CUTTING EDGE SIMPLICITY

You Hyemi’s furniture is simple. It is designed carefully to accommodate collapsibility while treating the material ‘as it is supposed to be’. Unlike other heavy or static manufactured furniture, her works are light and adaptable. It is perfect for the younger generation who often move around, live in a confined space yet want to tastefully furnish their own living space. Beginning with a double-decker bed she designed for herself, she pursued her career from a one-person carpentry studio, smallstudiosemi.

Choi Eunhwa (Choi): You majored in sculpture in college but converted to the field of furniture. As your training is in the fine arts, I expected to see some sculptural elements or at least some art-furniture among your past works, but they don’t show such visible qualities. I wonder why you pursue ‘Super Normal’