Typographic Exploration in Hangul

Tuesday October 12, 2009 11:15am



This exhibition is created by Hyunju Lee and Phil Choo, and will be show at the UC Davis Design Museum from October 4, 2009 - December 6, 2009.

The two designers use the Hangul typography as a medium to create the form, pattern and style of the art pieces. They incorporate Korean culture into their art pieces by using Hangul characters as a pattern.

There is one specific pieces that caught my attention. “Hangauri” by Hyunju Lee is a canvas painting. It show a traditional Korean circle folk dance done by intricately costumed women in the countryside. The background is gray which graduates to yellow at a corner, there are 8 concentric rings made from a Hangul letter, overlapped with each other repeately. The colorful letter stand out on the plain background. The art piece using an electronic medium to work like tradition hand made art piece.

For more information, visit: http://www.designmuseum.ucdavis.edu/