— Manifesto
Solum treats objects not as
furniture, but as still life.
furniture, but as still life.
N° 001
We design for rooms
that don’t need to speak
— only to be inhabited.
— 01
Material first
Bronzed oak, hand-smelted aluminum, travertine quarried by a single family in Tivoli since 1904.
— 02
Low production
Editions capped at 28 pieces. Each is numbered, signed, and documented in the studio archive.
— 03
Slow sculpture
No piece leaves the atelier in under 14 weeks. Some take a year. None are ever rushed.
— New Objects · SS 26
Silent forms, in six parts.
Six objects released between February and April 2026, each developed over a minimum of fourteen months in the Seoul atelier.
Full catalogue→
Halo— Lounge Chair
Bronzed ash · leather
On Enquiry
Obelus— Floor Lamp
Hand-smelted aluminum
On Enquiry
Corbel— Daybed
Travertine · wool
On Enquiry
Hull— Sconce
Patinated brass
On Enquiry
Sill— Occasional Chair
Smoked walnut · mohair
On Enquiry
Vestige— Pendant
Blown glass · bronze
On Enquiry
— Signature
The permanent collection.
01 / 03
— 001
Halo
Lounge Chair · 2026
A single arc turned on a lathe by Master Heo in Yangju. Each seat is upholstered by hand over a period of eleven days.
Material
Bronzed ash, full-grain leather
Dimensions
H 780 · W 860 · D 920
— 002
Corbel
Daybed · 2026
Resting on a single carved plinth. The travertine is quarried by the Gasperini family in Tivoli, as it has been for four generations.
Material
Tivoli travertine, brushed wool
Dimensions
H 420 · W 2100 · D 980
— 003
Obelus
Floor Lamp · 2026
The standard is cast in a single pour using a technique adapted from Korean Buddha-bell founding. Its surface is scraped, never polished.
Material
Hand-smelted aluminum, linen shade
Dimensions
H 1820 · Ø 340
— In residence
Yoon Ji-Hwan
Founder · Principal Designer
Trained in architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts before returning to Seoul in 2018 to found Solum. His work occupies a threshold between mass and silence — often mistaken, at first sight, for ruin.
Selected Recognition
Wallpaper* Design Awards · 2024
Milan Salone · Salone Satellite · 2022
Korea Design Prize · 2021
Collaborations
Amorepacific Museum of Art
Aesop · Hannam Signature Store
Hermès Maison Séoul · 2025
— Atelier · 003
Fourteen weeks of silence
shaped by the hand.
shaped by the hand.
Fourteen weeks
of patience,
then a piece of
furniture.
Fig. 01 — Lathe, Yangju workshop01
Fig. 02 — Hand-patination02
Fig. 03 — Finishing03
14
weeks · minimum per piece
28
max edition size
09
masters in residence
04
continents sourced
