this series by applying the same logic to numerous types of products.

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1/plinth studio is an industrial design studio based in Seoul, founded in 2017 by Woojin Park and Donghyun Sohn. We create things based on industrial design. 1/plinth stands for ‘one on the plinth’ and one indicates our work in every category. It represents our ideal which is to create products worth being on the plinth in order to break down boundaries between the industrial product and art.

1/plinth studio

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Peacock 110 x 40 x 142.5 cm

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Gold Peacock 123 x 42 x 76 cm

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White cranes 105 x 40 x 130 cm

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White cranes 98 x 48 x 70 cm

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Festival 108 x 40 x 144 cm

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Double sideded room divider

Designer Jian discovered the hidden allure and modernity within traditional Korean crafts, and is an artist who unravels and re-envisions the charm and sophistication in unprecedented ways.

Arijian is an artisanal craft brand inspired by tradition to always light the way. Based on traditional Korean crafts, Arijian re-imagines natural materials such as wood lacquer, mother-of-pearl, and pure gold in unique and vibrant ways to produce emotional designs that generate and emanate light.

Arijian, which means to engrave the beauty of Korean crafts and the inherent brilliance of nature into our everyday lives, maximizes the essential properties (texture, color, touch, and etc.) of various materials and extracts the story and design to create harmonious products which are the perfect balance between skill (工) and artistry (藝).

arijian

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BeReady F-103, 2016 Ash, 20 x 21 x 32 Inches

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BeReady F-107, 2016 Ash, 20 x 21 x 32 Inches

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BeReady F-108, 2016 Ash, 20 x 21 x 32 Inches

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BeReady F-106, 2016 Ash, 20 x 21 x 32 Inches

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BeReady F-105, 2015 Ash, 20 x 21 x 32 Inches

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BeReady F-102, 2014 Ash, 19 x 27 32 Inches

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whiteplate, 2015 Mahogany, 9 x 9 x 8 Inches

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goldenplate, 2015 Satin Wood, Gold Leaf 12 x 12 x 6 Inches

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airplate, 2013 Walnut, 7 x 7 x 6 Inches

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Space Pop, 2009 Mahogany, Gold Leaf, LED 20 x 20 x 80 Inches

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Coral, 2008 Zebra Wood, Plywood, Gold Leaf 18 x 18 x 20 Inches

Taeyoul Ryu is a furniture designer with a BFA in Sculpture from the Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea and an MFA in Woodworking and Furniture Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. He has worked extensively in the Wendell Castle Studio in Scottsville, N.Y., and has exhibited throughout Korea and the northeastern United States.

The artis, known for his fanciful pieces, observes, "I believe that furniture is one of humankind's best friends because furniture which is very close to humans gives contact, convenience, and beauty in human life. I strongly believe that the delight of use should be a priority rather than functionality and beauty."

Taeyoul Ryu







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