Sseuim Noho by Kihyun Ahn is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

KeleaweLako Hale· 2022

Sseuim Noho

by Kihyun Ahn

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Sseuim Noho

'O Sseuim he noho i ho'olālāia no ka ho'ohana 'ana i loko o nā sauna a me nā spa Kōlea. 'O ke 'ano o ka inoa 'o Sseuim, 'o ia ho'i ke 'ano ho'ohana manuahi ma ka 'ōlelo Kōlea. Kāko'o ke 'ano o ke kālai 'ana i nā kūlana moe, noho, hilinaʻi, a me ka ho'omaha, no laila hiki i kēlā me kēia mea ho'ohana ke koho i kahi kūlana e like me ke kumu a me ka 'olu'olu. 'O ke 'ano o ke kālai 'ana, ua kuhikuhi 'ia i nā mauna a me nā pōhaku o Kōlea, a hō'ike 'ia kekahi wahi pilikino i loko o ka wahi ākea o ka sauna Kōlea. Hana 'ia 'o Sseuim me ka lā'au ma o nā 'ano hana lā'au kahiko o Kōlea, a 'oki 'ia nā 'āpana e ka mīkini a laila ho'opili 'ia. 'O ke ana o ka noho, 2300 a me 850 a me 650 mimikini.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Sseuim Noho i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Sseuim Noho he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Sseuim Noho i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This furniture can be useful in saunas and spas. It enables the lying, sitting, and leaning posture, which is the free posture that takes place in a spa in Korea. In the heat of the sauna and spa, it gives a sense of balance in the shape of natural mountains and stones.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2300mmX850mmX650mm
Tags: #furniture #chair #korea #jjimjilbang #posture #wood #stone #design
Production Technology: We used Korean woodworking techniques. In addition, the pieces were separated using CNC machines and combined to produce the results. This production process was carried out through a very difficult process, combining traditional craft technology and modern technology.
Design Challenge: The process of capturing Korea's national identity was the most difficult, and among them, the research process of capturing Korean aesthetics as a designer was the most difficult.
It was difficult to find a shape suitable for a Korean space while maintaining the backrest and leaning posture ergonomically at a comfortable angle.
Research: There are various types of saunas in the world. Among them, people in Korean saunas rest in various positions. The chair design was carried out to enable various postures in a hot sauna and allow perfect rest. For the rest, we visited various saunas to investigate people's attitudes and asked what kind of rest would recharge themselves most through a survey. Through these results, Korea's natural mountains and rocks were brought to the sauna. The form added a function that can accommodate all postures.
Inspiration: Sseuim means to use freely in Korean. It is a furniture that can assist with various postures performed in Korean saunas, and you can experience various postures such as lying down, sitting down, leaning, and sleeping according to the user's will and purpose. It provides a private space in an open space called a Korean sauna. It is a design that combines the spatial characteristics of Korean saunas and the convergent characteristics of various cultures with the elements of mountain ranges and stones, which are natural elements.
Project Duration: The project started in Gongju sity, Korea in March 2021, completed in December 2021, and exhibited at the Korea Craft Trend Fair.
Operation Flow: This work is a piece of furniture that can support various postures in a Korean sauna with the concept of diversity. Reflecting the ethnic characteristics of Korea, all postures of lying, reclining and sitting are permitted according to the purpose and will of the user.
It can take various forms of rest.
Team Members: Ahn Kihyun, Lee yechan, Choi jun hyun