“For Mingei, Kim has created two cut paper interlayers for the windows to be installed in the Founders Gallery housing the Nakashimia table and conoid chairs. sugi is the room’s circular window, inspired by George Nakashima’s Cedar of Lebanon drawing. The rectangular window, kuruminoki, was inspired by Nakashima’s Walnut tree drawing. Each screen is an abstraction of a George Nakashima drawing of trees he admired. 

Christina Kim a clothing designer, an artist and founder of design studio dosa. She was born in Seoul, Korea and is based in Los Angeles, California. Starting as an artistic experiment, she has worked from the mid-1980s to the present. She is a recipient of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, Fashion Design in 2018. Kim creates goods of enduring value, produced with people she has developed relationships with in Mexico, India, Korea, Japan and Colombia. Her focus on zero waste has created a system for creative reuse, drawing on traditional handwork techniques, patchwork and large-scale collaborations.”