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Choi Byung Hoon created a new genre that he referred to as “art furniture.” He worked on this piece with dao (道) and zen (禪) in mind—both traditional philosophies that penetrated his work—as its motifs mainly draw on basalt and ash trees. This art furniture can actually store large books of paintings, but can be appreciated as a beautiful piece of art on its own at the same time. A pure and simple sense of beauty from the Joseon Dynasty is melded into this. Three of four editions are housed at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art.