Study on the Influence of Contemporary Art on Furniture Design: Based on the Analysis on <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> with Key Features of Contemporary Art and Furniture Design

The history repeatedly shows that designers have sought their creative inspiration from fine arts. <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> was also influenced by contemporary art such as surrealism or installment works. This thesis aims to examine the inter-relationship between contemporary art and contemporary furniture design with examples of organic modernism and minimalism furniture design. Also, <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> will be analyzed in light of such interdisciplinary relationship, explaining the significances of <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> in scholastic perspective. The previous research analysis of finding out examples of how fine art and design sought mutual exchanges to develop will help to examine the significance of <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> in the context of art history. This analysis could be used as an important academic material to understand the origin and characteristics of modern design furniture. The features of surrealism and minimalism will be discussed in light of their influences on and interactive relationship with organic modernism furniture design. This provides important basic material to further analyze <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3>. Furthermore, the artistic language and plastic features of contemporary sculptors and installment artists such as Jean Arp, Richard Serra and Anish Kapoor will be examined to show how <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> integrated and combined main features of those artists. <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> extracted cognitive and phenomenological aspects from Serra’s works that overwhelm viewers with their massive scales. Somewhat abstract yet somewhat primitive and dynamic features of Arp’s works was also referred to <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3>. <Stool with Partitions 1,2,3> are made of FRP, composed of three partitions and six stools. This work was analyzed in aspect of form, composition and function. They have organic and flexible formations with free composition availability which endow free disassemble and arrangement. Also, they have cognitive features as of small elements are freely dispersed upon spaces to bestow certain presences. Based on this, this thesis could develop scholastic researches that examine the mutual and interactive relationship between contemporary art and furniture design with much more detailed discussions and examples.