Board Members

Myungchull Rhee PhD - Maybe best known for discovering and decoding the DNA sequence that determines right or left brain asymmetry Mr. Rhee is one of the top Neurobiologists in the world. A Harvard PhD and former professor there as well, Mr. Rhee now resides in Seoul teaching at Chungnam National University. He also serves as Editor and Chief of Animal Cells and Systems, the foremost biology journal in South Korea.

John Plunkett - After John Plunkett came back from the Vietnam War he started painting and never stopped. A prolific painter and war veteran Mr. Plunkett served as an advertising Art Director for several decades after his return to upstate NY. His paintings and graphite works on canvas have been exhibited worldwide for over 30 years. He is not only a board member but one of our member artists. We like to think of him as Uncle John, he has been with PURE LUCK since before we even knew we would be called PURE LUCK. We value his support and inspiration.

Robert Marino - Mr. Marino is currently teaching graduate design studios at Harvard University. Marino has also taught in the graduate architecture program of Columbia University since 1985, and in the graduate program of the University of Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1998. At the University of Pennsylvania he developed a course, Forms of Process, dedicated to the exploration of the possibility of manual technique as the initiator of form. His work has been extensively published in periodicals and books in Europe and the United States. A monograph, Robert Marino, has recently been released by Rockport Press as part of a series, “Contemporary World Architects”.

“Committed to the practice of architecture as a practical/cultural service in an everyday sense-an article of faith that is not without its wider political implications-Marino’s work always seems to gravitate towards the creation of form that is structurally cellular at the level of the enveloping membrane; the moire, the laminate, the pleat, the egg crate, and the folded plate, these are the building blocks out of which his surprising and exuberant inventions are invariably made.”
Kenneth Frampton

Board Members

Myungchull Rhee PhD - Maybe best known for discovering and decoding the DNA sequence that determines right or left brain asymmetry Mr. Rhee is one of the top Neurobiologists in the world. A Harvard PhD and former professor there as well, Mr. Rhee now resides in Seoul teaching at Chungnam National University. He also serves as Editor and Chief of Animal Cells and Systems, the foremost biology journal in South Korea.

John Plunkett - After John Plunkett came back from the Vietnam War he started painting and never stopped. A prolific painter and war veteran Mr. Plunkett served as an advertising Art Director for several decades after his return to upstate NY. His paintings and graphite works on canvas have been exhibited worldwide for over 30 years. He is not only a board member but one of our member artists. We like to think of him as Uncle John, he has been with PURE LUCK since before we even knew we would be called PURE LUCK. We value his support and inspiration.

Robert Marino - Mr. Marino is currently teaching graduate design studios at Harvard University. Marino has also taught in the graduate architecture program of Columbia University since 1985, and in the graduate program of the University of Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1998. At the University of Pennsylvania he developed a course, Forms of Process, dedicated to the exploration of the possibility of manual technique as the initiator of form. His work has been extensively published in periodicals and books in Europe and the United States. A monograph, Robert Marino, has recently been released by Rockport Press as part of a series, “Contemporary World Architects”.

“Committed to the practice of architecture as a practical/cultural service in an everyday sense-an article of faith that is not without its wider political implications-Marino’s work always seems to gravitate towards the creation of form that is structurally cellular at the level of the enveloping membrane; the moire, the laminate, the pleat, the egg crate, and the folded plate, these are the building blocks out of which his surprising and exuberant inventions are invariably made.”
Kenneth Frampton

About:

PURE LUCK is modeled after the House of Medici which began it’s artistic patronage under Cosimo de’ Medici in the late 14th century Italy. The dynasty continued for 3 centuries as one of the most prosperous and most respected institutions in Europe. PURE LUCK holds the same philanthropic policy as the House of Medici and advocates artistic expression as a means of innovation, unity and community. Moreover, as a means of creating historical value, while advancing society. PURE LUCK’s support is broad and covers an array of disciplines from traditional artistic mediums and culinary ideas, alternative energy sciences, to Earth cohesion systems and the hybridization that is art, architecture, technology and design today.

PURE LUCK’s inspiration began as a nickname for a woman who is overflowing with the joy of life, love and learning. Attracting countless admirers and acts of generosity this woman was a classicist and trained in the classical Arts. She is the embodiment of ‘pure luck’ and sits atop our crest.

Projects will vary greatly from traditional to non-traditional applications in food, architecture, design and technology. We aim to curate visionaries and tomorrows leaders today. We distribute PURE LUCK in the form of pointed, positive, substantial projects that pay inspiration, innovation and prosperity forward for future generations.

Our mission is to fund projects with exceptional historical value on scale and in formats that are bold and outstandingly conceptualized. These large, pointed projects will combine architecture, green technology and city planning elements tied into a conceptual package that are nascent homes, energy and food systems, buildings, cities, suburban developments and entirely new organic communities.

Our members take part in a cause that aims at a better quality of life for everyone. PURE LUCK curates innovation through creative application at a societal level.