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Exhibition Design

Lights
of Korea

Silk lanterns from Jinju — a touring exhibition for Berlin and Budapest.

Run
25.03.–26.05.2026 (Berlin)
19.06.–04.09.2026 (Budapest)
Venues
Korean Cultural Centre Berlin and Budapest
Scope
Spatial identity, wall graphics, campaign
Programme
Touring K–Arts

We built the exhibition system for Lights of Korea: silk lanterns from Jinju, shown at the Korean Cultural Centres in Berlin and Budapest. One spatial identity — photo wall, type and colour, campaign, exit image — designed to travel.

Stairwell photowall

01 — Berlin
Lights of Korea — left photowall panel
Lights of Korea — centre photowall panel
Lights of Korea — right photowall panel

A 6.95-metre run across the landing — three panels, one continuous lantern field. Rows lock at the joints; the title sits in the darkest band, where the wall can carry the name without competing with the light.

Type and colour

02 — System
Display — bold italic

LIGHTS OF
KOREA

Subtitle — light italic, wide

SILK LANTERNS
FROM JINJU

Text — regular, 11/16 pt

Jinju’s lantern craft reaches back to the Imjin War of 1592, when lights on the Nam River carried messages across the water. The exhibition treats that light as material — and reads a thousand years of the city through it.

Palette sampled from the lanterns
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One campaign, two cities

03 — Announcement, both cities
Lights of Korea — Instagram / poster teaser
4:5 · Instagram feed and poster
Lights of Korea — newspaper / print ad
Newspaper · print announcement
Lights of Korea — landscape web teaser
5:4 · Web header and screen

One stack for both cities: bold italic title, light italic subtitle, dates and venue at the foot. Only the lantern crop changes — so the announcement holds from a phone screen to a poster.

Nam River lantern festival — exit wall

That mood

Lanterns on the water at Jinju — one full-bleed image to leave on. Horizon, no type. You feel it before you read a word.

Installed — Budapest

05 — Korean Cultural Centre, 19.06.–04.09.2026
Budapest title wall — Lights of Korea / Korea Fényei

From Berlin to Budapest without redesigning the system. Title wall in Hungarian, English in light italic beside it; the bilingual intro moved to the white wall next door — so the photography keeps the full dark field.

Silk timeline wall opposite the entrance
Silk timeline, BC 5000–900, opposite the entrance
Nam River wall installed with festival text panel
Nam River wall with the festival text panel
Lit lantern shelving and blue display wall
Lit lantern shelving, blue display wall beyond
Festival text panel with warm cove light
Festival text panel with warm cove light
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