PATTERN
Peach Blossom Dream 桃源夢 | Folk art, boudoir craft, everyday objects, ceramics
‘Peach Blossom Dream’ continues and expands Chang Eungbok’s exploration of Korean Folk Art-inspired designs, fusing traditional and modern techniques using rich and varied materials. ‘Peach Blossom Dream’ evokes a life-affirming mood, full of bold color combinations, varied and sensual textures, and joyful patterns.
San_Soo 山-水 | Literati painting
Inspired by the Chinese and Korean word for ‘landscape’ - which translates literally as ‘mountain and water’ - and Korean landscape painting, as well as by the timeless philosophy of the Tao and Yin-Yang, this collection conjures a realm of high craggy peaks, fast-running streams, ever-changing clouds, and wild nature, evoked in an austere yet elegant and refined style.
Daam 淡 | Monochrome painting, dyeing, lacquer
The ‘Daam’ concept is inspired by Korean monochrome (Dansaekhwa) painting. It delicately reveals materiality that accumulates and overlaps naturally like flowing water, appearing as if dyed. Although the works in this collection appear simple, they calmly reveal countless stories intertwined within their blank surfaces.
Warm Geometry | Form and pixel, hwamunseok, constellation charts
The patterns of ‘Warm Geometry’ evoke a unique feeling by transforming Korean perspective drawing and geometric diagrams and symbols from a natural perspective. Rather than the mechanical reproduction of objects, Chang Eungbok presents a lively geometric concept that expresses a new, more organic, sense of time and space.
Eye of the Skin | Texture
In this collection, Chang Eungbok is interested in color and texture rather than specific patterns or shapes. Unconsciously, this idea developed from her study of nature and everyday phenomena. Working with depth of color combined with a tactile sense, Chang aims to evoke the richness of surface textures, inspired, for example, by moss covering a rock in nature. The designs resonate within the architecture of the room in which they are located, creating a harmonious continuum. When we experience a resonant space, our body feels content and secure.
Kinetic Pattern | Capturing moments of movement in moving images
We are now living in an era when it is difficult to communicate without moving images. Experiences within the world of AI, and new unexpected moments involving mixed, hidden, and unknown movements produce new forms of beauty. Chang Eungbok draws on these phenomena to create this collection.
Jogak-iki | Patchwork
Evidence of patchwork can easily be found in societies both in the East and West. People must have started patchworks because they did not have the technology to fabricate huge areas of cloth. Jogakbo is one of the items created in the women’s quarters in Korea.
I created the genre, Jogak-iki after seeing the patchwork in Dong-hwa Heo’s collection in order to apply this formal beauty to household items. I made patchworks of the patterns I have designed over the past thirty years, and thereby created a new system of patterns.
It requires an eye for a beauty that encompasses the balance between horizontality and verticality, and the contrast between colors and textures. These patterns created through patchwork for bedding, curtains, and rugs, radiate a modern and Korean beauty.
