iSeoul Museum of Craft ArtAnguk-dong, Jongno-gu
Equinox
Designer Chang Eungbok reinterprets the aesthetics of Korean gyubang craft and folk art as contemporary patterns across textiles, furniture and artisan techniques.
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One wall is made of 72 wooden frames, each filled with silk, hanji or glass and patterned with peonies, fish, fans and the ten symbols of long life. That is Patchwork-Wall, and it lays out the motifs Chang Eungbok has worked with since opening the design shop MONO in 1986.
About 400 works fill three sections on the museum's third floor. Pattern House sorts roughly 100 of Chang's patterns into six themes, from Mountain-Water to Warm Geometry. House Within a House turns them into things you could live with: cherry-wood cabinets made with the furniture studio STANDARD.a and a woven mat patterned with the 24 solar terms. You finish in Tower Walk, a room of video and sound where an indigo parasol chandelier hangs under a ceiling of constellations.
It's a designer's survey: expect textiles, lighting and furniture rather than antiques. The museum is open 10:00 to 18:00, closed Mondays. Related workshops include pattern design on 20 November and 18 December and umbrella making in Jeonju on 24 November.
Look for
Patchwork-Wall
Look for 72 wooden frames of silk, hanji and glass fitted into one wall, carrying peonies, fish, fans and longevity symbols.
The STANDARD.a cabinets
Two cherry-wood cabinets, Flower-Bird and Woven Mat, one set with indigo-dyed textile and the other faced with traditional woven matting.
The 24 Solar Terms mat
A woven floor mat patterned with the 24 seasonal divisions of the traditional Korean calendar, the cycle the show's title comes from.
House-House
A modular piece built on the structure of chaekgado bookshelf paintings and traditional furniture, its parts made to be rearranged.
The indigo parasol chandelier
In the last room, a large lamp built on the frame of a traditional paper umbrella hangs beneath a ceiling patterned with constellations.
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- EquinoxCourtesy of Seoul Museum of Craft Art
- 2mc1dj: Event Volume 3Exhibition Graphic, 2026. Graphic Design: Seungtaek Hong.
- VerticalsExhibition Graphic, 2026. Graphic Design: Kim Gunyong (wowsan guardian).
- Haneyl Choi: SleepwalkingExhibition Graphic, 2026. Graphic Design: Moonsick Gang.
- Seoul Museum of Craft ArtYoungjin, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Art Sonje CenterBonnielou2013 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- MMCA Seouljens kuu, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Arario Museum in SpaceSeoul Institute, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- National Museum of Korean Contemporary HistoryTrace84 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0