Sseuim Kadera by Kihyun Ahn is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Gangsa in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

GangsaParabot· 2022

Sseuim Kadera

by Kihyun Ahn

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Sseuim Kadera

Sseuim adolah kadera nan dirancang untuak dipakai di sauna jo spa Korea. Namo Sseuim baarati untuak dipakai sacaro bebeh dalam bahaso Korea. Bantuaknyo mandukuang posisi tagolek, duduak, basanda, jo bapaneh, sahinggo satiok pamakai bisa mamiliah posisi sesuai jo tujuan jo kanyamanan masiang-masiang. Bantuak iko marujuak ka pagunuangan jo batu-batu Korea, sarato manyadiakan kawasan pribadi di dalam ruang tabuka sauna Korea. Sseuim dibuek dari kayu jo mampagunokan metoda pertukangan kayu tradisional Korea, dimano bagian-bagiannyo dipotong jo mesin sabalun disambuangkan. Kadera iko ukurannyo 2300 x 850 x 650 milimeter.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Sseuim Kadera adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Sseuim Kadera dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Sseuim Kadera mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

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