Press - Sanghyeok Lee Sanghyeok

2025

Leibal.com is a prominent online platform dedicated to minimalist design, founded in 2010. It curates and showcases refined minimalist architecture, interiors, furniture, and product design from around the world. Based in New York, Leibal has become a trusted authority for contemporary minimalist aesthetics, promoting accessibility and innovation within the minimalist design ethos across global audiences.

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Magazine C — Stool60

2025

Magazine C is a documentary magazine
that focuses on one iconic chair in every issue, introducing the design and lifestyle people build around it.

BOB Coordination — Sanghyeok Lee

2025

Sanghyeok Lee’s work begins with the rational realization of intangible concepts, offering new perspectives on familiar objects. He explores harmonious forms and the intrinsic value of materials, redefining boundaries between fabrication techniques and functionality to recompose the meaning of objects. He particularly focuses on drawing intentional attention to static everyday objects, prompting reconsideration of the ordinary through unexpected yet meaningful forms and functions. His works metaphorically address the relationships between objects and space, using architecture and urban contexts to intersect boundaries between interior and exterior, stillness and movement, familiarity and strangeness. This approach enables viewers to dynamically shift their perception, experiencing familiar spaces in unfamiliar ways. Lee is currently based in Berlin, Germany.

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BOB Magazine, South Korea

KEIT Berlin — Friend of KEIT

2024

DE
Ich komme aus Jinju, Südkorea, lebe aber nun schon seit 13 Jahren in Berlin. Als Filmemacher untersuche ich die Beziehung von Räumen und Objekten. Meine Arbeit ist dabei häufig inspiriert von der Vielfalt, die ich in Berlin-Neukölln erlebe – einem Kiez, der inzwischen zu meiner persönlichen Muse geworden ist.
KEIT habe ich zufällig entdeckt. Mittlerweile bin ich dort aber wirklich regelmäßig. Das Weizenbrot gefällt mir am besten – es ist ehrlich, zeitlos und so sättigend wie eine Pizza Margherita.

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I come from Jinju, South Korea, but have been living in Berlin for the past 13 years. As a filmmaker, I explore the relationship between spaces and objects. My work draws inspiration from the diversity I experience in Berlin Neukölln – a neighborhood that has become my personal muse.
I discovered KEIT by accident, but have been a regular since then. The wheat bread is my personal favorite – it’s honest, timeless and as filling as a Margherita pizza.

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Goethe-Institut Korea — Goethe Meets #4

2023

Editor Sohee Shin.

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Magazine F — It’s baking time!

2023

MAGAZINE F BREAD
Editor Eun-Kyung Lee
Photographer Dahahm Choi

Just before the pandemic began, my artist friend Vera Kox conducted a sourdough bread workshop at my home. She was working with artist Olafur Eliasson at the time and used their Kitchen’s sourdough starter, which was a 100% Rye flour starter.
This marked the beginning of my sourdough bread journey. It took nearly three years to master the art of baking bread that I could truly enjoy. The frustration I encountered during this process was a compelling challenge.
Baking bread is indeed an artisan’s craft. It requires an intimate understanding of the material and its transformation through fermentation, all of which are influenced by factors like temperature, humidity, types of flour, and time.
What’s truly fascinating about baking sourdough bread is the constant communication it demands—conversation, listening, and waiting. This entire process, though ultimately rewarding, aligns perfectly with my work philosophy and thoughts on life.
During an exhibition about bread by my designer friend Maciej Chmara of Chmara.Rosinke, he mentioned that the microorganisms in our environment become part of the bread during the baking process, so you’re essentially consuming your surroundings. I wholeheartedly agree with his perspective on baking bread, and I even remarked to him, “That’s world peace right there!”

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