round is a Seoul-based design studio founded in 2020 by Jisun Kim. Based on the motto "Design should be for the future", they are working with wit, artistic creativity, and sustainability for the future.
Jisun Kim worked as an interior designer and graduated from Kingston University in London with a master's degree in product and furniture design. Among the projects, "blooming series", "future chocolate", and "foam chair" were introduced to dezeen and designboom and received attention.
From materials that we commonly see in our daily lives, such as plastic bags, marble off cuts, nets, and expanding foam, to experimental materials such as edible insect powder, and intangible materials such as light, she is expanding the world of work using various physical properties.
We focus on a process based on research and creating connections between works that incorporate design and craftsmanship. and we aim to inspire people to look at the potential of materials from a new perspective. We engage in functional art and experimental one-off projects, aiming to create sustainable relationships that balance objects, spaces and lifestyles.
Jisun Kim
education
Kingston University of Art in London
Product and Furniture Design MA, 2019
Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul
Spatial Design BA, 2012
awards
LEXUS creative masters 2021 winner
exhibitions
Milan Design Week: Shift Craft-Objet at Ro gallery, Milan, Italy (2023)
Milan Design Week: Salone Satellite 2023, Milan, Italy (2023)
Craft trend fair 2022, Seoul 2022
"The Wave:Creating a Virtuous Cycle" Samsung, Seoul 2022
"kyklos" campaign, Aesop Samcheong store, Seoul 2022
Be:cycle project ‘under the sea’, Musinsa standard, Seoul 2022
“Spectrum of Seating”, DDP, Seoul 2022
Milan design week "Again from The Earth’s Foundation", Milan 2022
Craft trend fair 2022 2021 "형형색색" 形形色色, Seoul 2021
ddp design fair 2021, Seoul 2021
object×project, Seoul 2021
Seoul living design festival, Seoul 2021
Herman miller 'unfiltered', London 2019
contact
205, 11 Sajik-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03029
round.seoul@gmail.com
studio-round.com
+82 10 7634 6422