Yun Sun-do is a designer artist based in Seoul, South Korea. Inspired by the irregular shapes that naturally form in nature and digital worlds, we study furniture and sculpture.

1. Where were you born and where are you from ?

I was born in Seoul, South Korea and am active in Seoul.

2. What is your first memory connected to the art world ?

The first memory was a painting by a close artist, and it was a painting that seemed to capture the colors and forms of nature, and it was intense for me.

3. Have you always worked in the art/design field ?

Yes, I wanted to continue making my work.

4. What led you to the design creation ?

I have been interested in making something since I was young, and due to the influence of the teacher I met for the first time, I dreamed of design creation. I started off as if I was playing around using various tools on a small metal plate.

5. How would you describe your creative process and it influences ?

We start by collecting unstructured pieces in various ways. We repeat the process of combining them into furniture so that they can function and figuring out what texture to draw.

6. Could you describe a typical day of your work ?

Start with a small sketch. We value this process because we often start working on drawings that start like graffiti, and sketches have no limits. After that, we repeat working on multiple neck-ups in small sizes.

7. Why did you choose the specific materials you work with ?

I mainly deal with aluminum. I’m making furniture, but I’m heavily influenced by flat work and I work like I’m painting on canvas, so I chose aluminum with soft properties among metals.

8. What are the technical particularities of your creations ?

There are metal laser cutting, welding, and texture work using a grinder.

9. What advices could you give to beginning artists who would like to create sculptural design works ?

You have to be sincere and not lose your color.

10. If your works had to belong to a design movement, in which one would you define it ?

My work has the monotone and form of Brutalism, but I don’t think it belongs to Brutalism. I think the work sets the viewer up to something like a design movement.

11. What designers and artists have influenced you ?

Influenced by artists like Rick Owens, Donald Judd, and Isamu Noguchi.

12. What contemporary designers do you appreciate ?

Isamu Noguchi. I want to learn by watching what he left behind repeatedly.

13. What contemporary artists (in any kind of art) have you been inspired by ?

Oscar Niemeyer, Seo-bo Park.

14. If you had to summarize your creations in one word or sentence, what would it be ?

Recurrent form

15. Is there anything you would like to add?

Being happy through making a work is the most important thing.

Proust Questionnaire with very short answers (one or a few words) :
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