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Beech Wood, Korean Paulownia, 3700x3700xH2600(mm), 2020. by @dahyeonkang_

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GROTESQUE SERIES_STRUGGLE

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Beech Wood, 2000x2000xH1500(mm), 2019.

There is no agony at all about the future.
It's only focused on surviving right now.
No interest in what the being is clutching tightly.
No interest even more in the pain of the being!

미래에 대한 고뇌 따윈 어디에도 없다.
지금 당장 살아남는 것에만 집중하고 있다.
꽉 잡고 있는 뭔가가 무엇인지에 대하여는 관심이 없다.
그 뭔가의 아픔에 대하여는 더욱 더.

ⓒ2021. by Da Hyeon Kang by @dahyeonkang_

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GROTESQUE SERIES_STRUGGLE

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Beech Wood, 2000x2000xH2400(mm), 2018.

Therefore, the ivory of the mammoth had to be beautifully expressed.
Just as the carnival's victims, where slaughter and festivals coexist, are beautiful!

그러므로 매머드의 상아는 아름답게 표현되어야 했다.
살육과 축제가 공존하는 카니발의 희생물이 아름다운 것처럼!

ⓒ2021. by Da Hyeon Kang by @dahyeonkang_

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Don’t Trust Me. Interactive kinetic installation

PVC sheet, Tyvek, ribbons, ESP32, electronic components / 1800 × 1800 × 2200 mm / 2026

Musok is a traditional Korean belief system in which Mudang (shamans) mediate between humans and spirits, addressing concerns about illness, relationships, uncertainty, and the future.
Rather than explaining a situation through a single cause, Musok understands the present as something shaped by interconnected relationships, time, emotions, places, and surrounding conditions.
Today, Musok continues to evolve through personal consultations, online fortune-telling, livestreams, and AI-based divination. As these practices increasingly offer immediate interpretations and answers, uncertainty becomes something to resolve quickly rather than explore from different perspectives.
Don’t Trust Me. translates this way of thinking into an interactive installation featuring three fictional spirits of Time, Relationships, and Place.
The spirits appear through familiar everyday moments, such as waiting for water to boil, cleaning a room, or taking a shower — moments when we briefly pause and reflect on ourselves.
Instead of providing direct answers, each spirit responds with questions from a different perspective.
Through these encounters, the work invites participants to reconsider their situations not as the result of a single cause, but as something shaped by multiple relationships, conditions, and experiences.

ⓒ2026. by Da Hyeon Kang

#dahyeonkang #graduationshow2026 #designacademyeindhoven contextualdesign dutchdesignweek @designacademyeindhoven @dutchdesignweek

Photography @___femke___reijerman by @dahyeonkang_

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Don’t Trust Me. Interactive kinetic installation

PVC sheet, Tyvek, ribbons, ESP32, electronic components / 1250 × 800 × 2500 mm / 2026

Musok is a traditional Korean belief system in which Mudang (shamans) mediate between humans and spirits, addressing concerns about illness, relationships, uncertainty, and the future.
Rather than explaining a situation through a single cause, Musok understands the present as something shaped by interconnected relationships, time, emotions, places, and surrounding conditions.
Today, Musok continues to evolve through personal consultations, online fortune-telling, livestreams, and AI-based divination. As these practices increasingly offer immediate interpretations and answers, uncertainty becomes something to resolve quickly rather than explore from different perspectives.
Don’t Trust Me. translates this way of thinking into an interactive installation featuring three fictional spirits of Time, Relationships, and Place.
The spirits appear through familiar everyday moments, such as waiting for water to boil, cleaning a room, or taking a shower — moments when we briefly pause and reflect on ourselves.
Instead of providing direct answers, each spirit responds with questions from a different perspective.
Through these encounters, the work invites participants to reconsider their situations not as the result of a single cause, but as something shaped by multiple relationships, conditions, and experiences.

ⓒ2026. by Da Hyeon Kang

#dahyeonkang #graduationshow2026 #designacademyeindhoven #contextualdesign #dutchdesignweek @designacademyeindhoven @dutchdesignweek

Photography @___femke___reijerman by @dahyeonkang_

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Don’t Trust Me. Interactive kinetic installation

PVC sheet, Tyvek, ribbons, ESP32, electronic components / 600 × 1000 × 1500 mm / 2026

Musok is a traditional Korean belief system in which Mudang (shamans) mediate between humans and spirits, addressing concerns about illness, relationships, uncertainty, and the future.
Rather than explaining a situation through a single cause, Musok understands the present as something shaped by interconnected relationships, time, emotions, places, and surrounding conditions.
Today, Musok continues to evolve through personal consultations, online fortune-telling, livestreams, and AI-based divination. As these practices increasingly offer immediate interpretations and answers, uncertainty becomes something to resolve quickly rather than explore from different perspectives.
Don’t Trust Me. translates this way of thinking into an interactive installation featuring three fictional spirits of Time, Relationships, and Place.
The spirits appear through familiar everyday moments, such as waiting for water to boil, cleaning a room, or taking a shower — moments when we briefly pause and reflect on ourselves.
Instead of providing direct answers, each spirit responds with questions from a different perspective.
Through these encounters, the work invites participants to reconsider their situations not as the result of a single cause, but as something shaped by multiple relationships, conditions, and experiences.

ⓒ2026. by Da Hyeon Kang

#dahyeonkang #graduationshow2026 #designacademyeindhoven #contextualdesign #dutchdesignweek @designacademyeindhoven @dutchdesignweek

Photography @___femke___reijerman by @dahyeonkang_

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The Heart Project began with a simple moment. driving into a parking garage, my father noticed two circular ceiling cutouts that momentarily aligned into a heart shape from a specific angle, snap a photo and text it to my mother. Inspired by that fleeting moment of everyday affection, this 3-piece furniture collection translates the accidental alignment into deliberate form, where circular cutouts converge into a hidden heart silhouette from a precise viewpoint.

Finished with maple veneer over plywood, the pieces initially present themselves as calm, familiar wooden objects. Yet, as viewers shift their perspective, the vibrant red inner void reveals itself. Beyond passive observation, the work invites physical movement to discover that brief moment of alignment.

Spanning a chair, a stool, and a lamp, this collection embeds wit, handcraft, and the pure joy of making into the furniture’s structural bones.

#StudioDahong #HeartProject #FurnitureDesign #ObjectDesign #Designstudio

”Heart Void Stool“

300mm x 300mm x 450mm
Maple, Varnish, Paint Finish by @dahyeonkang_

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The Heart Project began with a simple moment. driving into a parking garage, my father noticed two circular ceiling cutouts that momentarily aligned into a heart shape from a specific angle, snap a photo and text it to my mother. Inspired by that fleeting moment of everyday affection, this 3-piece furniture collection translates the accidental alignment into deliberate form, where circular cutouts converge into a hidden heart silhouette from a precise viewpoint.

Finished with maple veneer over plywood, the pieces initially present themselves as calm, familiar wooden objects. Yet, as viewers shift their perspective, the vibrant red inner void reveals itself. Beyond passive observation, the work invites physical movement to discover that brief moment of alignment.

Spanning a chair, a stool, and a lamp, this collection embeds wit, handcraft, and the pure joy of making into the furniture’s structural bones.

#StudioDahong #HeartProject #FurnitureDesign #ObjectDesign #Designstudio

"Heart Void Chair"

406mm x 426mm x 760mm
Maple, Varnish, Paint Finish by @dahyeonkang_

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3 days ago

Studio Dahong (@studio.dahong) presents its debut exhibition at FORWARD FURNITURE during Dutch Design Week.

Curated by Liv Vaisberg Office in collaboration with DDW, the exhibition is dedicated exclusively to contemporary furniture design and brings together around 100 emerging and established designers, galleries, and editors from around the world.

Taking place in a spectacular industrial building at CAAI (Gebouw TX), one of Dutch Design Week’s main destinations and official ticketing locations, FORWARD FURNITURE presents realised furniture collections exploring new directions in collectible design, limited editions, craftsmanship, material innovation, and conceptual thinking.
For this inaugural showcase, Studio Dahong introduces a three-piece collection comprising a chair, a stool, and a floor lamp. We look forward to welcoming you in person.

Location & Dates

📍 Gebouw TX at Strijp-T (6th floor),Achtseweg Zuid 187
, 5651 GW Eindhoven, The Netherlands

📆 17–25 October 2026

@livvaisberg @forwardfurniture_club @dutchdesignweek @studio.dahong @designacademyeindhoven taken in Strijp-T by @dahyeonkang_

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4 days ago

Studio Dahong (@studio.dahong) presents its debut exhibition at FORWARD FURNITURE during Dutch Design Week.

Curated by Liv Vaisberg Office in collaboration with DDW, the exhibition is dedicated exclusively to contemporary furniture design and brings together around 100 emerging and established designers, galleries, and editors from around the world.

Taking place in a spectacular industrial building at CAAI (Gebouw TX), one of Dutch Design Week’s main destinations and official ticketing locations, FORWARD FURNITURE presents realised furniture collections exploring new directions in collectible design, limited editions, craftsmanship, material innovation, and conceptual thinking.
For this inaugural showcase, Studio Dahong introduces a three-piece collection comprising a chair, a stool, and a floor lamp. We look forward to welcoming you in person.

Location & Dates

📍 Gebouw TX at Strijp-T (6th floor),Achtseweg Zuid 187
, 5651 GW Eindhoven, The Netherlands

📆 17–25 October 2026

@livvaisberg @forwardfurniture_club @dutchdesignweek @studio.dahong @designacademyeindhoven by @dahyeonkang_

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Demon Hunters
Heartbeat in the Gaze / Single-channel video / sound / 1min 36sec / 2025
https://youtube.com/shorts/Z45ncEaJbac?feature=share

This project started from the theme of Gross Encounters, exploring low-budget and retro aesthetics. I chose the lion mask dance (사자탈춤) as a starting point — a traditional shamanic ritual dance performed to ward off evil and bring good fortune. For the soundtrack, I used “범 내려온다” and projected Ambiguous Dance Company’s performance video in the background. Combining these elements, I created a kitschy, lo-fi video that reinterprets shamanic movement through playful visuals and nostalgic textures.

이 작업은 Gross Encounters 워크숍 주제에서 출발해 저예산, 복고적인 미학을 실험한 프로젝트입니다. 무속적 의미를 가진 사자탈춤을 모티프로 삼아, 악귀를 쫓고 복을 비는 의식적 움직임을 현대적으로 재해석했습니다. 음악은 이날치의 ‘범 내려온다’, 배경은 엠비규어스 댄스 컴퍼니의 공연 영상을 사용했고, 이를 결합해 키치하고 로파이한 영상으로 제작했습니다. by @dahyeonkang_

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Heartbeat in the Gaze
Mixed media / 1000×1000×H1400mm / 2025
Single-channel video / sound / 1min 30sec / 2025
https://youtu.be/anEjPkTfXjM

We live under constant surveillance—surrounded by CCTVs, vehicle black boxes, and devices that endlessly record us. Once symbols of safety, these gazes now often provoke unease. Heartbeat in the Gaze visualizes the tension between being watched and feeling vulnerable.

Shaped like an ancient helmet, the device opens and closes its internal aperture in sync with the wearer’s heartbeat. Rising anxiety triggers red lights and warning sounds; calmness brings soft light and closure. The helmet becomes both a shield and a signal—revealing emotion as a form of self-defense.

What once seemed like a neutral machine gaze now feels deeply human—uninvited and uncontrollable. This work explores the dual position of being both observer and observed, transforming surveillance into a mirror that reflects inner states rather than merely exposing them.

Heartbeat in the Gaze
Mixed media / 1000×1000×H1400mm / 2025
Single-channel video / sound / 1min 30sec / 2025
https://youtu.be/anEjPkTfXjM

우리는 CCTV와 블랙박스 등 끊임없는 감시 속에 살아간다. 한때 안전을 상징하던 시선은 이제 불안과 긴장을 불러온다. Heartbeat in the Gaze는 감시와 정서적 취약성 사이의 긴장을 시각화한 작품이다.

고대 투구를 닮은 헬멧 내부의 조리개는 착용자의 심박수에 따라 열리고 닫힌다. 불안이 높아지면 붉은 빛과 경고음이, 안정되면 부드러운 빛이 작동한다. 이 장치는 외부의 시선으로부터 자신을 보호하면서 동시에 내면의 감정을 드러내는 신호가 된다.

중립적이라 여겼던 기계의 시선 뒤에는 결국 인간의 시선이 있었다. 원치 않는 노출 속에서, 감시의 시선은 나를 위협하면서도 내면을 비추는 또 하나의 거울이 된다. by @dahyeonkang_

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