Work// NATURE V2.01 project

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Nature V2.01 project_chair(2006)

Inspired from world’s debates on GMO products and eco-crisis on earth, ‘Nature v2.01’ explores today’s

struggling human relationship with nature and our desire for authenticity.

More difficult it gets to find something authentic, more demands on ‘nature’ to be ‘natural’-

yet to the extent that it is allowed by people. Nature, considered to be original to its core,

is increasingly becoming an interface controlled by man. The simple joy of breathing clean air,

sitting on a tree trunk and listening to the birds has become luxury for some.

And it seems that the search for true, unspoiled nature has never been so intense in the

history of mankind.

Our product culture, on the other hand, makes it desirable to involve nature in the

manufacturing process to convey authentic value in mass production.

On the assumption that our industry puts no limit to the transformation and reproduction

of subjects with the pretense of progress, it is likely that some day we might encounter

square trees growing in rows.

Thus, the design raises a series of questions about the attitude towards a possible future:

Are we ready to change anything as long as manufacturing method is profitably innovative?

If we bio-manufacture our furniture in order to get the most ‘authentic’ furniture with

minimal modification, can we still call it nature?

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/ Wooden structure covered with original tree bark (Larch)

/ 80(L), 80(W), 80(H) (cm)

/ Photography by A.Decremer

// Designed and made by BoYoung Jung and Emmanuel Wolfs

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