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DESIGNER OF THE DAY

Designer of the Day: Tom Chung

Driven by the human experience of space, Tom Chung envisions how the objects that surround us can be improved by the principles of mobility, lightness, and durability picked up during his industrial design training. Following the debut of his Beam Lamp for Muuto, the Vancouver-based talent is gearing up to launch the Piton Portable Lamp, which playfully references the archetypal flashlight while evoking the shape of a tool often used in mountain climbing.

Driven by the human experience of space, Tom Chung envisions how the objects that surround us can be improved by the principles of mobility, lightness, and durability picked up during his industrial design training. Following the debut of his Beam Lamp for Muuto, the Vancouver-based talent is gearing up to launch the Piton Portable Lamp, which playfully references the archetypal flashlight while evoking the shape of a tool often used in mountain climbing.

Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life.

Age: 32

Occupation: Industrial designer.

Instagram: @tom__chung

Hometown: Vancouver.

Studio location: Vancouver and Rotterdam.

Describe what you make: Objects, interiors, exhibitions, publications, writing.

Beam Lamp for Muuto

The most important thing you’ve designed to date: The interior renovation of my childhood home for my parents.

Describe the problem your work solves: The budget.

Describe the project you are working on now: New work for Muuto, sofas and art direction for Part & Whole, a zine with Nifemi Marcus Bello, and some self-directed projects.

A new or forthcoming project we should know about: My Piton Lamp that I designed and showed at Villa Noailles in 2018 will soon be available at Muuto!

Piton Portable Lamp for Muuto
Piton Portable Lamp for Muuto

What you absolutely must have in your studio: Natural light.

What you do when you’re not working: Sports, swimming outside, cooking, looking at art, dinner with friends.

Sources of creative envy: Omar-S Cassette Mix from ‘93.

The distraction you want to eliminate: I’ve accepted that it’s all part of the process.

Piton Portable Lamp for Muuto

Concrete or marble? Concrete.

High-rise or townhouse? Mid-rise.

Remember or forget? Remember.

Aliens or ghosts? Aliens.

Dark or light? Both.

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