Inspired by the primitive act of stacking stones, deeply rooted in the tradition of wish-making in Korean culture, Jaewoo Ahn presents the Stack series. A chest of drawers designed to store precious items - much like how pebbles and rocks are embodiments of one's whispered desires - Stack is composed of irregularly sized volumes seemingly balanced atop one another in a delicate state of equilibrium.
At first glance, Stack may seem to be a wooden sculpture punctuated with gilded pins, yet once the handles are pulled, its function is revealed. Cast in textured brass, the doorknobs reveal the shapes of stones that Jaewoo Ahn collected himself, grounding the project in a reconnection with nature.
Just as there are various reasons for stacking stones, each individual can make use of the internal spaces as they wish. 'Some people stack stones for mindfulness and meditation, while others stack them for wish-making,' Ahn continues.
Stack follows Jaewoo Ahn's explorations of balance and composition of light, form, space, and life for poetic design objects for the home that are at once sculptural and functional.
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