DESIGN FOR LUXURY & CRAFTSMANSHIP

Jaekyoung Kim – Lines of Support

by Jaekyoung Kim

Lines of Support is inspired by the ropes, nets, and container structures found in ports and coastal environments. Ropes and nets are used to connect, support, and secure objects, while containers are designed to hold, protect, and transport goods. This project explores how functional systems of connection can be transformed into a sculptural language. Using rope and stitching as main tools, it investigates how lines and connection points on flat surfaces can develop into forms and volumes in three dimensions. Stitching is not used as a decorative element, but as a structural method that joins ropes together and supports the form. Through repetition, stitching becomes a construction technique and a visual language, and the methods of connection themselves evolve into a structural textile.