2021 Galleries

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TAAL

Finalist

Competition: Spark:Fall/Winter Student
Designer: Kim Young Jun
Design Type: Product & industrial, Product
Company / Organization / School: Korea Design Membership +
Team Members: Young Jun Kim, Jun Hoo Lee & Eun Seok SEO

Korea's tourism content has developed a lot, and many foreigners are flowing in. However, among Korean tourism contents, tourism industries using traditional culture have less weight than expected. Japan, which belongs to Asia such as Korea, added aesthetic parts of their culture to cartoons and movies as well as tourism content to create awareness in other countries, thereby creating a new paradigm in the Japanese tourism industry. Previously, Korea did not, but now Korea is also in the spotlight worldwide for attempting Korean culture in many contents. Korean culture is added to various media platforms, including Netflix, to promote Korean beauty. Therefore, if these contents are applied to virtual reality content to create new content, Korea will open a new cultural paradigm. We intend to develop the Korean tourism industry by creating products that can utilize these contents. TAAL' is based on a traditional Korean mask. Korean masks were an emotional product and play culture that incorporated the emotions of the Korean people. Therefore, users who use "TAAL" can indirectly experience Korean traditional actions and cultural awareness and accept the identity and cultural awareness of the country of Korea.