Korean Koon Taek Roh (Kyung Taek Roh) created two things, united by one idea: his chair and rack are invented on the basis of a core with a shell - inside a nut base, quite traditional, varying elements of old European furniture, outside - spectacular aluminum scales.

The Shell mini-collection is luxurious due to the glitter of metal and couture, thanks to clips and leather laces, which, like stitches, connect metal plates, and dangerous - from a distance, sticking leather laces look like thorns of barbed wire. The principle of combining armor and soft core this season has already been used by the Dutch designer Marten Baas in the Carapace collection (Pantsyr), represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery. But Baas suggested that the furniture is brutal, and Kun Taek Roh - more decorative.

Shell Chair, diz. Ro Koon Taek. walnut, aluminum, leather. The docking of materials is a special concern of the designer. Shell Chair, diz. Ro Koon Taek. Aluminum trim riveted stitches has a markedly couture look.

В настоящий момент дизайнер Кун Таек Ро — один из героев проходящей в Лондоне выставки The Make Your Movement («Создай свое направление»). Вся она посвящена корейским умельцами, дизайнерам и ремесленникам. Ро Кун Таек в Европе не чужой, он уже знаком парижским и лондонским любителям декоративно-прикладного искусства, прессе и байерам, потому что участвовал в биеннале ремесел и искусств Revelations в Гран Пале в 2015 году, а также выставлялся на ярмарке maison&objet в 2014, когда традиционная программа Talents à la Carte, демонстрирующая молодых профи со всего мира, собрала дизайнеров из Южной Кореи.

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Shell Chair, diz. Ro Koon Taek. Walnut, aluminum, leather.

In 2015, the iconic London gallery owner Charles Saatchi selected his works for the international project Collect. (Even before 2013, Kun Taek Roh showed things at the Tent site in East London, but it’s easier to sell something there than to go to the pages of a specialized press). In his native South Korea, he has already become a real star, he and his stuff are snapped up. Kun Taek Ro constantly participates in group museum and gallery exhibitions, receives awards and sells well.

Rack of call. Shell diz. Ro Koon Taek. Aluminum, leather, walnut.

Kun Taek Ro's proposal will appeal to European decorators. After all, both the armchair and the shelving of the Shell collection are ideal soloists who will instantly revive any respectable bourgeois interior.

Rack of call. Shell diz. Ro Koon Taek. Aluminum, leather, walnut.