On the occasion of the video recently added to the gallery, Yeunhee Ryu opens the doors of her studio and invites us into her creative process, offering a close look at how her work comes into being. Rooted in a practice deeply connected to time, gesture, and materiality, the designer develops pieces that exist at the intersection of design, craft, and material experimentation. Her approach is quiet and deliberate: each decision emerges from careful observation of the materials and the intimate relationship she builds with them throughout the making process.

In the studio, Ryu works in a methodical, almost ritual manner. The video reveals a slow, attentive way of working, where the hands play a central role and mistakes are not erased but absorbed into the final outcome. Her pieces are formed through successive layers of making—dyeing, folding, assembling—each leaving visible traces on the surface. Rather than imposing a fixed form, the designer allows the material to respond, to enter into dialogue with the gesture, and to set its own rhythm.

Far from standardized production, Yeunhee Ryu’s work is shaped through conscious repetition and subtle variation. Each object is unique, not as an assertion of singularity, but as the result of an unrepeatable process. The time invested, the conditions of the studio, and the small decisions made along the way are inscribed in each piece, giving the works an almost biographical presence.

The video thus becomes an intimate portrait of a practice that understands design as a space of attention and care. In Ryu’s work, the final form is not an end in itself, but the natural outcome of an honest process—one in which material, body, and time intertwine to create objects that invite a slow, close way of looking.