Paik Sun Kim, a Korean architect who prematurely passed away in 2017, studied oriental painting at university and painting became the driving force in his projects, lightly outlined but with an assertive touch, including lots of white and black brush strokes. His architecture, as well as his objects and creations, are a harmonious synthesis of oriental philosophy and modern aesthetic, of art and nature.
Among his most interesting projects one can find the Lotte World Tower Signiel Residence Club, a space where the competent use of materials – stone, wood, fabric – and the linearity of the furniture pieces achieve a perfect composition balance; the poetic outfitting made of natural materials created inside the Korean dining Noodles space for the Seoul Design Festival; the T Lound Lounge Bar in Seoul where glass and mirror, truly the main elements in this project, create magic refraction effects.
It has been a true pleasure to work with him, we are now presenting the result, the product developed starting from that first prototype, a project that has fascinated us for his essentiality, purity and modernity.
We shared this project with Roberto Gavazzi and today it becomes part of Aboutwater, the brand born from the partnership between Boffi and Fantini.”