On Seoul’s Guryong Slum and Pushing Poverty Under the Carpet
After the 1960s, a rapid increase in Seoul’s urban population led to inflated prices and a shortage of affordable housing in the city. A large number of slum settlements developed and in 1988 Guryong panjachon (a wooden board house) was created by residents who had been pushed out of their inner-city slums by the government...
IISE: Mixing Traditional Korea with Urban Street Style
The designers behind international fashion accessories brand IISE, meaning ‘second generation’, are Korean American brothers TK and Kevin Kim. Having documented the unique experience of creating their newest collection on their social media networks, much well-deserved hype has built around IISE in the last few months. We sat down with the two to chat about...
