UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG COURSES ONLINE VIEW 2022
Gen-Z students from Hongik University in South Korea go all out for school 2022 Industrial Design Online Study Show. OF NFT, mixed reality and smart home concepts of meta version and with smart mobility, the future seems a little brighter and a little smarter. A total of 79 projects anticipate what the coming years of automation will bring through bold devices and products that demonstrate fascinating design ideas for Korea’s core capabilities in high-tech and media culture. The theme of the graduation show is ‘Inter-‘, which means the relationship of things. Objects in space, events in time and human relationships, experiences, structures and strategies all come together in a world where they all intertwine.
To honor students’ creativity, designboom shares 10 smart-life industrial design concepts. To view all projects, visit the university website here.
Hoon Choi / Hyemin Jin – One Hundred
Can a stool become a pet? Students Hoon Choi and Hyemin Jin he imagined One hundred – the lounge chair brand fueling the sentient product revolution. In the future, the relationship between the product and the person will balance out, so that each of the products has a different personality. The red one, for example, inflates the body to make it fit better. But beware, if you don’t like stool, you do will blow out
One hundred
student: Hoon Choi with Hyemin Jin / lecturer: Kang-Hyun Lee
Nayoung Kim – Life of KINFOLK
Sign up if exploring is what you’re looking for. The Life of KINFOLK according to Nayung Kim, is a participatory service space designed using augmented reality and offline space to overcome the slump in the print magazine industry. A three-dimensional magazine allows people to imagine the space they are reading about and explore the stories of different people. Those introduced by the brand will be called Kinfolk, allowing explorers to learn all about their stories and meet them. The empty space is filled with augmented reality content that suits the explorer’s preferences based on a previous analysis of his lifestyle. As they move through the space, these explorers can naturally experience the life of KINFOLK from childhood to old age – five main spaces pose questions about each age group’s biggest concerns.
Life of KINFOLK
student: Nayoung Kim / tutor: Jung-Kyo Lee
Joowon Lee – Linker
As excessive urbanization makes cities even more concentrated, mobility solutions are needed. Linker according to Joowon Lee allows the user to fly to the destination and see a whole new world from above. Large window areas offer a wide view of the sky, while passenger seats and onboard technology are optimized for comfort, as the land-sky-city relationship is as interconnected as ever.
Linker
student: Joowon Lee / tutor: Keun Lee and Jun-Hyuck Eoh
Seunglok Yoo – GUTS
People, nature and mobility are connected more strongly than before SLIT according to Seunglok Yoo. In modern society, the value of nature is becoming invaluable, and as a result, people are looking for ways to connect more with it. Without setting physical boundaries, the concept of mobility helps fellow citizens interact with each other to create a unified ecosystem, thus enabling them to connect deeply with nature.
SLIT
student: Seunglok Yoo / tutor: Keun Lee and Jun-Hyuck Eoh
Yejin An – Mushroom
Hub: a realistic metaverse shared space of the future. Student Yejin An represents this kind of futuristic service where AR glasses are commercialized. Through the “online service Hub”, users can create, edit and save numerous AR spaces, while the “offline service” enables a live, interactive experience – still with AR glasses.
