Hometown

  • Hyunjung Noh
Hometown is not a simple thing to define as we only can come up with our own definition of the word.?I have been living in London for only 4 years but I have very fond memories of it. Hence, I want to say London is my 2nd hometown. I researched about London's identity and was interested in multiculturalism. Thus, I found some keywords which are 'diversity', 'coexist', 'tolerate', and 'dynamic' from London's identity. London is a microcosm of the world composed of people from different backgrounds and immigrants from many other countries who have diversified British culture. Moreover, the new communities have recreated themselves in their own images such as ‘a parade of good restaurants’ (Benedictus, 2005). However, many tourists didn't really know that they can find pretty much any kind of cuisine somewhere in the city. Thus, I was eager to communicate this fact with them. The Rubik's cubes reveal the subtle charms of London. Each cube includes 6 illustrated, 3 six-side cubes (a total of 18 images and 4325 patterns) that enable each face to turn independently, thus mixing up the foods. Mix or solve the cubes and the city's identity appears — over a billion combinations are possible — ?like 43,252,003,274,289,856,000 ways! The knot-wrap is two gifts in one, as the lucky person who receives the Rubik’s cubes will get to use the knot-wrap again afterwards. Though the tradition of Korean Bojagi is to give the scarf back afterwards, so maybe people can convince their friend of this and get a present for themselves too! Illustration Assistance: Ji Hyun Oh Textile Print Assistance: Julie Ji Ye Chun