EEUM

Work that Connects Generations

Work that connects generations, EEUM is an exhibition planned as part of the POSCO 1% Sharing Foundation's important intangible cultural heritage support project for the preservation and inheritance of Korean traditional culture. As part of an effort to reexamine the forgotten value of our traditional culture and to preserve and inherit its value in modern times, it has the meaning of protecting the traditional craft function that is in danger of being cut off together with metal craft intangible cultural asset skill holders.

In the field of metal crafts, you can see works that revive the beauty of traditional crafts today through collaboration with masters Dooseok-cheon Kim and Mun-yeol Park and modern designers Se-joong Kim, Eun-hak Kim, Gil-jong Park, Sang-won Byun, Esther, Jeong-eun Lee, and Ju-won Han.

Designers

Hongsung Kim(Art Director)
Minju Kwon(Designer)
Dere Gum(Designer)

Collaborators

Raejoo Jang(Curator)
Yohan Ji(Unreal Studio, Phography)

"EEUM" in Korean means to connect something. We created the identity of the exhibition using endless lines and the simplest shapes.

In order to visualize Duseokjang, which is an important theme in this exhibition, the identity was expressed using the Korean hinge as a visual metaphor.And consistent variation of identity was applied to all designs of the exhibition, including invitations, catalogs, packages, and spaces.

Duseokjang

Duseokjang is a craftsman who creates brass decorations by alloying copper and tin. Metal decorations such as hinges and locks that reinforce the joints of wooden furniture or enable opening and closing are called feldspars. Feldspar is mainly made of brass, but when it is intended to be decorated more extravagantly, cupronickel is used. Heat and melt tin or cupronickel, beat it with a hammer, stretch it into a 0.5mm thick plate, and smooth the surface. Here, the pattern is cut with a chisel and a chisel, trimmed with a file, and engraved with a pattern using a chisel and a chisel, then rubbed with a cloth dipped in porcelain powder and polished to perfection.

The exhibition Work Connecting Generations, EEUM is a project that attempted to create modern furniture and household items through collaboration between two craftsmen and several young designers.