KK-Park Opastejärjestelmä by Yi Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Graafinen muotoilu Competition Category.

HopeaGrafiikka· 2023

KK-Park Opastejärjestelmä

by Yi Zhang

Client: Value Design and Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Grafiikka Category

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The Design

About KK-Park Opastejärjestelmä

KK-Park on opastejärjestelmä kulttuuri- ja vapaa-ajankorttelille Yanchengissä, Kiinassa. Alue, entinen leikkikenttä, kunnostettiin Kiinan ja Etelä-Korean välisen kulttuurivaihdon paikaksi. Suunnittelu tulkitsee uudelleen korealaisia elementtejä, kuten perinteisen korealaisen puvun nauhoja, Obangsaek-nimellä tunnettua perinteistä värimaailmaa sekä korealaisten kirjainmerkkien vetoja. Opasteet seuraavat alueen nauhamaista silmukkaa. Korkeat opastuskyltit sijaitsevat jokaisen sisäänkäynnin lähellä ohjaamassa kävijöitä. Taulut on valmistettu taivutetusta ruostumattomasta teräksestä, esivalmistettu ja asennettu paikan päällä.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

KK-Park Opastejärjestelmä on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. KK-Park Opastejärjestelmä:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. KK-Park Opastejärjestelmä on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The site's mission is to publicize the city brand and promote South Korean culture. China is correlated with South Korea in terms of history and culture. The design deconstructs and rebuilds the Korean elements such as iconic ribbons of traditional Korean costume, the traditional Korean color "Obangsaek" and strokes characteristics of Korean characters.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2200mm x 500mm x 665mm/5mm thick stainless steel bending
Tags: Signage, Commercial Street, public space, redevelopment, Culture
Production Technology: The varying shape meets diversified functions. All boards of different categories can be unified visually through the same approach. Twisted steel plates are prefabricated and highly finished in factory, and on-site installation with accurate and precise structures is implemented, ensuring the final quality.
Design Challenge: The project was different from the common shopping centers as well as the regular playground, and had the complex, diversified and thematic characteristics. It fully studied the pedestrian flow, brand distribution and event spaces in the future. The density of signage was controlled intentionally in the condition of a clear key goal. Here now the visitors are encouraged to explore spaces.
Research: The site, located along the central lake, was designed a belt-like loop used as the main circulation. The unique ribbons, extracted from the traditional Korean costume, were featured as the main visual elements. The signage system is designed in a light and graceful shape, i.e. it inherits the core characteristics of the site, a belt-like route. And in the meantime, it results in highly recognizable visual effects as well, with a joyful ambience and a pulsing rhythm of the site.
Inspiration: Over the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea, the two countries have continuously deepened economic and cultural exchanges. Located in China-South Korea (Yancheng) Industrial Park, the siteof a formerplayground, after renovation, was restored to a Sino-Korean cultural exchange leisure block.
We hope that the signage system, with a sense of place, links the geographic information, and functions as a tie for Sino-Korean cultural exchanges.
Project Duration: Oct 01, 2022
Tinghu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China
Operation Flow: Along the loop were several entrances and exits. The hierarchy of primary and secondary entrances was not obvious. And orientations were hard to tell. Thus it is essential to install iconic signage nearby each open entrance. The 3-meter-high wayfinding, light and graceful, is obvious in size and shape, fast guiding for the pedestrian flow.
Team Members: Zhang Yi (creative director)
Luo Xin (project manager)
Yan Meiying (designer)
Shi Yumo (designer)
Image Credits: Updesign