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YONGJOON·XYZ

a cabinet of curiosities
intro / 002

YongJoon is my name.

This page is a small museum. Each tile below is a specimen — an idea, a color, an antenna pointed at something. Browse without a map. The connections are the point.

swatch / lemon drop
orbit / 004 orbital path, eccentric
field note
Nordic structure, filled with confectionery color.
— exhibition catalog, 2026
essay / 006

On collecting

A collection is not a list. It is a room you can walk inside. Each object earns its corner by being unmistakably itself, and by speaking quietly to its neighbors.

swatch / bubblegum
antenna / 008 antenna array, tri-mast
classification / 009

Specimen taxonomy

swatch / mint pop
artifact / 011

Concentric / interest

the further out, the further afield. core: code & quiet rooms.

now / 012

Currently

Reading The Order of Things. Sketching a small command-line tool. Listening to ambient transmissions on shortwave. Drinking coffee that is too hot for too long.

swatch / grape
trajectory / 014 arc, ascending
log / 015

Field log

swatch / sky candy
contact / 017

To correspond

Letters are welcome. Postcards preferred. Email reaches me at hello [at] yongzoon.xyz. Replies arrive at the speed of careful reading.

radar / 018 radar, sweeping
swatch / lemon
colophon / 020

Colophon

Set in Space Mono and Karla. Built on a #FAFAFA ground with eight candy-bright accents. The masonry was assembled by hand and then loosened on purpose.

manifest / 021

Inventory

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0colors
0motifs
end / 022

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