Seoul-based Sohyun Yun is first and foremost an advocate for what she calls “intuitive” design — work that looks and feels like it wants to be looked at and felt. Her pieces are by turns ecstatic and empathic, tethered to tradition but not beholden to it. Her practice as of late thrives on (and shines in) partnerships of a global scope, from designing hypnotic “wavy trays” for the aesthetically-minded Danish jeweler Pernille Lauridsen, collaborating on seating with San Francisco-based graphic designer Jules Tardy, and designing acrylic plates for a range of light boxes from Japanese online concept store Studio The Blue Boy. An avowed polymath who often works from home, these projects help Yun synthesize her various skill sets — she studied industrial design as well as graphic design and fine art — and reach an audience outside her native Korea. We caught up with the designer over email to chat about color matching, Korean aesthetics and more dream collaborations.

Image 27 of 52 from gallery of The Pink Zebra / Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio. Photograph by Saurabh Suryan - Lokesh Dang

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