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Seungjin Yang's balloon furniture is built to be sat on

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Korean designer Seungjin Yang's Blowing Series transforms balloons into durable furniture by coating them in epoxy resin. The range includes stools, chairs, armchairs, benches, and pieces for children, all in bright colors and playful shapes. The work will be presented at PAD London starting 13 October.

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Yang studied metal art and design at Hongik University in Seoul and also enrolled in a furniture course. His initial balloon came from a Korean office-supply shop; he first coated balloons in epoxy resin to create lighting, then tested whether the reinforced forms could support a sitter.

The resulting range spans stools, chairs, armchairs, benches and children’s pieces. A single work takes roughly two weeks, while new designs develop without a fixed deadline. His first presentation, at Seoul Design Festival in 201

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