When convenience becomes an apparatus

Category: Accessories

Design originally aims to solve the problems people encounter in everyday life. At the same time, it reduces the cognitive and operational cost required from the user, making decisions and actions comparatively effortless and inexpensive. From my perspective, clothing can be understood as an extension of the skin, and anything that enters into a relationship with the body—people, objects, or environments—can be considered part of clothing. Accessories and bags, as components of this system, require a level of consideration and action that is no less than that of garments and the skin itself. More importantly, as containers of carrying, what they hold often corresponds to the value and significance of the things we choose to keep, and therefore should be approached with careful reflection. In designing bags, I focus on extending the duration of use and introducing layered structures of storage. When objects are placed in different layers, the cost of retrieving them varies accordingly. This difference in effort is intended to force a reconsideration of choice, making the act of selection once again meaningful rather than automatic.