Everything around us is pulled toward the center of the earth at an acceleration of 9.8 meters per second. This absolute force is the invisible designer that defines the form of all things the order that constitutes nature itself. Just as we cannot feel gravity in our daily lives, we live in quiet surrender to forces we cannot see. Our society, institutions, and customs share this same quality. As invisible designers, they are embedded in the thoughts and objects we accept without question. This exhibition experiments with form at the boundary where opposing forces meet where the pull of gravity and the resistance against it hold each other in balance.
Lee, Sukwoo studied industrial design and worked as a designer in Korea and the U.S. In 2016,
he founded the industrial design office SWNA, collaborating with clients including LVMH, BMW, Samsung, and the IOC. Exploring the essence and context of objects, his work is held in the collections
of the Olympic Museum in Switzerland and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Resistance to power
Suspicion of the now
Balance for the invisible
Tension for the assumed
Balance for the invisible
Balance of the senses
Fragility of everyday
Unnatural with Natural
Curvature of gravity
Imperceptible Inertia
Balance of the senses
This exhibition experiments with form
Resistance to power
Resistance to power
Unnatural with Natural
Balance of the senses
Balance of the senses
Suspicion of the now
Fragility of everyday
Resistance to power
9.8m/s²Matter
Everything around us is pulled toward the center of the earth at an acceleration of 9.8 meters per second. This absolute force is the invisible designer that defines the form of all things the order that constitutes nature itself. Just as we cannot feel gravity in our daily lives, we live in quiet surrender to forces we cannot see. Our society, institutions, and customs share this same quality. As invisible designers, they are embedded in the thoughts and objects we accept without question. This exhibition experiments with form at the boundary where opposing forces meet where the pull of gravity and the resistance against it hold each other in balance.
Lee, Sukwoo studied industrial design and worked as a designer in Korea and the U.S. In 2016, he founded the industrial design office SWNA, collaborating with clients including LVMH, BMW, Samsung, and the IOC. Exploring the essence and context of objects, his work is held in the collections of the Olympic Museum in Switzerland and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
