Imprint

WHAT SHOULD I SAY— ABOUT SEOUL

Publisher

Slanted Publishers (UG) (haftungsbeschränkt)

Nördliche Uferstraße 4–6

76189 Karlsruhe

Germany

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© Slanted Publishers, Karlsruhe, 2020

Nördliche Uferstraße 4–6, 76189 Karlsruhe, Germany

© Design by Omid Fröhlich, Youjin Kim, David Wiesner

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-948440-45-9

1st edition 2020

Team

EDITORIAL & ARTISTIC LEAD

Omid Fröhlich

Youjin Kim

David Wiesner

PHOTOGRAPHY

Omid Fröhlich

LAYOUT & EDITING

David Wiesner

PUBLISHING DIRECTION

Lars Harmsen, Julia Kahl

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Julia Kahl

PROOFREADING

Jürgen Fröhlich, Natascha Fröhlich, Anne Wiesner

FINAL DESIGN

Clara Weinreich

Production

PRINTING

Balto Print

TYPEFACES

Fritzi Sans & Serif by David Wiesner

Happiness Sans by AG Typography Institute

Nanum Myeongjo by Fontrix & Sandoll

Futtenach Transitional by David Wiesner

Gimpel by David Wiesner

Disclaimer

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About Slanted Publishers

Slanted Publishers is an internationally active publishing and media house founded in 2014 by Lars Harmsen and Julia Kahl. They publish the award-winning print magazine Slanted, covering international developments in design and culture twice a year. Since its establishment in 2004, the daily Slanted blog highlights events and news from an international design scene and showcases inspiring portfolios from all over the world. In addition, Slanted Publishers initiates and creates publications, focusing on contemporary design and culture, working closely with editors and authors to produce outstanding publications with meaningful content and high quality. Slanted was born from great passion and has made a name for itself across the globe. Its design is vibrant and inspiring—its philosophy open-minded, tolerant, and curious.

Acknowledgement

Thank you to all the people that took time off in their busy schedules to give us interviews or shared their stories, works, and research. This book would not have been possible without you. Thanks to Youngji and Markus for making the trip to Seoul possible. Thanks to Prof. Iris Utikal for her feedback and support during the creation of the book as well as Kölner International School of Design (KISD) for giving us the opportunity to start this book as part of our curriculum.

A special thank you to Natascha and Jürgen Fröhlich, as well as Anne Wiesner for proofreading. Another special thanks to Dohwan Park, Johannes Mechler, Olga Funk, Henk Szanto, Katharina Reusteck, Jule Arden, Leonard Irtel von Brenndorff, and Bessie Norman for their feedback and input. Thanks to Julia Kahl and Slanted Publishers for taking good care of us during the publication process, as well as bringing these stories to a wider audience. Thanks as well to Tim Ahrens and Shoko Mugikura for their ‘Kern On’ plugin that was used to optimize the kerning of ‘Fritzi’ and ‘Futtenach Transitional.’

And thank You for taking time to read this book.