5. Korean Modern Industry

Graphic poster series

This series of graphic posters explores Korean vehicles from the 1950s to the 1970s, drawing inspiration from El Lissitzky’s Proun technique. The project merges historical research with formal experimentation, reinterpreting early industrial aesthetics through an avant-garde visual lens.

The composition preserves Lissitzky’s Constructivist sensibility by balancing geometric forms with negative space, layering textured surfaces over a brown paper backdrop, and emphasising technical detail. Each poster acts as a spatial experiment—part architecture, part memory.

Visual elements referencing the packaging style of vintage machinery and export boxes were incorporated to evoke the material character of Korea’s formative industrial era. In doing so, the posters not only reflect on technological progress, but also on how form and function shaped visual culture during a period of transformation.

– 420 × 594 mm (A2), Inkjet print
– Watercolor and mixed media

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