Free Near Anguk: A 400-Piece Pattern Show at Seoul Museum of Craft Art (Until Mar. 7)

Collect enough patterns and you get a house

This donation exhibition gathers nearly four decades of work by textile designer Jang Eung-bok, about 400 pieces in all.

Part one, 'Pattern House', collects more than 100 patterns he designed. The centrepiece, 'Jogakitgi-Byeok', is a large modular wall of 72 wooden frames dressed in silk, hanji and glass.

When a pattern becomes something you use

In part two, 'House within a House', patterns move onto everyday objects and furniture. Part three, 'Tapdori', is an immersive space mixing his patterns with works by craftspeople and designers, plus video and sound.

Look for an oiled-paper umbrella chandelier made with umbrella craftsman Yun Gyu-sang, and 'Sea', an indigo-dyed piece by National Intangible Heritage dyeing master Jeong Gwan-chae.

Getting there

Seoul city's guide points to exit 1 of Anguk Station. The address is 4 Yulgok-ro 3-gil, Jongno-gu; the show is in the third-floor special exhibition hall of Building 3.

Before you go

Admission is free. The museum is closed Mondays and stays open until 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, so it works after work too.

On Thursdays it closes at 6 p.m. Bukchon and Insadong are close, so it slots easily into a walk.