Op.2-3 Asasiy Funksiye: Mukapat by Seungbum Ma

Op.2-3 Asasiy Funksiye: Mukapat by Seungbum Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award كۈمۈش مۇكاپاتى in مۇكاپات، مۇكاپات ۋە مۇسابىقە لايىھەلەش Competition Category.

كۈمۈشتەقدىرلەش· 2026

Op.2-3 Asasiy Funksiye: Mukapat

by Seungbum Ma

Client: Design House

A' Design Award كۈمۈش مۇكاپاتى Winner in تەقدىرلەش Category

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The Design

About Op.2-3 Asasiy Funksiye: Mukapat

Kitab Tékisti: 2024-yildiki Séoul Turmush Dizayn Körgezmisi üchün layihilen'gen bu mukapat, tüwrük, tosuq we tekshilik qatliqi qatarliq asasiy arxitékturiliq unsurlardin ilham élip, zamaniwiy matériyallar we ishlep chiqirish usulliri arqiliq qaytidin yorutuldi. Akrildin yasalghan bu esr, enen'iwi Koréye yaghach ulash sen'itining mantiqini eks ettürüsh bilen bille, nur, saye we matériyal özgirishini izdinidu. Uning shekli burjek we yorutush bilen özgiridu, beziler yaltirap turidu, eks etidu yaki renglik saye chüshüridu, éniq yighish tetqiqati arqiliq qurulmilik éniqliqni téyish chongqurluqi bilen birleshtüridu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award كۈمۈش مۇكاپاتى

Op.2-3 Asasiy Funksiye: Mukapat A' Design Award كۈمۈش مۇكاپاتىنىڭ غالىبى، بۇ گۈزەل، ئۇلۇغۋار ۋە تەسىرلىك ئەڭ يۇقىرى دەرىجىلىك لايىھىلەرگە بېرىلىدىغان ئالاھىدە ئابرويلۇق ئېتىراپتۇر. كۈمۈش غالىبلىرى لايىھىلىگۈچىلىرىنىڭ ئالاھىدە ماھارىتى، ئىستېدادى ۋە ئۆتكۈرلۈكىنى كۆرسىتىدىغان ناھايىتى پارلاق ۋە ئىنتايىن ئىجادىي ئەسەرلەردۇر. Op.2-3 Asasiy Funksiye: Mukapat ئاجايىپ، ئۈلگىلىك، ئالاھىدە كەسپىي ۋە چوڭقۇر يېڭىلىقچان ئەسەر بولۇشى ئۈمىد قىلىنىدۇ. A' Design Award كۈمۈش مۇكاپاتىنى يەڭگەن بۇ لايىھە سەنئەت، ئىلىم-پەن، لايىھە ۋە تېخنىكىنىڭ چېگرالىرىنى كېڭەيتىدىغان ناھايىتى دىققەتكە سازاۋەر، ھەيرانلىق بىلەن كۆرۈلىدىغان ئىختىرا. Op.2-3 Asasiy Funksiye: Mukapat كۆپچىلىك ھەۋەس قىلىدىغان، ئارزۇ-ئىستەكلەرنى قوزغايدىغان، ئىجابىي ھېسسىياتلارنى ئېلىپ كېلىدىغان ھەمدە ھەيرانلىق ۋە قايىللىق پەيدا قىلىدىغان ئىجادىيەت.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is the trophy design for the 2024 Seoul Living Design Fair. Inspired by fundamental architectural elements, such as beams, columns, and slabs, the design reinterprets traditional Korean joinery using acrylic. The trophy’s form responds to light and angle: at times glowing and casting stained-glass-like reflections, at others becoming a dark mirror or a silent, solid mass. Three versions were created—Special, Product, and Space Prizes—each rendered in RGB hues symbolizing light itself.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 103 mm x Depth 103 mm x Height 323 mm
Tags: architectural object, architectural trophy, trophy
Production Technology: This project also served as an experiment in translating architectural and furniture joinery techniques into a smaller scale. It involved a series of tests to determine tolerances that allow precise acrylic assembly without breakage, along with studies to identify the optimal colors and levels of transparency. The final outcome was achieved through extensive exploration of transparency, translucency, opacity, reflectivity, dyeing, tinting, and color mixing.
Design Challenge: Wood was fragile, while rigid paper allowed for easy assembly but presented issues with warping and finish. Aluminum lost its precision and deformed during cutting. While 3D printing offered structural stability, it was excluded due to its incompatibility with the interlocking design language.

Ultimately, acrylic was chosen for its ability to transmit and reflect light, casting colored shadows while glowing on its own. However, tests were required to determine the optimal tolerances for assembly without breakage, as well as to identify suitable colors and levels of transparency.
Research: Under a tight timeline, it was necessary to explore multiple formal alternatives for the trophy while simultaneously studying the complex joinery details at a small scale using various materials.
Inspiration: This project explores the universal language of architecture to evoke new experiences and meanings. Fundamental elements, such as beams, columns, walls, and floors, are reconfigured with contemporary materials to defamiliarize the everyday and invite renewed reflection. By reinterpreting traditional joinery through modern techniques, the work honors history while opening paths toward the future.
Project Duration: The project started in January and finished in February 2024 in Seoul, and was exhibited in the Seoul Living Design Fair 2024 in March.
Operation Flow: Placed by a sunlit window, it takes on entirely different forms and impressions depending on the time, weather, and the viewer’s perspective.
Team Members: SeungBum Ma
Euijung Sung
Eunbin Lim
Image Credits: All photos by Yoon Park.