Rug, Product Design, Topography, Design and Politics
Links: A’design Award 2014 in Textile, Patterns and Cloth Design
Boundary is a rug inspired by an old korean map. The way of delineations, capturing dynamic mountain ridges and boundary of the land, its topography was highly symbolic, informative and aesthetic. The idea came up with strong feeling that a map could be a textile and used for multi purposes.
The shape of Boundary is strange, abstract and absolutely asymmetry. The hand drawn topographic patterns provide unique character and sensory experiences that create emotional value reflecting geographic information. These patterns are not simply chosen for its beauty or due to personal preference. Designer also wanted to represent the region called Dokdo where certain territory disputes occur between Korean and Japan and aimed to remind people political issues in an elegant way.
Daedong Yeojido (대동여지도, 大東輿地圖), 1861, A Korean map published by Kim Jeong Ho. Tokdo islands in the Korean Eastern Sea, known as “Liancount Rocks” and “Takeshima” in Japan,there is a territorial dispute between Japan and Korea.
