Kumiok

Kumiok is a Korean object design brand working in what it calls an Oriental Art Nouveau style, with the aim of opening an Art Product genre between design and storytelling. For each client it proposes and produces symbolic physical objects, from props and products to furniture and spaces, built on the narrative of the brand rather than on a fixed catalogue.

Collaborators range from individuals and companies to public institutions, religious bodies and national organisations. Among the projects are a Haetae-shaped fire hydrant for a Korean cultural street, conceived as a protective totem, and the Ola Ola electric heater, the studio’s fourth collaboration project, inspired by a myth of a circulating flame. The objects are also presented through exhibitions and an online gallery.