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i©ø L a b .¢â [ i-cubed-lab ] : I m a g i n a r y S p a c e L a b o r a t o r y
INTRODUCTION
We are a design team focused on creating and bringing to life the variety of emotions to our monotone lifestyles. Utilizing the imaginary, illusory and ideal aspects of time and space, we give meaning to the modern people¡¯s lost dreams through our emotional designs. Our projects are based on art, literature and science. Through international collaborations, we are also creating charity opportunities for global issues.
PARTNERSHIP
2011 Virgin Media : The house of the future, "Nocturn by Moonlight" / UK
2010 Kikkerland inc. : Moonlight wall-clock, "Clair De Lune" / USA
2010 MoNa Museum: Museum of Old and New Art / Australia
2009 DesignBoom : DesignBoom, "Fairy Tale Book-clip" / Italy
2009 MoMA Design : MoMA design store, "Destination Seoul" / USA
AWARDS
04.2011 Red-dot Design Award, Product Design : Winner / Germany
03.2011 INDEX Award 2011, Play : Nominated / Denmark
11.2008 Red-dot Design Award, Concept design : Winner / Singapore
08.2008 Excellent Product Design of Seoul : Selected
12.2007 SDW Seoul Design Week, Rising designer of the year : Grand Prize / Korea
10.2007 INDEF Incheon International Design Competition, business section : Silver prize
09.2007 TIDC Taiwan International Design Competition : Silver prize / Taiwan
08.2007 ADAA Abobe Design Achievement Awards, live action : Selection / United States
07.2007 UNESCO Design21 Social Design Network Awards, Childs` Play : Most Popular prize / United States
CHARITY PROGRAMS
METAMORPHOSIS project / Support 'Wild-Animal Protection' on WORLD ANIMAL'S DAY (4th OCT)
FULL MOON ODYSSEY project / Support 'Child Protection Society' on UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S DAY (20th NOV)
EXHIBITION
02.2012 Boutique Monaco Museum : DREAMER / Seoul
10.2011 Grand Design Live : The Future of the House by Virgin Media UK / Birmingham
09.2011 100% Design London : Earls Court / London
09.2011 Tent Design : Old Truman Brewery / London
05.2011 ICFF - International Contemporary Furniture Fair : Designboom / New York
01.2011 BMM - Boutique Monaco Museum : BMM Collection Season #1 : Seoul
11.2010 TDWA - Tokyo Designer's Week : Designboom / Tokyo
09.2010 Sydney Design Festival : Power House Museum : Designboom / Sydney
07.2010 ISOT - International Stationery & Office Products Fair : Design Stationery / Tokyo
05.2010 ICFF - International Contemporary Furniture Fair : Designboom / New York
11.2009 Tokyo Designers Week - 100% Design : Designboom / Tokyo
10.2009 KT Olleh Art Exhibition, Kumho Gallery / Seoul
07.2009 State of Design Festival : Designboom / Melbourne
02.2009 The Museum of Modern Art and Hyundaicard, MoMA Design Store/ New York
11.2008 100% Design, Young Designers Pavilion / Tokyo
09.2008 Designersblock, Young Designers Pavilion / London
06.2008 Imagination Party - Funny+ture/ KT&G SangSang Madang Art Square/ Seoul
11.2007 Imaginary Space, Bargehouse Gallery / London
09.2007 Taiwan International Design EXPO, Young Designers Pavilion / Tainan
03.2007 Orizein A Cinematic Experience, Stanley Picker Gallery / London
ART PROJECT & DESIGN PROGRAMME
10.2009 48 Hours Inclusive Design Challenge / British Council & Royal College of Art / Seoul
09.2009 Applied Design Research / Central Saint Martins of Art and Design / London
07.2007 Interactive Art Performance Project 'The Dream Project' / Kingston Univ. / London
06.2007 International Art Party Performance - Filming for Shanghai EXPO2010 Project / Shanghai & London
11.2006 Interactive Visual Experiment ¡®The Choice of Spatial Virtuality¡¯/ Art & Space Studio / London
04.2006 Living Design - Hybrid Furniture Design / Domus Academy / Milan
05.2006 Oriental Domestic Culture Design - International Interchange Symposium : Musashino Art Univ. / Tokyo
DESIGN POP-UP STORE
03.2011 MONA Museum of Old and New Art / Tasmania, Australia.
10.2010 TDWA Tokyo Designers Week : DesignBoom / Tokyo, Japan.
06.2009 MoMA Tokyo : Destination Seoul / Tokyo, Japan.
03.2009 Wonderstuff inc / Nara, Japan.
11.2008 Christmas with Designersblock & Friends : Shop of Delight / London, UK.
09.2008 Space & Deisgn : Selfridges & Co / London, UK.
( last updated : 20th October 2011' )
INTRODUCTION
i©øLab. [i-cubed-lab] is a design laboratory focusing on emotional issues in monotone lifestyle. We are a design team (studied in London and Seoul) has been working with international company as 'Kikkerland inc.' and 'MoMA design NY'. Our design products are qualified by international design awards as 'Red-dot awards Germany' & 'INDEX awards Denmark'. Our emotional designs are based on art, literature and science to search for ideal concepts of new experiences. Through international collaborations, we are also directing charity opportunities for global 'nature & social' issues by design.
PHILOSOPHY
We believe in emotional imagination could cure missing values of over systematized urban living and bring the function beyond the function. We develop products focused on bringing to life the variety of emotions to monotone life patterns. Utilizing the imaginary, illusory and ideal aspects of time and space, we give new meanings into ordinary objects by creating emotional interaction between users and functional usages to bring back modern people¡¯s lost fantasy.
DO
R&D Emotional Design Product / Licensing Concept / Customized Corporate Gifts / Worldwide Wholesale