TYPOJANCHI 2011: Seoul International Typography Biennial
From 05.12.2014 Biennial
South KoreaThe Calligraphy Art Museum of Seoul Arts Centre in South Korea will host TYPOJANCHI 2011 from 30 August to 14 September 2011. The presentation, under the theme Fire Flower of East Asia, includes a main exhibition from 99 invited designers and special exhibitions from 8 designers. The visiting designers will present at a symposium and university workshops during the exhibition.
Ninety-nine designers from main East Asian countries – South Korea, China and Japan – will interact and explore the artistic values and experimental possibilities of typography. The invited designers were recommended by distinguished designers from South Korea, China and Japan, including Ahn Sang-soo the International Organising Committee Chairperson. The exhibited works are essential elements of visual communication design – mainly posters, books and typefaces. Eight honourable designers will present special exhibitions: Choi Jung-ho and Chung Byung-kyoo from South Korea; Lv Jingren, Kan Tai Keung and Xu Bing from China; and Tanaka Ikko, Asaba Katsumi and Hirano Kouga from Japan.
Purpose and Objectives
- It has been ten years since the world's first International Typography Biennial held in Seoul.
- In the present times, the world's cultural centre is shifting towards Asia.
- Representative designers from South Korea, China and Japan, the East Asian countries within Chinese characters cultural region, will culturally interact through invited exhibition.
- Typography being the basis of character cultures, its artistic values and alternative possibilities will be presented.
- A new and important turning point will be achieved in the typography history. We hope this occasion to become a de facto International Biennial.
Exhibitors
Special Exhibition
| China | Japan | Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Kan Taikeung | Asaba Katsumi | Choi Jung-ho |
| Lv Jingren | Hirano Kouga | Chung Byoung-kyoo |
| Xu Bing | Tanaka Ikko |
Main Exhibition
| China | Japan | Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Au Benny | Akiyama Shin | Ahn Byung-hak |
| Bi Xuefeng | Harata HeiQuiti | Cho Hyun |
| Chen Rong | Hattori Kazunari | Joe Hyoun-youl |
| Choi Sandy | Hayashi Noriaki | Han Jae-joon |
| Du Fengsong | Imada Kinichi | Hong Sung-taek |
| Han Jiaying | Kasai Kaoru | Jeong Jae-wan |
| Han Xu | Kato Kensaku | Jung Jin-yeol |
| He Jianping | Kimura Yuji | Kim Do-hyung |
| He Jun | Kitagawa Issay | Kim Doo-sup |
| Hei Yiyang | Kobayashi Akira | Kim Jang-woo |
| Hou Ying | Matzda Yukimasa | Kim Joo-sung |
| JOYN:VISCOM | Matsushita Kei | Kim Na |
| Lee Kentsai | Mito Hidetoshi | Kim Na-moo |
| Li Shaobo | Nakagawa Kenzo | Ko Kang-cheol |
| Li Tommy | Nakajima Hideki | Kymn Kyung-sun |
| Liu Esther | Nakamura Norio | Lee Chae |
| Lu Zhichang | Nakano Takeo | Lee Choong-ho |
| Mak Prudence | Nakui Naoko | Lee Jae-min |
| Mei Shuzhi | Nanbu Toshiyasu | Lee Se-young |
| Mo Javin | Niijima Minoru | Lee Yong-je |
| Nieh Aaron | Ota Tetsuya | Min Byung-geol |
| OMD | Sakano Koichi | Moon Jang-hyun |
| Pan Qin | Sato Naoki | Nanum, Seoul City font |
| Tomeetyou | Sawada Yasuhiro | Oh Jin-kyung |
| Wang Zhihong | Shirai Yoshihisa | Park Ji-hoon |
| Wang Ziyuan | Sobue Shin | Park Kum-jun |
| Wong Stanley | Suisaki Shinnoske | Park Woo-hyuk |
| Wu Yong | Suzuki Hitoshi | Park Yeoun-joo |
| Xiaomage+ Chenzi | Suzuki Isao | Seong Jae-hyouk |
| Ying Yonghui | Terayama Yusaku | Shur Ki-heun |
| Zhao Qing | Torinoumi Osamu | Sulki Min |
| Zhu Haichen | Yamaguchi Nobuhiro | Workroom |
| Zhu Yingchun | Yamamoto Taro | Yeo Tae-myung |
For more information, please contact:
TYPOJANCHI 2011 SEOUL Secretariat
Jongro-gu, Yeulgok-ro 53, Haeyoung Hoigwan 5F
Seoul
110-240 South Korea
T +82 1027401048
F +82 5023980830
E koreantypography@gmail.com
W typojanchi.org