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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.1.109

Fashion Typography from a Conceptual Art Perspective  

Park, Soo-Jin (Division of Design, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.1, 2020 , pp. 109-117 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to analyze typographic expressions used in recent fashion trends from the perspective of conceptual art and thus identify a variety of meanings. Towards this end, theoretical considerations were made vis-à-vis the main concepts of research, such as typography and conceptual art, and the ready-made, documentation, intervention and language, which are the expressive features of conceptual art, were applied to fashion typography as analytical frameworks. The results are as follows. The ready-made appears in a way that borrows or transforms the visual identity of other brands, and documentation is utilized in a way that lays tautological or contradictory texts together. Intervention arises, while leading to more complex layers of meaning when borrowing the visual identity of the brand, which is conceptually irrelevant. The language is expressed as statements about contemporary social issues, such as environmental protection, ethical consumption and gender problems. Based on the findings of this study, it can be confirmed that in fashion design, typography serves as an effective marketing tool and a medium of social statements. Moreover, it can expand into the possibility of generating new meanings as a novel way of visual expression.
Keywords
Conceptual art; Fashion design; Typography; Anti-fashion; Convergence;
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