The monthly design has been rebranded for 2024.
We collaborated with Daily Practice on various projects together with Monthly Design, including the 'Seoul Design Festival'. The impressive wordmark was created in collaboration with designer Heejae Yang of Yangjangjeom, a typeface design studio that created typefaces for Ilmin Museum of Art, GQ, and People Fund.
With the goal of taking a leap forward as a global media, we changed the existing Korean wordmark from 'design' to 'design'. Based on a traditional modernist font, a futuristic impression is expressed with g and n.
He announced that he would go beyond introducing design and become a connector, translator, and facilitator connecting various industries. He announced that he will talk about design from the perspective of the times, including the voices of experts in various fields other than designers.
They also expressed their ambition to change into a new form of media while maintaining the legitimacy of paper media. ‘Design Plus (in the first half of 2023)www.design.co.kr)', and the goal is not to simply upload the contents of paper media, but to create a platform that unites the domestic design world. We are preparing participatory content such as a ‘reader reporting system’ and a designer DB system.
We look forward to new connections both online and offline. I'm particularly curious about the consideration of connecting different people in the design industry. In areas of design that are unfamiliar with the digital environment or do not have a solid foundation, there are many cases where you have to ask people if they know what they are doing, but we expect that Monthly Design's 'Design+' will play a new role.
Let me know what you think.