Lots of his works are inspired by artworks without international boundary. Not only fine art, but also music, literature, photo, movies, etc. He does not make a limitation on his inspiration, so all artworks could be a source of inspiration of his design. Representatively, Western artists Van Gogh, Edward Munch, and Frida Kahlo are the painter who also gives a big affection for his work. Through their paintings, sometimes he got a new idea of the pattern or whole of inspiration of his work. As an example, in his 2013 Seoul collection, he designed his collection with inspiration of Edward Munch’s paintings. He used only low chroma and achromatic colors such as white, grey, deep blue, violet, dark red, and black. Only contrast and gradation among that colors were existing in that collection. Lie received the color palettes and mood in the painting, but the shape of dress and design was related to Korean style. Through that separation and combination between two styles, his collection could be
Lots of his works are inspired by artworks without international boundary. Not only fine art, but also music, literature, photo, movies, etc. He does not make a limitation on his inspiration, so all artworks could be a source of inspiration of his design. Representatively, Western artists Van Gogh, Edward Munch, and Frida Kahlo are the painter who also gives a big affection for his work. Through their paintings, sometimes he got a new idea of the pattern or whole of inspiration of his work. As an example, in his 2013 Seoul collection, he designed his collection with inspiration of Edward Munch’s paintings. He used only low chroma and achromatic colors such as white, grey, deep blue, violet, dark red, and black. Only contrast and gradation among that colors were existing in that collection. Lie received the color palettes and mood in the painting, but the shape of dress and design was related to Korean style. Through that separation and combination between two styles, his collection could be