ASYMMETRY
Asymmetry sunglasses was started by the question that how come glasses of sunglasses are always perfectly symmetric even though everyone’s faces are not? It characterizes the imperfection of nature applied to an artificial thing. This product contains the paradoxical meaning of perfection in imperfection of shape. An idea applied to artificial symmetry to natural asymmetry of nature could create something more strange. As fashion item, it is good method to express personality hence, Asymmetry sunglasses proposal present a new style of product.
2010
category / sunglasses
material / UV glass, rubber
W 150 x D 32 x H 50
KOSC special prize
In aesthetic aspect, it has unbalanced shape from both –right and left- side therefore Taehun Ko considered and focused on how to make right weight balance on our face. Approach toward to the problem of weight balance, as it has asymmetry shape, it is designed and driven to distribute the weight balance with temples. Due to more surface occupation of right side of lens, it has thin and bored temple, which is lighter relatively compare to the other side.
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