Director Somi Jeong focuses on the way jewelry mediates an individual's history. Observing the process by which an inherited necklace transforms from a mere object into a legacy of time, she redefined the essential function of jewelry. Somi Jeong maintains the attitude of a 'translator' who restores the solid texts of Germany's rigorous structural beauty and the classical techniques she acquired in Florence into the language of the present. Upon the formal foundation laid by co-founder Yesung Lee, she projects philosophical reflections on relationships and existence, breathing life into cold metal. To her, jewelry is not a tool for decoration, but a medium for the most intimate performance that connects with others and proves the existence of the subject.
Ourpierre focuses on a contemporary aesthetic formed at the intersection of German formative philosophy, Italian craftsmanship, and the modern sensibility of Seoul. Moving
beyond simple decorative value, we harmoniously reconstruct the German pragmatism found in the structural integrity of a hinge with the expert technical skills passed down directly from Florence by Director Somi Jeong. Under the vision, “We do not design objects for display, but forms that record time,” Ourpierre explores how jewelry can become both a personal legacy and a structural narrative.
Condensed with the philosophies of three cities and the memories of three generations, the work of Ourpierre proposes a unique narrative as a ‘Time Structure’ that is finally completed only when combined with the life of the user.