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JoonHyun Kim

JoonHyun Kim


JoonHyun Kim

Born in 1983 in Seoul, Korea. Majored in Industrial Design at Konkuk University. Received the bronze prize in the 2008 Muji International Design Competition, and was also awarded the bronze prize in the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards exhibition. His design philosophy is to find solutions by embracing subtle shortcomings in life.


- Designer Comments -

This pushpin resembles a sprouting plant with a unique shape that keeps the needle from facing upwards if dropped. I designed it with the innocence of a sprout emerging from concrete in mind.