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Jeong: The Spirit of Korean Craft and Design

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Category: Koleksi Lengkap

Some books document objects. This one is one. Hand-sewn binding, beautiful production values, a cover typeset in Hangul that reads as graphic design before it reads as text — Jeong earns its place on a shelf the way the objects inside earn theirs.

The title resists translation. Jeong names a quality of attachment that forms between people and things over time, through use, care, and shared history. In the context of craft and design, it's the thread between maker and object and the person who eventually lives with both.

175 works span anonymous folk craft to celebrated contemporary makers — lacquerware, ceramics, embroidery, furniture — assembled as the first comprehensive survey of Korean design for an international audience.

A reference point. An object in its own right.

Author: Hyo Jung Lee · Phaidon Press · 224 pages · 8.25" × 10.7"

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 2 reviews)

Scarlett H. ★★★★★

I bought this mostly for the Hangul cover and ended up reading it cover to cover in two sittings. The production quality is on another level — the paper has real weight and the layout treats the photography like art. It sits on my coffee table now and every guest picks it up.

Samuel M. ★★★★★

The hand-sewn binding is genuinely stunning, the kind of detail you notice every time you pick it up. The Hangul cover works as graphic design first and text second, exactly as described. This one stays on my coffee table, not the shelf.