Scalloped BenchMinjae Kim is a Korean artist working in New York with a background in architecture and furniture design. His practice in furniture and objects act as an antithesis to the restrictions in architectural practice in time, scale, and accessibility. The results are simple, quirky, imperfect, incoherent, impractical, irrational and often emotional one liners revolving around an idea. Please get in touch for details

it is both graphic in nature and functional in form

explain the method of Destroyers/Builders

Boasting a shell crafted from 100% recycled plastic

The origin of inspiration are the organic shaped windows in a brutalist concrete building

the seating elements come together in the design in a theoretically infinite process

which is adjustable via a dimmer

it’s steel frame references a simplicity from the past which is offset by a tailored back-rest

and ceilings

An important wooden base

Excel is a family of fixtures made from simple

The optional woven cane inserts along the top of the backrest is an extra detail that accentuates the sides and the back of the sofa

a solo exhibition by Muller Van Severen back in 2014