KIDP Showcases KDNEW (Korean Designers Network Worldwide) in Paris Design Week Factory

- September 5th ~ 9th 2024, Gallerie Joseph Froissart(7 Rue Froissart), Paris

Korean Designers Network Worldwide (KDNEW) is an overseas-networking initiative led by Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP). Launched in 2016, it is a focal bridge for connecting Korean design communities around the world, engaging in various networking activities locally and internationally.

For Paris Design Week 2024, we proudly present three KDNEW members across the globe: Kunsik Choi & Seoyoung Shin, Mars Hwasung Yoo, and Jongha Choi. Here, we feature their specially inspired creations, from stunning furniture pieces to innovative lighting projects.

KDNEW @ Paris Design Week Factory Froissart

● Opening Time: September 5th ~ 9th, 11:00am to 7:00pm

● Place: Gallerie Joseph Froissart (7 Rue Froissart), Ground Floor

More Info: https://bit.ly/paris_kdnew

KunSik Choi & Seoyoung Shin

Website | Instagram @kunsik_ , @seoyoung_shin_

Kunsik Choi & Seoyoung Shin are Korean designers, working within the fields of furniture, sculptural objects (Choi) and textile craft and arts (Shin). Both have studied in Italy and Sweden, and currently base their practices in Stockholm.

Their presentations include abstract furniture, room partition, glass vase, and textile artwork — all of which awaken us to our assumed sense of what is (in)complete, what distinguishes closed from what is open, our prejudices of what “together” ought to be, and inspired reflections on the artist’s experiences of ephemeral moments.

Two Realms(Chair) & Open Wall(Room divider) by Kunsik Choi

Ihop(Glass Vase) by Kunsik Choi

Afterglow(Textile Artwork) by Seoyoung Shin

Mars Hwasung Yoo

Website | Instagram @mars_bymars

Hwasung Yoo has exhibited in Milan’s Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Le Lieu du Design in Paris, and the Korea Foundation in Seoul. He was among the Next Generation Design Leaders by KIDP in 2011, and Ung8 at the Ung Svensk Form in 2011. He founded the Stockholm-based BYMARS in 2010 and co-founded Seoul-based lighting brand AGO (@ago_lighting) in 2018, serving as its creative director. 

Yoo presents AGO lighting and lamp designs inspired by homage to Jeju island in Korea, playful customizability, and the fluffy visuo-tactile sensation of a widely enjoyed rice cake.

CIRKUS by Mars Hwasung Yoo, AGO Lighting

VOYAGE by Mars Hwasung Yoo, AGO Lighting

MOZZI by Mars Hwasung Yoo, AGO Lighting

Jongha Choi

Website | Instagram @jonghachoi_studio

Jongha Choi studied sculpture at Seoul National University and earned his master’s degree at the Design Academy Eindhoven. His work focuses on sculptures and installations, often in the form of furniture.

With a deep interest in the invisible mechanisms embedded in everyday objects, Choi’s de-dimension series reflects a notion of the image as agent (a sign to the referent) to, as well as the principal to an experience, where the image itself may offer a sufficiently rich experience.

De-dimension series by Jongha Choi