For my senior project, I wanted to show my unique cultural identity through an eclectic mix of diverse experiences and styles.

I was born and raised in Korea and immigrated to the U.S. when I was young. As I adapted to the American culture, I slowly felt disconnected from my Korean heritage in my daily life. It inspired me not only to explore and create work on my cultural background of both countries but also to find a way to tie up moments both Eastern and Western perspectives have shown me and present them into one.

From this, I designed a visual typeface using a mixture of both countries’ alphabets, Hangul and English and expanded experimenting with the poster design. Each letter is combined and designed into diverse forms using cultural elements of patterns, objects, and places that were personally memorable, belonging, and meaningful to me when I lived in the U.S. and Korea.