round is a Seoul-based design studio founded in 2020 by Jisun Kim. Based on the motto "Design should be for the future", they are working with wit, artistic creativity, and sustainability for the future.

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Jisun Kim worked as an interior designer and graduated from Kingston University in London with a master's degree in product and furniture design. Among the projects, "blooming series", "future chocolate", and "foam chair" were introduced to dezeen and designboom and received attention.

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From materials that we commonly see in our daily lives, such as plastic bags, marble off cuts, nets, and expanding foam, to experimental materials such as edible insect powder, and intangible materials such as light, she is expanding the world of work using various physical properties.

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We focus on a process based on research and creating connections between works that incorporate design and craftsmanship. and we aim to inspire people to look at the potential of materials from a new perspective. We engage in functional art and experimental one-off projects, aiming to create sustainable relationships that balance objects, spaces and lifestyles.

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Jisun Kim

 

education

Kingston University of Art in London
Product and Furniture Design MA, 2019

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Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul
Spatial Design BA, 2012

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awards

LEXUS creative masters 2021 winner

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exhibitions

           Alchemical Rhetoric 연금술적 수사학 , Seoul 2024

           Nike ISPA ‘Reversion: 회귀’, Seoul 2023

           Milan Design Week: Shift Craft-Objet at Ro gallery, Milan 2023

           Milan Design Week: Salone Satellite, Milan 2023

Craft trend fair 2022, Seoul 2022

"The Wave:Creating a Virtuous Cycle" Samsung, Seoul 2022

"kyklos" campaign, Aesop Samcheong store, Seoul 2022

Be:cycle project ‘under the sea’, Musinsa standard, Seoul 2022

“Spectrum of Seating”, DDP, Seoul 2022

Milan design week "Again from The Earth’s Foundation", Milan 2022

Craft trend fair 2022 2021 "형형색색" 形形色色, Seoul 2021

ddp design fair 2021, Seoul 2021

object×project, Seoul 2021

Seoul living design festival, Seoul 2021

Herman miller 'unfiltered', London 2019