Il Hoon Roh Furniture

Center "Fabric Table Radiolaria" by Il Hoon Roh, signed and numbered This table is one of only two currently in existence of a proposed edition of 25 apart from the artist's proof from the “Designed by Nature” series. The table utilises the same structural principles as those found in nature, including spider webs, beehives and cells. These principles have been tried and tested through the evolutionary process resulting in a design that is lightweight, structurally optimised and extremely efficient. To generate these forms, the designer first built moulds which were used to stretch the material into three dimensional shapes which were then made into furniture. The parameters of the resulting shapes were not set by the designer, rather, he allowed tensile forces to determine the final shapes replicating the process found in nature. Il Hoon Roh received his AA diploma from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He worked at Foster and Partners...