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South Korean rice wine packaging – Ahwang-ju
Posted by rod - 02.03.2015
“Uigwe” from Joseon Dynasty
South Korean design studio ContentFormContext created the Ahwang-ju rice wine packaging.
Illustrations inspired by “Uigwe”.
For the brand identity, we reconstructed Chinese & Korean characters.
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Miin – Korean traditional rice wine
Posted by rod - 27.01.2015
Miin is a Korean traditional rice wine brewed at Paju. The label design was inspired by old maps from the Joseon Dynasty that incorporated Chinese characters. “Miin” means beautiful woman in Korean therefore the Seoul design agency ContentFromContext created sophisticated curved lines to make it more feminin.
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Korean warrior illustration by Jon Contino for Nike We Run
Posted by rod - 12.11.2013
New York native Jon Contino together with art director Michael Malowanczyk created the awesome Nike We Run 2013 identity which is running for its fifth year. The branding, illustrations and hand drawn font will cover 25 cities around the world.
As you can see I especially like the Seoul event branding, because of the Korean warrior illustration in the background. Yi Sun-shin is his name and his legacy lives on as a statue in the centre of Seoul near the city hall.
You should definitely check out the entire brand identity.
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Pyeong Chang 2018 winter olympics brand identity
Posted by rod - 28.06.2013The 2018 winter Olympics will be hosted in PyongChang, South Korea, winning against Munich and Annecy. The olympics brand identity was inspired by the Hangul writing system, the phonetic Korean language.
“The logo design has its roots in Hangul, with the shapes that form the logo stemming from the first consonants of each syllable in the word “PyeongChang” when it is written in Hangul. The first character in the emblem also represents a gathering place where the three elements of Cheon-ji-in – heaven, earth, and human – are in harmony. The second character symbolises snow and ice, as well as the athletes’ stellar performances.
“Traditional Korean Colours: The emblem uses five traditional Korean colours – black, blue/green, yellow, red, and white – which is the same colour scheme as that found in the Olympic flag. Traditionally, blue and green were represented by a single word in Hangul but this has now changed, with separate words now existing for each. The five cardinal colours are found in many aspects of daily life and tradition in Korea, including in clothing, celebrations, martial arts, architecture, art and food.”
Read more about the identity in the press release
Via Brand New
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Vintage Korean photographs
Posted by rod - 18.03.2013
100 years ago life in Korea was different as it is today. The two Koreas, North and South were still one country, occupied by the Japanese. The above pictures document the daily lives of the Korean people back in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. via vintag
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Korean typography poster
Posted by rod - 22.02.2013
Seoul designer Joonghyun Cho created this Korean typography poster explain Korean character (Hangule) for foreigner who study design in South Korea.
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The True Origins of Pizza
Posted by rod - 23.03.2012So you thought that the pizza comes from Italy? Think again, at least for a few seconds. The True Origins of Pizza is a hoax campaign promoting Mr Pizza in South Korea. Disguised as a documentary, the campaign starts with a protester outside a New York pizza place and moves on to a bunch of experts in South Korea. They come up with all sorts of evidence which suggest that the pizza originates from South Korea and that Marco Polo stole the concept. Created by produced by fictional company Gumshoe Pictures. Via theinspirationroom
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Traditional Korea pattern meets modern sports gear
Posted by rod - 03.10.2011
South Korean designer Kim Jungwoo and three students from the Seoul National University of Technology designed the ‘Amulet Helmet. The design for the bicycle helmet was inspired from a traditional Korean pattern ‘Su Ja Mun’ meaning longevity. The Amulet Helmet won the 2009 grand prize for the traditional pattern utilization competition.
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Korean Hangeul Posters
Posted by rod - 20.06.2011
Another great type project by Ki-chul Song who seams to have a real passion for the Korean writing system Hangeul. In a previous post Ki-chul created the animated Hangeul type project which is worth a look at. This time he created a series of typographic posters with the writing system.
Hangeul has a total of 28 letters, which consisted of 11 vowels and 17 consonants. Each letter indicates an individual sound or phoneme. The first printed Hangeul type was in 1447.
What do you think about these posters?
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Korean Hangeul typography project
Posted by rod - 19.05.2011
Korean designer Ki-chul Song created this amazing Hangeul Typography project.
“Have you heard about the Hangeul writing system that Koreans use? Koreans have used Hangeul since its invention in 1443 by King Sejong. Hangeul is quite different from the written character sets of neighboring countries such as China and Japan. Hangeul consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels; these 24 characters can cover almost every spoken sound. In particular, the consonants of Hangeul are easy to learn because the characters were patterned after human speech organs and the stroke-adding principle, which adds strokes to basic characters to create new characters. Thanks to these features, Hangeul is recognized as one of the most scientific and logical character sets of the information era. I can feel this feature when I send text messages in Hangeul through cell phones, one of the representative information devices of our time.”
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Kia Naimo
Posted by rod - 04.04.2011
The Kia Naimo electric concept car takes its name from the Korean word “Ne-mo”, that means ‘square shape’. Kia’s design chief Peter Schreyer didn’t want to make a car that looked Korean. But the more time he spent in Korea the more he got influenced, which eventually lead the team to design a car that had some clues in it coming from Korean crafts and art.
The Naimo combines the tradition of ancient Korea with the technology of modern Korea.
Its pale green jade color is derived from that used in Korean Celadon-style pottery. The headliner is made from hand-crafted hanji paper. Korean oak is used to trim the doors and cover the floor, as it is in traditional Korean architecture
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Mandu Korean Dumplings
Posted by rod - 25.02.2011
These Mandu (Korean Dumplings) look interesting. Created with kimchi, tofu, sesame salt and pork mince fillings. via tasteologie
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First printed hangul type
Posted by rod - 24.10.2010
The first printed Hangul type (1447!) can be seen in the printing museum in South Korea. via welovetypography
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Jaewon Seok – Korean typography
Posted by rod - 23.09.2010
Jaewon Seok is a South Korean graphic designer who works across a howl range of mediums. I Selected out some of his typography designs which feature the mid 15th century developed Hangul writing script. More on Hangul here. via graphichug
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The Korea, Be Inspired Campaign
Posted by rod - 14.07.2010The Korea “Be Inspired” Campaign was developed by Cheil Worldwide and it’s objectives where:
“The campaign is aimed at increasing international awareness of Korea as a tourism destination. It focuses on the Korean culture and landscapes for the US & European markets; hospitality and nature for the Japanese market (with Korean actor Bae Yong Joon); music, fashion and energy for the Asian market.” via brandingkorea
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korean pavilion at shanghai world expo 2010
Posted by rod - 25.05.2010
Designed by Architectual firm Mass studies, the South Korean pavilion is absolutely a type lovers dream.
“Concept
With land culture (China) and sea culture (Japan) surrounding the peninsula, Korea has been permeable to imported cultures and global influences, whose progressive mix defines contemporary Korean society. Using ‘convergence’ as the main theme, the Korea Pavilion is an amalgamation of ‘sign’ (symbol) and ‘space': Signs become spaces, and simultaneously, spaces become signs.
Sign as Space
Han-geul, the Korean alphabet, is the prime element of ‘signs’ within the pavilion. The overall volume, lifted 7.2m above ground level, is created by converging these Han-geul letters, allowing signs to create the exhibition space, and so that the visitors can experience their geometry through horizontal, vertical and diagonal movements. The primary geometries that compose the Han-geul letters are universal to other cultures, thus acting as a sort of ‘open’ set of signs that is engaging to everyone.
The exterior surfaces of the Korea Pavilion are clad in 2 types of pixels: Han-geul Pixels and Art Pixels. Han-geul Pixels are white panels with a relief of letters in four different sizes whose combination forms the majority of the exterior, mainly the peripheral surfaces. Most of the non-peripheral surfaces are composed of Art Pixels, which are 45cm x 45cm aluminum panels created by a Korean artist, Ik-Joong Kang, who is renowned for creating massive art walls out of small hand-painted tiles, either self-produced or by gathering from around the world (thus being another type of convergence). About 40,000 of these panels will texture the façade, contributing a bright palette of colors, hope, and unity throughout the Korea Pavilion. The art pixels, individually autographed by the artist, will be sold at the end of the Expo. All sales proceeds will be donated to an international charity organization. Not only will it raise funds for a cause, but through this social and artistic process, the recycling of façade material units, as works of art, will also enhance the sustainability of the Korea pavilion in a unique way, by directly and critically addressing the sustainability of this temporary structure that is only 6-months in use. The surfaces will project different atmospheres during the day and night, with light and shadows creating different textures. Sequential lighting is installed behind the Hangeul Pixels to highlight the individual letters on the exterior façade at night, further animating the pavilion as a sign (like a text message) on a larger scale.” Images © designboom
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South Korean Stamps
Posted by rod - 10.04.2010
A collection of South Korean stamps. via danstopicals, iomoon, english.chosun
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Ahn Sang-Soo
Posted by rod - 17.03.2010
Here is some selected work of Ahn Sang Soo who is one of the most influential designers in Korea, renowned for developing the traditional Hangul typography into a functional medium for today. via egodesign.ca and typolover.com
