I’ve mentioned an influential K-POP creative director Min Heejin, and few creators associated with her as well. (If you haven’t already read it, click the link below.)
However, it doesn’t mean to be enough. While creative directors are the most influential decision-makers, there are actually a bunch of talented film directors, graphic designers, developers as well. That’s how the K-POP industry works. Therefore, here is the prominent Korean creators I found as just one of K-POP fans or a foreign designer in Japan.
Studio XXX (Jiyoon Lee)
Design studio based in Seoul
http://studio-xxx.com
In the above interview, Lee said
In the future CD jewel cases may be popular again with fans, or vinyl. It could also be a digital format or something we haven’t even imagined yet. People in this field are always looking for new things that no one has tried yet.
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Design studio based in Seoul
https://ordinarypeople.kr
- distinctive features: bold, kinetic, and bright typography combining Hangul and Alphabet
- K-POP works: package design of NCT2018 “Empathy”
- collaborated with the IDEA Magazine, Japanese graphic design magazine, for an exhibition
Framebuilders (Yongseok Jang)
Graphic designer based in Seoul
http://cargocollective.com/framebuilders
Hyunjin Kim
Type designer & graphic designer
Of course, this might be just one of the huge Korean creative communities, and some creators or companies here don’t do K-POP design as their main creations. However, all I want to say is Korean creative fields are literally blooming through the K-POP industry to a great extent because the Korean government has been encouraging this industry to thrive by supporting as the national cultural policy.
