Sarita Chen – Looking Outwards

This week’s post is about Mimi Son, co-founder of Kimchi and Chips, which is a Seoul based art studio. The project I chose is NICA, CARRY YOUR DREAMS, which was a launch of new handbags for the brand Nica in London in 2009. Kimchi and Chips designed and created an interactive wall to display the handbags. How it works is that visitors would remove bags from the wall, and the wall would display designs that looked and were influenced by the designs on the bag. The project uses light sensors, Arduino and VVVV.

Here is a video with more information on the project.

Mimi Son was born in Seoul, Korea. Her inspiration for creating came from watching her dad, who was both an artist and a musician. She was also fascinated with geometry and Buddhist philosophy. She completed a masters degree in Digital Media Art and Design at Middlesex University, and Interaction Design at CIID. She is now a professor at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.

Here is a link to her website.

Here is a photo of her and the co-founder, Elliot Woods.