Eco Expo Korea Poster by Juwon Kim and Nakyeong Shin

Eco Expo Korea Poster by Juwon Kim and Nakyeong Shin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Brons in Grafisch, Illustratie en Visuele Communicatie Ontwerp Competition Category.

BronsGrafisch· 2021

Eco Expo Korea Poster

by Juwon Kim and Nakyeong Shin

Client: KEITI(Korea Environmental Industry&Technology Institute)

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Grafisch Category

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The Design

About Eco Expo Korea Poster

Eco Expo Korea is een poster- en interactief webdesign over voedselverwoestijning. De poster is geproduceerd in A0-formaat en meet 1189 bij 841 millimeter. Meerdere pixellagen verschijnen en verdwijnen over afbeeldingen van planten, waardoor ze beschadigd raken of in nieuwe vormen veranderen. Elke laag bedekt de vorige door de verhouding ervan te veranderen. Het effect verwijst naar een 404-foutmelding en toont de kloof tussen de oorspronkelijke plant en een kunstmatig geselecteerd nieuw concept. Het ontwerp heeft als doel bewustwording te creëren rond plantensoorten die aan het verdwijnen zijn.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Eco Expo Korea Poster is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Eco Expo Korea Poster wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Eco Expo Korea Poster bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The graphic design '404 not found', displayed in 'Eco Expo' in 2019.
In the graphics, multiple pixel layers repeat their appearance and disappearance being damaged or transforming into new images. There are layers implying the concept of plants being artificially selected or vanishing away. The layer cover up the previous by cheaning its ratio. This represents the gap between the original plant and the artificially selected new concept as in the 404 error.
Dimensions & Packaging: It consists of poster and web interactive design. Poster has been created in the A0 size. It measures 1189mm x 841mm to be precise.
Tags: design, poster, graphic, eco
Design Challenge: We want to raise awareness about the current situation facing mankind through extreme settings in which the concept of food is newly established due to 404 errors.
Research: We investigated the raw materials (plants) of food that were disappearing.
Recognizing that there are fewer cases of encountering plant prototypes due to processed and fast food, the correlation was quantified and graphically made.
Due to excessive plant species improvement, aquaculture-type indoor cultivation, and industrialization, this situation, in which humans and plants become increasingly distant, contact points disappear, and forget what the raw materials are, was set up as the term "artificial selection of plant concepts" and applied to the design.
Inspiration: The earth faces the problem of 'Food Desertification' with the development of industrialization and processed food. The rapid decline in the number of plants, which are the raw materials for many foods, and genetically modified cultivation introduced a new generation of mankind who knows tomato ketchup but not the tomatoes. The 404 not found graphic shows how such food desertification deforms the original concept of plants and creates a new concept artificially selected.
Project Duration: The project was displayed at COEX Hall in Gangnam, Seoul, from October 13 to November 10, 2019.
Operation Flow: As multiple pixel layers cover the top and bottom of the object, it changes with the pollution level of the environment, the scale of industrialization, and the number of people in the current plant species. When all layers are full, they turn red.
Objects, which are hidden in layers and are increasingly invisible, tell us the progress of food desertification, and can graphically derive the progress of desertification of food that you have searched through the website.
Team Members: Juwon Kim, Nakyeong Shin