After relocating my life from Seoul to Munich, what helped me take root in this unfamiliar place was the Sunday morning coffee time I shared with others. Inspired by these memories, I designed a Korean-style filter coffee set.

This work pays homage to Germany’s iconic Melitta filter coffee, reinterpreted through a Korean perspective. The piece consists of a dripper and a cup that separates into two parts, allowing two people to brew and share coffee. The structure of the cup - dividing into two - symbolizes the uniquely Korean sense of community and warmth, captured in the saying, “even a single bean is shared.”

In addition, I incorporated the traditional Korean inlay technique, sanggam, engraving patterns inspired by jogakbo patchwork. These details express the layers of everyday life I have carefully pieced together in Munich. The work was crafted as a unified set so that, even when not in use, it remains a calm and refined object resting quietly in the kitchen.