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How a Korean Dowry Chest Inspired a Smarter Modular Furniture System

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How a Korean Dowry Chest Inspired a Smarter Modular Furniture System
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Some of the most interesting design work starts not in a studio, but in a family home. For Korean designer Kim Gayoung, it started with a chest. Not just any chest. A Bandaji, a traditional Korean dowry chest that her great-grandmother brought into her marriage. When that piece was passed down to Gayoung, it became more than furniture. It became a question: what do you do with an heirloom that feels too meaningful to set aside and too fixed to actually live with?
Her answer is ænd, a modular fur

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