New Designers

New Designers

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9-12 July, Business Design Centre, London

WWWW

WWWW : Work the Way the World Works
MA EXPOSITION 2009
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10-22 July Bonington Gallery
Nottingham Trent University

Nothing But Something

NOTHING BUT SOMETHING
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9-21 JULY, HAND & HEART GALLERY, NOTTINGHAM


‘Nothing but something’ is a joint exhibition of two textile artists that has been prepared for nearly 1 year in order to disseminate their study and experience on MA Textile Design & Innovation at the College of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University. This exhibition will show liberal and conceptual textile approaches combined with contemporary art; crossing boundaries and preconceptions.
Within the theme, ‘nothing but something’, two artists are trying to read stories behind visible things and finding unnoticed beauty in discarded materials. The visual outcomes question our perceptions, which are conditioned and are not always open to change.
Approximately 15 pieces of work will be displayed at the exhibition alongside video clips showing the working process.

http://taeyoun-kim.blogspot.com/
http://www.handandheartgallery.co.uk/whatson.html

Dure Exhibition

DURE
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23-30 April 2009 , 1851 Gallery, Nottingham

Dure is the title of Korean students' exhibition in Nottingham Trent University. It has been an annual event of the university since 2004 and this year the exhibition shows a variety of approaches to the theme, 'Breaking the algorithm'. My work communicates a different view on unnoticed beauty in our daily debris and it is also the major concern that I keep in mind when designing.

Tea Drawings Project / 2

The reason why I would like to develop environmentally-friendly patterns is that the approaches and attempts to create those patterns are rather timid and little in comparison with attempts which have done in other design sectors. However, at the beginning, I confronted a big obstacle. How can surface patterns be sustainable? Does it mean that I have to design patterns which can persist for a long time?

In the end, I have decided to make patterns communicating sustainable messages to people. So I have observed oriental philosophies which concern nature and its importance and I realised that the notion of Taoism could be the one that I have pursued. Prior to designing, I closely looked at the notion of Taoism.

The most important disciplines of Taoism is being in harmony with nature and living in accordance with natural laws. To lead a simple life following Taoism, we should go back to the beginning because even a big tree starts with a small seed and end up its life returning to the earth and being a small seed once again. Taoists believe that this is the natural law and its cycle. I also believe that this is the huge, irresistible flow and movement of nature and the one I would like to visualise and deliver through my designs.

YUMI CHON

Tea Drawings Project / 1

The way takes no action,
but leaves nothing undone.
When you accept this,
the world will flourishin harmony with nature.
Nature does not possess desire.
Without desire, the heart becomes quiet;
In this manner the whole world is made tranquil.

*Images
The process of Tea Drawings Project (by YUMI CHON)
*Music
Canon Variation (performed by Seoul Saeul Gayageum Trio)
*Text
The Essence of TAO (written by Pamella Ball)

Eco Textile Exhibition

21st May - 27th May 2008
Gallery i (Seoul, Korea)

After the 1st solo exhibition, I started using discarded things to make more precise and understandable designs as eco-textile patterns. However, it doesn’t mean that I just collected and used them to add some plausible meanings in my works. I truly believe that there are still beauty remained in discarded things such as plastic bags, paper cups and tea bags. Thus I want people to realise that we are surprisingly used to throwing things away without second thoughts about the possible value or beauty dwelling in them.

YUMI CHON