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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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Black Chrysanthemum 10.5in x 9in x 6in 2017

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Immortal desert: Kudzu Dragon 11in x 12in x 11in 2017

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Peach HaeTae, Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, synthetic hair, found object 12 in x 9 in x 6 in 2017

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June Bug 11.5in x 7in x 5.5in 2016

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Yellow Chrysanthemum Gook Earthen ware, underglaze, glaze, Synthetic hair, hand knots 11x11x14.5 in 2016

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Ganesha Persica, Found wooden stand, Porcelain, Earthenware, underglaze, glaze, synthetic braided hair knots. 11.5" x 11" x 8.5" 2015

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Immortal desert II Porcelain, underglaze, glaze 15 x 14 x 10 in 2015

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Hers Earthenware, Synthetic hair, plastic beads 10 x 9½ x 5 in 2015

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Twin Blue Smiley Vase 10 x 16 x 10 in 2014

Jiha Moon (b. 1973) Born and raised in Daegu, Korea, Jiha Moon lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Korea University in Seoul, Korea.

Her work is in the permanent collections of the Asia Society, New York City, New York; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia; and the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Her work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at notable museums nationwide including at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee; and the Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, North Carolina.

She has been the recipient of several residencies including Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York; the Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California; the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire.

In 2011, Moon was the recipient of a prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Painter and Sculpture grant. She is represented by Curator’s Office in Washington, D.C., Saltworks Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, and Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami.

Jiha Moon

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