about
Dongho So is a designer based in Seoul. His work questions the notion of craft and design by experimenting with diverse materials and techniques to make chairs, lighting, and objects.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 모든 의자는 평등하다 All Chairs are Created Equal, 탑골미술관 Topgoal Art Gallery, Seoul
2018 부유하는 것들 Ghosting, 팩토리2 Factory2, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
2022 공예다반: 일인호사, 서울공예박물관 Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul
2022 스펙트럼 오브 시팅 Spectrum of Seating, 동대문디자인플라자 DDP, Seoul
2021 서울디자인페스티벌 역대 영 디자이너 20인 기획전, 코엑스 Coex, Seoul
2021 우리들의 정원 Open Museum Garden, 소다미술관 Soda Museum of Art, Hwaseong
2021 을: 이야기, 재료, 실험 Eul: Story, Materials, and Experiments, 을지예술센터 C.ENTER, Seoul
2020 시팅서울 Seating Seoul, 온양민속박물관 구정아트센터 Onyang Folk Museum Gujeong Art Center, Asan
2020 시팅서울 Seating Seoul, 문화역서울284 TMO Culture Station Seoul 284 TMO, Seoul
2020 당신에게 할 이야기가 있어요 I need to tell you something, 상상캠퍼스 SS Campus, Suwon
2020 앙코르 서울디자인페스티벌 Encore Seoul Design Festival, 갤러리모이소 Gallery Moiso, Seoul
2019 아마추어서울 Amateur Seoul, 동대문디자인플라자 갤러리 문 DDP Gallery Mun, Seoul
2019 아트슈퍼마켓 Art Supermarket, 인사아트센터 Insa Art Center, Seoul
2019 사물의 집 House of Things, 소다미술관 Soda Museum of Art, Hwaseong
2019 나른 Drowsy, 위클리캐비닛 Weekly Cabinet, Seoul
2018 서울디자인페스티벌 Seoul Design Festival, 코엑스 Coex, Seoul
2018 공예트렌드페어 Craft Trend Fair, 코엑스 Coex, Seoul
2018 을지로라이트웨이 Euljiro Light Way, 세운상가 Sewoon Sangga, Seoul
2018 텐트 런던 Tent London, 트루먼 브루어리 Truman Brewery, London
2017 을지로라이트웨이 Euljiro Light Way, 동대문디자인플라자 DDP, Seoul
2016 텐트 런던 Tent London, 트루먼 브루어리 Truman Brewery, London
2015 공예트렌드페어 Craft Trend Fair, 코엑스 Coex, Seoul
2015 광주디자인비엔날레 Gwangju Design Biennale, 광주비엔날레전시관 Gwangju
2015 생테티엔국제디자인비엔날레 Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne: Vitality 2015 : Beyond Craft & Design, Saint-Etienne
2014 서울디자인페스티벌 Seoul Design Festival, 코엑스 Coex, Seoul
2014 공예페스티벌 온기Craft Festival On-gi, 문화역서울284 Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul
2013 공예트렌드페어 Craft Trend Fair, 코엑스 Coex, Seoul
2013 예올이 제안하는 공간 Open House Exhibition, 예올 YÉOL, Seoul
2013 광주디자인비엔날레 Gwangju Design Biennale, 광주비엔날레전시관 Gwangju
2013 메종&오브제 Maison et Objet, 파리 노르 빌팽트 Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris
2013 코리아 파워: 디자인과 정체성 Korea Power : Design and Identity, 프랑크푸르트 응용미술박물관 MAK, Frankfurt
2011 디자인아트페어 Design and Art Fair, 한가람디자인미술관 Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul
Projects
2022 2023 설 특선 ‘더 현대적인 선물’, Interviewee, The Hyundai
2022 ORF Youth+Design Workshop, Design Mentor, No Plastic Sunday, Seoul
2021 Korea Craft Week, Cooperative planner, KCDF, Seoul
2020 Seating Seoul, Archiving member, Seoul
2019 Seoul Design Festival, Art director, Designhouse Inc., Seoul
2019 Euljiro Light Way ‘by Euljiro Project’, Art director, Jung District Office, Seoul
2018 Korean Royal Cuisine Festival, Visual director, Institute of Korean Royal Cuisine, Seoul
2017 Euljiro landscape lighting Installation, Artist, Jung District Office, Seoul
2016 Tour to Euljiro alleyes, Design director, Jung District Office, Seoul
2015 Asia Crafts · Design Project, Designer, Arumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation, Seoul
Lecture & Talk
2023 한국디자인사학회 학술대회, 시팅서울: 의자, 아카이브, 서울, 21세기, 홍익대학교 U동, 서울
2021 DDP Design School, Seoul Design Foundation
2020 16p, Seoul
2019 Designhouse Inc., Seoul
2018 Heritage Project Inc., Guri Arts Hall, Guri
2017 Art & Crafts Dept., Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul
2014 Art & Crafts Dept., Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul