Fairy Tale Travel 教科書 by Kiwook Kim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 教育設計 Competition Category.

銀教育· 2025

Fairy Tale Travel 教科書

by Kiwook Kim

Client: MiraeN

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 教育 Category

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The Design

About Fairy Tale Travel 教科書

《童話之旅》係一套專為韓國小學生設計嘅教科書系列。呢套書運用童話概念，令整個系列保持一致性，同時令學習變得有趣。每本教科書都有角色導遊登場，帶領學生完成各個課程。溫暖嘅色調、手繪插畫、柔和嘅字體排印同埋圓潤嘅曲線形狀，營造出親切友善嘅視覺效果。每個年級同學期都有唔同嘅主色調，方便學生輕鬆搵到相應嘅教材。封面採用全息印刷，並且應用咗抗菌薄膜塗層同抗菌油墨，令使用更加安全。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Fairy Tale Travel 教科書是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Fairy Tale Travel 教科書將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Fairy Tale Travel 教科書是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is designed for elementary school students in Korea.
Storytelling is developed with the concept of a "fairy tale book" to give consistency to the entire textbook and to help children feel the fun of learning.
In each textbook, character friends guide the textbook learning journey and act as guides to induce interest.
It is designed to be friendly to children by using warm colored hand drawings, typography, and curved shapes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product dimension: width 220 x height 220 mm
Package: This is a activity pocket (including the back surface of textbooks) - The activity pocket included in the textbook.
This activity pocket uses various activities to easily organize various activities, maintain various activities.
Production Technology: It is composed of convenience and usability as the top priority for elementary school learners.
By applying different main colors for each grade and semester, you can quickly and easily find learning materials.
In addition, holographic gourd was used on the cover to visually express the imaginary space of fairy tale travel, and antiviral rotation printing technology was applied to make it safer for children to use textbooks using antimicrobial film coatings and antimicrobial ink.
Design Challenge: Unlike existing textbooks, the initial planning was important to conduct consistent storytelling. The feasibility was ambiguous at the time of the initial planning due to an attempt of design style that was not tried in existing textbooks, but we were able to set the desired direction through a lot of communication with the editor so that the contents of the textbook could be expressed well like a fairy tale.
Research: The design concept of elementary school textbooks is based on fairy tale books, and it captures children's curiosity and imagination by making ordinary daily life feel like a place for adventure and exploration.
Cute and friendly characters appear in each elementary school textbook to guide children into the world of fairy tales so that they can be interested in learning.
Because of this, the textbook will be a space where children create their own stories beyond just learning tools.
Inspiration: Most of the existing textbooks are organized without a consistent story throughout the textbook.
It is a project that started with the idea of 'If there is a textbook such as a fairy tale book, wouldn't it be easier and more enjoyable for children to learn?'
Also, I wanted to make a textbook that learners want to have, just like choosing and purchasing a fairy tale book with a pretty drawing style at a bookstore.
Project Duration: The elementary textbook design project will begin in March 2023 and end in March 2024, complete the review and start selling in 2025.
Operation Flow: The design was created with a focus on connection, softness, and fluidity, ensuring both visual comfort and enjoyment during learning. Each textbook incorporates imaginative worlds to stimulate visual interest, while the cloud-inspired title typography conveys a soft and dreamy atmosphere. Through a design that sparks imagination, students are guided beyond reality into the world of elementary school textbooks. This approach helps them perceive textbooks as an adventure, fostering greater engagement and enthusiasm for learning.
Team Members: Creative Director: Hyunji Son
Project Manager: Kiwook Kim
Designer: Dan-bi Kim / Gil-sung Jung / Meong-hee lee
Illustrator: Somdoo / Bokyeong Kang / Sooa Lee