Byungsub Kim is an artist based in Seoul who works across the fields of furniture, objects, and spatial design. Drawing upon his interpretation of the city, the artist explores the aesthetics of reconstructed relationships through the tension that arises from the gap between the passage of time embedded in his materials, the traces of discarded functions, and their newly assigned roles.

Career

B.A. in Spatial Design, Kookmin University, 2023
STUDIO KIMBYUNGSUB, 2021-
Designer, PRACTICE Interior Design Studio, 2023–2025
Dolce&Gabbana Generation Designer, 2024

Exhibition

2026
<Design Miami 2026>, DDP, Seoul
<ebb + flow>, Studio Siho, Seoul
<Urban Skin>, Noncontempo, Seoul
<2026 Busan Design Fair>, BEXCO, Busan

2025
<METAMORPHOSIS>, Galerie Noir, Seoul
<Seating Seoul>, DDP, Seoul
<Persona>, 3daysofdesign, Copenhagen

2024
<What is your first chair?>, Movementlab Hannam, Seoul
<Dolce&Gabbana GenD Vol.2>, Milano design week, Milan
<Collectible Fair>, GSL Gallery, Brussels
<BLUE STEEL>, GSL Gallery, Paris
<Encounter : Jowoo>, Carin Gallery, Busan

2023
<2023 DDP Design Fair>, DDP, Seoul
<Le Salon De Septembre>, GSL Gallery, Paris

2022
<Seoul Design Fair 2022>, DDP, Seoul
<here or There>, Sinchon Munhwagwan, Seoul

Award

ADORNO FUTURE 50 Selected, 2025
DDP Design Fair, Best Design Selected, 2023
Miro Meta Art Award, 2023

 

Publication

Noblesse, Aug, 2026

Esquire, Apr, 2026

MaisonKorea, Feb, 2026

Arte, Jan, 2026

Furniture News, Aug, 2025

W Korea, Sep, 2024

Esquire, Jul, 2024

Paleblue Magazine, May, 2024

ELLE Decor, Apr, 2024

Design Miami, Apr, 2024

AD ITALIA, Apr, 2024

Hunterblond, Aug, 2023

Designboom, Jun, 2023

Leibal, Feb, 2023

Design korea, Aug, 2022

Roomdiseno, Jun, 2021

Hypebeast, Apr, 2021

Designmate, Apr, 2021

Designboom, Apr, 2021

Designboom, Apr, 2021

Designboom, Jan, 2021