SO JUNG YOON
GRAPHIC DESIGNER


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→ Currently pursuing MFA in Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA

→ BFA in Communication Design and Architecture&Art at Hongik University, South Korea


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2024 | Brand Identity, Exhibition Design


Expiration Date
RISD GD Triennial 2024

Expiration Date explores the transient nature of graphic design by examining the relationship between designed objects in their original contexts and their transformation when removed from those contexts and displayed in an art gallery.

CONCEPTThe dotted typeface, individual points forming each letter, conveys a sense of impermanence and fragility. Depending on the viewer's interpretation, the dots can represent creation and disappearance.




EXHIBITIONBy featuring photographs of works held by designers at their actual scale, it disrupts the boundary between the work’s original real-world context and its new, curated environment in the museum, creating a tension that both subverts and coexists with the nature of the gallery setting.




CURATORIAL STATEMENT


In an era dominated by visual communication and constant reproduction, Expiration Date considers the harmonious relationship between graphic design and temporality. While reproduction and redistribution is what distinguishes graphic design from other art forms, what was always ephemeral to deterioration is now subject to obsoletion of digital infrastructure and limitations of technological compatibility.

Exacerbated by the digital age and instantaneous access to graphic design material, the work on display confronts the fleeting existence of images and messages. Expiration Date embraces the designer’s capacity to duplicate and disseminate information, questions authorship and intention, and offers opportunities to experience design in new contexts.

We are regularly discarding, referencing, and radically resurrecting visual narratives in response to shifting cultural forces. As nothing remains static and the value placed on visual form is in constant flux, we underscore that expiration is not an end, but rather an opportunity for reinvention.






CURATION Annabel Gillespie, Barbara Cutlak Soares, Chanya Vitayakul, Deborah Khodanovich, Manna Patiparnprechavut

WEB Ashley Lee, Avrie Allen, Minah Kim, Joy Zou

    PROMOTIONAL Minah Kim, Nadine Hanah Macapagal, Rafael Mediodia, Roye Zhang, Un Jingjang

    FACULTY Emily Rye, Kathy Wu, Nancy Skolos
    IDENTITY DESIGN Andrea Mato , Hyelim Rose Lee, Jeanie Yu, Jolin Chen, Seungeun Jeong, Siyuan Wang, So Jung Yoon

    PHOTO Ella Baum, Andrea Mato
    SPECIAL THANKS Ed Brown, Gabriel Drozdov, Hasan Askari, Julia Gualtieri, Tanaka Mapondera, Mark Moscone, Woods – Gerry Gallery

    TYPEFACE Matrise Pro, Azeret Mono




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