Patchwork Tray

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Switzerland, this piece combines Korea’s distinctive textile patchwork with Switzerland’s woodworking heritage. Patchwork is a wooden tray inspired by traditional Korean bojagi. Made exclusively from Swiss wood, its slats are graphically arranged to form the tray in reference to patchworks composed of textile offcuts. Switzerland is home to a wide variety of wood species, shaped in part by its mountainous landscape and the resilience produced by growth at high altitudes.

Amandine Gini and Victor Moynier are Switzerland-based designers engaged in the creation of products, spaces, and art direction, primarily in partnership with Swiss clients. Through a multidisciplinary approach, they develop projects with a holistic vision, ranging from art direction to exhibition design and creating dialogues between established design tools and innovative narratives. Their clients and collaborators include Nespresso, Swiss-Ski, Images Vevey, NOV Gallery, the Swiss Confederation, ECAL, EPFL, FRAME, and the MIT Self-Assembly Lab. Together they have received awards and grants from the Design Museum in London, CES Innovation Awards, BCV, and the IKEA Foundation Switzerland. Their work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Vitra Schaudepot, and Salone del Mobile Milano, and supported by the IKEA Foundation and Pro Helvetia.