Subin Seol is a furniture and interior designer based in London and Seoul.
Seol studies and builds her own design language by crossing the border between design and craftsmanship to deliver intriguing narratives. Through her practices, she tries to find how design can affect and change people's perspectives, behaviours, and minds. Her debut collection, ‘Korean Art Deco’, a combination of Art Deco style and Korean aesthetics, was recently celebrated in a feature at Dezeen.
Seol also worked for Samsung for four years as a brand experience designer before moving to London to study MA Interior Design at Royal College of Art. She has honed excellent at attention to detail and trend awareness and tracking through her experience as an independent designer and the experience of running large and broad projects in a corporate.
Education
2021-
Royal College of Art (London)
MA Interior Design
2012-2017
Sookmyung Women’s University (Seoul)
BFA Environmental Design
Work Experience
2017-2021
Cheil Worldwide (Seoul)
Experiential Space Designer
2016
Innocean Worldwide (Seoul)
Jr. Art Director
Awards
2022
2nd Contemporary Furniture Design Competition (Korea) / Finalist
2020
Red-dot / Winner in Brand & Communication Design
ADC (Germany) / Bronze in Space Design
2018
IF Award (Germany) / Winner in Interior Architecture
Exhibitions
2023
RCA WIP Show 2023, Royal College of Art, London
2022
The Contactless Nomad, Marres, Fashion Clash Festival, Netherlands
Spectrum of Seating, DDP, Seoul
John Hejduk: London Masque, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2nd Contemporary Furniture Design Competition Exhibition, GUVS, Gyeonggi
RCA WIP Show 2022, Royal College of Art, London
2021
Inspiring Retreat, Noncontempo, Seoul
Point Zero of the Haus, Musinsa Terrace, Seoul
Aesthetic References, Mee Seek, Seoul
New Home, Anteroom Seoul, Seoul
2020
Yound Designer 2020, Coex, Seoul Design Festival, Seoul
Seol studies and builds her own design language by crossing the border between design and craftsmanship to deliver intriguing narratives. Through her practices, she tries to find how design can affect and change people's perspectives, behaviours, and minds. Her debut collection, ‘Korean Art Deco’, a combination of Art Deco style and Korean aesthetics, was recently celebrated in a feature at Dezeen.
Seol also worked for Samsung for four years as a brand experience designer before moving to London to study MA Interior Design at Royal College of Art. She has honed excellent at attention to detail and trend awareness and tracking through her experience as an independent designer and the experience of running large and broad projects in a corporate.
Education
2021-
Royal College of Art (London)
MA Interior Design
2012-2017
Sookmyung Women’s University (Seoul)
BFA Environmental Design
Work Experience
2017-2021
Cheil Worldwide (Seoul)
Experiential Space Designer
2016
Innocean Worldwide (Seoul)
Jr. Art Director
Awards
2022
2nd Contemporary Furniture Design Competition (Korea) / Finalist
2020
Red-dot / Winner in Brand & Communication Design
ADC (Germany) / Bronze in Space Design
2018
IF Award (Germany) / Winner in Interior Architecture
Exhibitions
2023
RCA WIP Show 2023, Royal College of Art, London
2022
The Contactless Nomad, Marres, Fashion Clash Festival, Netherlands
Spectrum of Seating, DDP, Seoul
John Hejduk: London Masque, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2nd Contemporary Furniture Design Competition Exhibition, GUVS, Gyeonggi
RCA WIP Show 2022, Royal College of Art, London
2021
Inspiring Retreat, Noncontempo, Seoul
Point Zero of the Haus, Musinsa Terrace, Seoul
Aesthetic References, Mee Seek, Seoul
New Home, Anteroom Seoul, Seoul
2020
Yound Designer 2020, Coex, Seoul Design Festival, Seoul