{"id":252,"date":"2025-01-29T02:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T02:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mixtypesetlab.mycafe24.com\/github-stars-and-is\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:08:20","slug":"csbranding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/en\/csbranding\/","title":{"rendered":"Branding for a Cultural Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_class=&#8221;mtfs-inner-wrap&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row module_class=&#8221;mtfs-inner-img-grid&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/mtstype.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/project2_detail.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;project2_detail&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_class=&#8221;mtfs-inner-text-right&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;mtfs-inner-text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><b>Branding for a Cultural Space: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project utilizes a stencil as a formative tool to implement a &#8220;Do-Able&#8221; identity approach, allowing anyone to participate in the act of expression. This project defines the brand not as a finished output, but as a &#8220;set of rules for creation,&#8221; aiming to expand the process of citizens directly generating graphics and typefaces into a core brand experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citizens utilize the stencil\u2014the formative system of the Pohang Module Identity\u2014to produce visual elements by directly combining characters, graphics, and patterns. By using simple and repeatable tools, the educational program is designed to lower the barrier to design while ensuring consistency in the results within a defined set of rules. Notably, the outcomes created by citizens are applied as actual signage and graphic elements within the complex cultural space, establishing a structure where the environment is filled with the participation and traces of the community. Through this process, Pohang&#8217;s complex cultural space transcends being a mere functional facility and expands into a venue for visual culture co-created by its citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code module_class=&#8221;mtfs-last-code&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"mtsf-title\">Projects<\/div>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"mtsf-misc-title\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  PUBLICATIONS &#038; OTHERS<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/div>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><div class=\"gpl-grid-container\">\n            <div class=\"gpl-card\">\n                <div class=\"gpl-card-left\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/en\/ydbranding\/\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/project1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Citizen-Participatory Brand Design\">\n                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"gpl-card-right\">                    \n                    <div class=\"gpl-card-excerpt\">\n                        <b>Citizen-Participatory Brand Design: <\/b>The Yeongdo, Connecting through a Single Line identity is a citizen-participatory urban branding project designed to allow residents to directly express and expand upon the urban environment and lifestyle of Yeongdo, Busan. Centered on the simple and intuitive visual rule of \"connecting through a single line,\" the...                    <\/div>\n\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/en\/ydbranding\/\" class=\"gpl-read-more\">[MORE \u2192]<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"gpl-card\">\n                <div class=\"gpl-card-left\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/en\/csbranding\/\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/project2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Branding for a Cultural Space\">\n                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"gpl-card-right\">                    \n                    <div class=\"gpl-card-excerpt\">\n                        <b>Branding for a Cultural Space: <\/b>This project utilizes a stencil as a formative tool to implement a \"Do-Able\" identity approach, allowing anyone to participate in the act of expression. 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Through this process, they experience the policy not as a mere \"message to be received,\" but as an \"active process of participation.\"\nThis generative identity structure encourages...                    <\/div>\n\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/en\/pbranding\/\" class=\"gpl-read-more\">[MORE \u2192]<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"gpl-card\">\n                <div class=\"gpl-card-left\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/en\/ydpbranding\/\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mtstype.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/project4_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Creating Your Own Brand\">\n                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"gpl-card-right\">                    \n                    <div class=\"gpl-card-excerpt\">\n                        <b>Creating Your Own Brand:<\/b> This project is a citizen-participatory branding initiative where anyone living or active in Yeongdeungpo can design their own graphic patterns and Hangul typefaces. 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