Useful Living

Useful Living is a further development of “Useful Arbeitsloser (Jobless)” by Sanghyeok Lee. He is the winner of Time to Design – new talent award 2013, an award that among other things gave him a residency at The Danish Art Workshops. Here he has been influence by classic Danish furniture, design philosophy and details in his refinement of the project. Useful Living is a series of ready-to-assemble furniture consisting of Shelf, Rack and Chair. The Oak, a classic Danish choice for wooden furniture, and the custom designed brass joints lend a natural harmony to the series. Useful Living mimics scaffolding structures in construction sites. In its flexible design, it mimics the nomadic lifestyle of the young designer, which was once Sanghyeok Lee himself. Useful Shelf has wood-smoked shelves that bring out the potential and variation of the material. Useful Rack is stripped of excessive decoration leaving focus on the aesthetic of the structure. Useful Chair has a minimal but strong structure and tells a story, which will be complete once a person sits down in it.