{"id":731025,"date":"2026-06-02T19:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:35:17","slug":"seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a30e3062a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a30e3062a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628096\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Most urban design conversations center on permanence: the building, the plaza, the park. Fixed, costly, and slow to adapt. Seoul-based studio BKID Co is thinking differently, and the result is the Seoul Shade, a compact, foldable sunshade that quietly challenges the idea that public comfort has to be built into the ground.<\/p>\n<p>BKID, founded by BongKyu Song in 2006, is the kind of studio that doesn\u2019t stay in one lane. Song is a former Samsung designer who helped lead the design of the original Galaxy Tab. Over the years, BKID has built a portfolio that spans medical devices, car diffusers, furniture, and smart home tech, earning 13 iF Design Awards along the way and ranking number one in Korea for public design. The Seoul Shade feels very much like a continuation of that public-minded design ethos, this time <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied to something deceptively simple: personal shade.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/bkidstudio\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BKID Co<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628097\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628097\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"2fdaf05a2db77e26aa743e40-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"2fdaf05a2db77e26aa743e40-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The concept takes the folding mechanism of a camping chair and applies it to a canopy structure sized for one to two people. Set it up in a few steps, pack it down flat, carry it with you. The whole thing is disarmingly low-tech, which is actually the point. When a design works this well without a battery or an app, you notice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628098\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628098\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628099\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628099\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"2fdaf05a2db77e26aa743e40-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"2fdaf05a2db77e26aa743e40-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Visually, the Seoul Shade earns its place. The canopy is a stretched fabric panel held aloft by a lightweight tubular frame, and depending on the angle you catch it from, it looks like a wing, a sail, or a sculptor\u2019s study of tension and curve. The product shots are beautiful, with users tucking themselves underneath in sandy fields and poolside terraces, which might feel aspirational to the point of absurdity, but they do communicate one thing clearly: the form has real presence. It\u2019s not just a utility item. It looks considered.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628100\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628100\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-014.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628101\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628101\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-015.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>What makes this more than a clever camping accessory is the urban application BKID has built into the concept. The studio envisions these shades deployed collectively, arranged in rows along pathways, fanned out around trees, clustered at event spaces. A single unit is practical. A fleet of them becomes temporary infrastructure, which is genuinely interesting from a city planning standpoint. Seoul\u2019s summers are increasingly brutal, and heat-related interventions at the city scale are becoming less optional. The Seoul Shade proposes a lightweight, human-scale response that doesn\u2019t require the city to commit to anything permanent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628102\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628102\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628103\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628103\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628104\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628104\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a part of me that wonders how this holds up in actual use. Wind is the obvious concern for any canopy-style structure that isn\u2019t staked to the ground, and the images, as carefully styled as they are, don\u2019t really address that. But this is still a concept, and BKID has a track record of bringing things to production in ways that account for those engineering realities. The studio describes its process as a balance between emotional aesthetics and logical engineering, which suggests they\u2019re not ignoring the practical questions so much as staging the presentation around the vision first.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628105\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628105\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-09.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628106\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628106\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-013.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The broader appeal here, I think, is that the Seoul Shade represents a shift in how we think about personal comfort in public spaces. The expectation has long been that cities provide the shade, usually through trees that take decades to mature or structures that cost a fortune to install. Seoul Shade flips that: it says maybe comfort is portable, personalized, and doesn\u2019t have to wait for infrastructure funding. That\u2019s a genuinely useful reframe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628107\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-628107\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-012.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>BKID has been consistent about designing objects that propose new behaviors rather than just solving obvious problems. The Seoul Shade is less about fixing shade scarcity and more about introducing the idea that public space can be made adaptive, one foldable canopy at a time. Whether it ends up being produced for mass distribution, deployed as a public event furnishing, or stays a proposal, the conversation it starts is worth having.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-628108\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/06\/02\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Seoul Has a New Shade of Cool, and It Folds Flat\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/seoul-has-a-new-shade-of-cool-and-it-folds-flat\/seoul-shade-011.jpg\" 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