Hem × Kwangho Lee

The Hunk lounge chair (pictured) and Glyph side tables mark the first collaboration between Swedish furniture company Hem and Seoul-based Korean designer Kwangho Lee. The Hunk chair’s bold form (available with or without the oversized armrests) is inspired by Lee’s 2009 Obsession series of ropeknotted furniture pieces, but with an emphasis on material choices — here rubber, coconut fibre and Scottish wool are used to create one of Hem’s most sustainable products to date. The Glyph tables, meanwhile, build on Lee’s existing work with metal crafting, and their unique, rotationally flexible forms are inspired by hieroglyphics. Made from sheet steel, the tables take on different looks and functions based on their positioning.