Hasta La Ideas

Earlier this year, we had a first look at South Korean design collective Monocomplex. These warm summer months have apparently been quite productive for founders Jangwon Cho, Eunsang Hwang, Hyunwoo Park and Taemin Kim—who, according to their website, all graduated from the Industrial Design program at Konkuk University… earlier this year. Once again, we find ourselves enamored with at least a few of their designs, along with a couple strong concepts that have room for improvement.

First up, the “Dynamite Vase” isn’t a reference to Good Times but the sticks of explosive material, which have been reimagined in wood—ash, of all materials—to make a handsome vase.

Dynamite invented by Nobel was a fatal weapon to destroy peace. However, the true purpose of it was to end war and bring peace other than the outbreak of war.

‘Dynamite Vase’ is a work to give paradox and wit through a vase with the key word of love to dynamite with the key word of war and danger. ‘Dynamite Vase’ made a glass vase held by ash wood and used leather string as finishing material to combine each of dynamites.

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