oboae

In an alley off Jungang-ro in Jeju City, a select shop gathering ceramics and living objects, fabrics and accessories. As with its name — oboae, "memory" in Japanese — it selects things that stay close longer than trends. Among the textures made by wood and metal, glass and natural fiber, you read the wish that an object brought home today will one day remain as memory. If you are looking for one object that will not tire after long keeping, why not look slowly along oboae's shelves. • Focus Item — Heart Box. A box that lays a heart shape over cold aluminum; it most compactly shows oboae's "future-facing vintage," where the materiality of metal and a romantic form coexist.