Yelun Kim

About

Hello I am Yelun Kim. 

Education:


2013-2015, BA Interior Design, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea 

2017-2018, MA Interior Design, Domus Academy, Milano, Italy 

2018-2020, MA Interior Design, Royal College of Art, London, The UK 


Professional experiences:


2014-2015, STUDIOVASE, Seoul, Korea

2015-2016, Design Podium, Seoul, Korea 

2018, Patricia Urquiola studio, Milano, Italy

Exhibition:


2020, Colourful Kinaesthesia, Design museum of Gent, Belgium 

2018, Work-in-Progress Show, Royal College of Art

2019, Kortrijk Creativity Week — Democratic Seat

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Degree Details

Statement

Where I am in 2020, this is the last year of my long journey of studying interior design at uni. Learning and living in different countries give me wide perspective view of design and make my personal design identity stronger. For me, working in a design field is not only making things aesthetically but also observing what happens around us and understanding how I can contribute my knowledge creatively to address a wide range of issues.

The ReStore

overall view of the ReStore
overall view of the ReStore — Let’s get into the ReStore.
Material Palette
Material Palette
Magazine wood
Magazine wood — This magazine wood is reused durable material it can be applied for table and counter-tops.
Ceramic glaze colour table
Ceramic glaze colour table — All the ceramic glaze is produced from the same metal oxides that allow our gadgets and devices to operate and it turns into a beautiful colour palette.
Ceramic tile cladding system
Ceramic tile cladding system — This cladding system easy to replace the tile and change the pattern as well. The Restore, it is made by people and open to play with and adjust the space, there are no rules to have to keep this original pattern wall, whoever use this place can get involved and have fun with it.
ReStore spaces
ReStore spaces
Material overall
Material overall
Cleaning and tool storage area
Cleaning and tool storage area
Reception and staff's workshop area
Reception and staff's workshop area
Wall partition
Wall partition
Customer Paul's journey
Customer Paul's journey
Under the Waterloo bridge
Under the Waterloo bridge — The Restore is made of shipping containers so it is easy to move and change the location depends on the events or the seasons.

Where can I go to repair my kettle?

In October 2019 the European Commission ratified the ‘right to repair’, a regulation requiring manufacturers to design longer-lasting electronic products that can be easily repaired. This will change the relationship we have with our products. The days of take, make and waste are behind us. Our products will be maintained, cherished, repaired - ReStored.
The ReStore is a community workshop where people can have their gadgets repaired or better yet learn to repair them themselves. By involving people in the repair of their products they will learn about them, be empowered and their relationships will be deepened. This developed relationship is at the heart of emotionally durable design.
The ReStore is designed with a sense of whimsy, intended to make the restoration process fun, inclusive and approachable. The physical space also embodies ReStore’s philosophy - produced with reused, repurposed and recycled materials.
Shipping containers, those great symbols of global consumerism, form the spatial volumes and mark out territory. Their corrugated steel surfaces ideal for a workshop environment, while their colourful graphics brighten up the space.
Inside the containers, reclaimed and recycled materials are applied with wit and sophistication. Old windows, air-con units and even microwave doors are curated and lovingly cobbled together to create partitions or screens. Old magazines are turned back into the wood and used for counter-tops. And colourful hand-glazed ceramic tiles are applied as internal wall cladding in a reworking of a classic Bauhaus textile design. The glazes produced from the same metal oxides that allow our gadgets and devices to operate - an abstracted expression of the material wealth we take for granted.

It’s time to put the kettle on.

Medium: Media