okh. Kimchi. BTS. . You can’t have lived through the last few years without coming across at least one of these phenomena – or any of the other fashion labels, food staples, Oscar-winning films and more that hail from South Korea. Korean culture, if you’ve read the thinkpieces, is very much on the rise. But there’s another wave on the way: that of Korean furniture design. In September last year – the same month that the V&A opened its exhibition, – the Korean design furniture platform iamHERE showcased designers’ work at Design London, as did the art fair-trade shop L’Diff. Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has collaborated with Korean designers and artisans for the
