This illustration was exhibited at OOP 2024 in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, as part of a project creating landmarks within a fictional space. Inspired by the Korean folk painting Hojakdo (Tiger and Magpie), it reinterprets traditional imagery through a contemporary lens. Within a broken white porcelain form, Irworobongdo—a symbolic Joseon-era royal painting—appears alongside dolphins and a sunset, forming a surreal island. The work blends Korean tradition, modern elements, and imagination.

This graphic artwork was created by graphic designer Minji Kim in collaboration with Adidas, inspired by Seoul, Korea. Launched in October 2025 at Adidas MFY stores, it depicts a cat playing on a turntable shaped like an Adidas shoebox. The design features a traditional Korean “cloud arabesque” motif, reinterpreted with a modern touch. Musical elements and expressive typography capture the vibrant spirit of Seoul and its K-pop culture.

This lettering artwork was inspired by the lyrics of “I burn” by K-pop girl group I-dle. The phrase “Taolla,” meaning to ignite and burn intensely, is visually expressed through dynamic flame-like forms. The typography captures the moment of ignition, translating sound and emotion into a bold, rising visual rhythm.

This interactive website showcases diverse typographic posters inspired by K-pop songs. The website offers a unique real-time listening experience, immersing users in the captivating world of K-pop. Users can embark on a journey of discovery, appreciation, and celebration of the vibrant K-pop culture through this platform.

jun.playlist®—K-Pop Music Poster Series is a self-initiated project by Jun. K-Pop serves as a constant source of inspiration for his design practice, and this series translates that influence into a collection of typographic posters. Each piece responds to a specific song, drawing from elements such as the title, lyrics, and rhythm. This website functions as an archive, designed to offer an engaging experience for listeners.

For a lettering design created for a 2022 Red Bull Korea campaign, the message “Everyone has wings” is visualized through strokes that spread like wings, combined with dynamic shifts from thick to thin forms to enhance a sense of visual playfulness.

For a lettering design created for a Converse Korea campaign, the concept centers on not fighting. It intentionally introduces tension between simple, bold lines and more decorative strokes with strong contrast, while carefully balancing the two styles so they coexist in harmony.

The Preview enters its fifth edition in 2025, relocating to a new venue and welcoming a wave of first-time galleries. This shift sets the stage for a broader range of voices and perspectives to emerge.

The identity reflects this moment of transition and bold reinvention, capturing the move into unfamiliar territory while reinforcing the fair’s growing presence. Bold typography and directional motion drive the system forward, creating a sense of momentum and progression.

This hand-carved limestone is a part of a series, Asemia, which revolves around the daily practice of digital asemic(without meaning) Hangeul lettering. Selected letterforms devoid of phonetic representation that resemble Hangeul brush calligraphy are carved using a chisel on a block of limestone.

This poster visualizes the impact of rising sea temperatures on marine ecosystems. Centered on Gongsehang-gil, Uljin-gun, the project integrates ocean warming research with an interview with the designer’s grandfather, a veteran fisherman. The composition depicts a maritime mosaic being fractured by invading tropical species, illustrating the ecological imbalance and environmental shifts facing coastal communities.

(When) — I think about you, my sadness disappears. kim00 (Kim Youngyoung) stitches this conviction into form. The Seoul-based designer and artist began with K-pop fan art cut and collaged from discarded paper. This practice has since evolved into textiles—upcycled scraps sewn into plush typographic figures. Photographed into a poster for the 5th solo exhibition, these discarded materials become the alphabet of longing.

18×24-inch posters are bound to make a specimen for the display typeface, Factus. While trying to retain the formal spirit of bigger-size cuts of Caslon Oldface, Factus is constantly conscious of the act of modern type design as inherently a digital one. This awareness of the infrastructure(or the tool) echoes the concept of the different cover designs of the specimen—silkscreened image of a bird, with swapped colors between the CMYK screens, foregrounding the constructedness of modern images.

As an adaptation of the original work by Emma rice company, the 2026 play Wise Children is a collaboration between the K’Arts theater platform and the Nowon Foundation for Arts and Culture. For this production, the designer created the key visual and main poster to reflect the life journey of the twin protagonists. Through collage techniques, key symbolic elements—including butterflies and the theatrical stage—are merged into a large, symmetrical butterfly.

As the Yale School of Art starts its academic year, a convocation event takes place for the community to form a shared creative mindset. The printed and moving announcement posters were informed by the themes of 2025’s selected book, Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan. The visual takes hints from the idea of points in texts: how it expresses the act of poetry, how it’s reminiscent of how Jordan breaks the conventional rhythm, and more.

Super yiayia is a new street food project within the yiayia and friends family, launching in Seoul with two stores. It shares the brand’s Greek roots and visual spirit, while adding new characters and fresh energy. Its hero is yiayia, reimagined as a magical granny-superheroine. Together with her loyal animal friends, she expresses tradition, care, flavor, nourishment and playfulness.

A poster for Yale Graphic Design MFA class of 2026 Oral Presentation. Taking place right after the summer break of the 1st year, the cohort presents the trajectory of their practice up to that point and a surfacing thesis interest. Considering the ‘under-progress’ nature of the event, the visual motif of construction scaffolding was adopted. Silkscreen printed on both sides of a sheet of transparent PVC, the posters were mounted on glass doors and windows to utilize the two-sidedness.

《Cheese Dictionary》 is a book that organizes various types of cheese by intensity, introducing their flavors, characteristics, and ways to enjoy them.
The book is designed in a triangular shape, inspired by cheese. It started from a simple question: “Why do books have to be rectangular?” and explores a different book format.

The main key visual and official poster focus on the intersection of tradition and experimentation. The work utilizes a contrasting palette of brown, green, and blue to symbolize the meeting of historical tradition and futuristic innovation.

Movement is expressed through wave-like patterns of dots that surround the images of the performers, creating a sense of dynamic motion. Through this composition, the design captures the encounter between emerging Korean artists and the city of New York.

It visually expresses a sense of vastness and lingering resonance surrounding stars and love.

With the theme Together We Grow, growth is visually expressed through a variable format, where the repetition of circular forms echoes like rhythmic chants. Bespoke Korean lettering and unique glyphs add depth to the display typography, creating a sense of harmony and contrast. This event identity design aligns with the vibrant, fast-evolving cultural energy of Seongsu.

March 1st Independence Movement Day marks Korea’s 1919 declaration of independence. This work reinterprets a paragraph from the Declaration read by 33 national representatives. A colorless Taegeuk and trigrams block the text, symbolizing loss, while the remaining legibility conveys enduring hope for independence and the spirit of the time.

“Bob” is a conceptual branding project for a space pairing rare caudex plants with art books. The work explores “individuality,” inspired by the bizarre and unpredictable forms of caudex plants. Instead of typical aesthetics, it focuses on their rugged silhouettes and unique environmental adaptations. By translating these expressive, raw textures into a specific graphic mood, the project highlights the value of being non-standardized.

Comet is a decorative Hangeul typeface inspired by the classical form and usage of English roundhand fonts. Also as an attempt at a revival of Hangeul ban-heulim (calligraphic) styles, the forms were arranged to present an overall modern and elegant look, adhering to the rules of consistent contrast in strokes and connections between them. As the characters of Hangeul calligraphy are naturally shown in vertical handwriting, the axis of the typeface was slanted to maintain the detailed characteri

The arrow motif at the core of the graphic symbolizes the dynamism of Suwon Nammun Market and its cycles of circulation and renewal. It frames the market not just as a site of transactions, but as a place of encounter and exchange. The arrows extend beyond physical direction into emotional movement, prompting imagination between connected signs and conveying a message about what we have lost and what we hope to find again.