"There's something quietly rebellious about seeing delicate leather straps wrapped around cold, hard steel. It's unexpected, a bit contradictory, and exactly what makes Nara Lee's Pul collection so captivating. The Paris-based architect just unveiled this sculptural furniture series at The Sun Room exhibition in Seoul, and it's turning heads for all the right reasons. What strikes you first about these pieces isn't just their minimalist beauty, but the story they tell about urban nature."
"The Pul collection channels this tension between the rigid and the organic through its material choices. Stainless steel provides the structure, all clean geometric lines and industrial precision. But then there are those leather ties that seem to hold everything together, adding warmth and tactility to pieces that could have been austere. The chairs are particularly striking, with backs that bend backwards in ways that feel both sculptural and functional."
Nara Lee unveiled the Pul collection, a sculptural furniture series shown at The Sun Room exhibition in Seoul. The series juxtaposes stainless steel frames with delicate leather straps to evoke Seoul's 'wild nature,' such as weeds through sidewalk cracks and vines on buildings. Clean geometric steel provides structural precision while leather ties add warmth, tactility, and visible tension. Chair backs bend backward to achieve sculptural yet functional forms. The pieces inhabit a space between art object and everyday utility, commanding attention while remaining usable as chairs and tables. The process combines industrial metalworking with traditional hand-crafted techniques.
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