The Goldsmith’s Fair is an annual show of some of the best designers and craftspeople in the jewellery and metalwork business, in the livery hall of the City of London’s oldest established guild. Every year, with around 80 stalls to choose from, there is a stunning range of items to view, many of which are … [Read More]
Visual arts, crafts, design, fashion (page 97)
Earth Alert: Photographic Responses to Climate Change
Last year the KCC ran a stimulating exhibition Blight and Hope – Poverty through the Lens, featuring the response of international photographers to a particular issue. A follow-up exhibition opens on 13 October 2009: Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK, Ground Floor, Grand Buildings, 1-3 Strand, London WC2N 5BW Exhibition Dates : 13 October 2009 – … [Read More]
Goldsmiths Fair, week 2
Goldsmiths Fair week 2: Serena Park has created absolutely the *cutest* pillbox hat from glass, and Misun Won makes lovely jogakpo-inspired silver jewelry # [Read More]
Kitty Jun-im McLaughlin in Line Space Colour
Kitty Jun-im McLaughlin participates in a group exhibition comprising new work by six London-based artists at 5 Fountayne Road, London, N15 4QL. Nearest Tube Seven Sisters. Exhibition dates 6 – 18 October 2009. Open every day, 12-6pm The essence of Kitty’s work derives from her integration of the duality of her experience of Korean and … [Read More]
Transreal: My Home Town at Asia House
A notice of the current show at Asia House, featuring two Korean painters. Exhibition Period: 29th September – 17th October 2009 Venue: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish, Street, London W1G 7LP [Map] Reception: 5th October, 6:30PM TransReal: My Home Town is a reaction, and an exploration of this reaction, towards the seemingly increasing acceptance of … [Read More]
Hyundai Pony named design icon
Hyundai Pony voted the most iconic industrial design in Korea over last 50 years by Design magazine http://bit.ly/4lzdRl. # Designed by the famous Italian car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1975, the Pony was praised for its sleek and modern design and is thought to have elevated the level of design of Korean industrial products to … [Read More]
The presentation of Korean Contemporary Art in London – a punter’s perspective
Having fumbled my incoherent, jet-lagged way through a half prepared presentation at I-MYU a couple of days ago, here, Thucydidean style, is what I would have said if I had been better prepared. Since LKL went online three and a half years ago, we’ve tracked over 90 exhibitions of Korean art and artefacts, most of … [Read More]
Goldsmiths Fair, week 1
At the Goldsmiths Fair. William Sang-hyeob Lee’s silver moon vases are stunning. #. No images of his moon vase, but here’s some of his other work. [Read More]
KoreaDesign at Earl’s Court
It was not so long ago that Korea was known as a country which was highly competent at manufacturing goods which ticked all the boxes in terms of functionality and cost, but lacked the wow factor in terms of design. In recent years, Korea has been catching up with the design innovators, with consumer electronics … [Read More]
Sharing by Design: My Perfect Neighbours at the KCC
News of the latest exhibition at the KCC, coinciding with London Fashion Week and 100% Design. Exhibition at Korean Cultural Centre UK 22 Sept – 8 October 2009 Korea Design Foundation and Korean Cultural Centre UK (Affiliate body of the Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism) host the opening ceremony of the exhibition designMADE2009 “Sharing … [Read More]
Korean designers at Earls Court
As per last year, the Korea Institute of Design Promotion will be sponsoring a stand at the 100% Design London Exhibition at Earls Court, 24-27 September 2009, as part of the London Design Festival. LKL will be there to review it. [Read More]
Another Park Soo-keun under the hammer
It seems to be a quite frequent event nowadays: a work by one of Korea’s most popular and most expensive modern artists comes up for sale in a US saleroom. And so it is that another Park Soo-keun comes under the hammer at Christie’s New York tomorrow, with an estimated price tag of up to … [Read More]
Rags in the Wind III
Following Francesca Cho’s participation in the Free International Artists group exhibition in Graz two years ago, she again joins group for their exhibition in Mozirje, Slovenia, 12 September – 12 October 2009. Francesca Cho: Rags in the Wind Mozirje Park, Slovenia 12 Sept – 12 Oct 2009 One of the latest works by Francesca Cho … [Read More]
De-familiarisation at Nolias Gallery
News of a one-week group exhibition in Nolias Gallery in Southwark. Exhibition notes below are © the exhibition’s curator Anna miyoung Kim “Defamiliarization” Hun Kim; Changhwan Park; Gunwoo Shin; Sangyoon Yoon Curated by Anna miyoung Kim 10th Sep 2009 – 15th Sep 2009 Opening event: Wed 9th Sep 2009 6-8pm “The purpose of art is … [Read More]
Moment of the Passing – 491 Gallery
A quick notice of an upcoming solo exhibition by Park Hyewon in Leytonstone. Moment of the Passing 491 Gallery Opening times 5 Sept – 12 Sept, 2009 12-5pm Private view 4 Sept 2009 6-9 pm 491 Gallery 491 Grove Green Road London E11 4AA [Map] (2~3mins walk from Leytonstone station/central line) Park is an MA … [Read More]
The Folding Plug
Korean designer Choi Min-kyu fixes clunky UK 3-pin plugs. Ingenious. “I was on my way to college once and put my laptop in my bag, but when I took it out again there was a huge scratch across the surface which had been made by my plug,” said Mr Choi, who moved to the UK … [Read More]