I.Design

Designers and artists need inspirations to create more.  Thus, a portable studio is needed for them to move around and get more ideas. Again, this is a project in group of three. We chose Karim Rashid as our design client. He is well-known by his dynamic, human works which he called them as 'sensual minimalism'. Being an industrial designer and interior architect, he is bold in using striking colors in his designs: pink,white, white, green, purple, blue but not black. He thinks colors are able to create a pleasant atmosphere and black color makes him feeling restrained. Karim Rashid often dressed up in pink and white, which he felt angelic and free. The design is inspired by a leaf blowing in a wind. It symbolises free, untrimmed and relax. The shape of the window was taken from one of Karim Rashid's design symbol called 'soul'. This symbol appears in his design very oftenly and we think it would be bringing out the identity of Karim Rashid.

A reception table is the first thing that comes into your eyes when you enter a company, gallery, hotel and etc. It could bring out the identity of the company and give a welcoming sense to the visitor. Therefore, a reception table is very important. For this task, I chose MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) as my design target. I like MoMA very much and it would be my greatest pleasure if I could design a reception table for MoMa. MoMa is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Its collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art. This inspired me to design a sculptural reception table that suits MoMa's image. The reception table was named as 'Ospiral' which means organic shape of spiral. The design was inspired by an element 'spiral' which is popular in architecture, art and nature.  I could see this element appears in a french curve and nautilus shell. I transformed them into an organic form and this is how 'Ospiral'