To Berlin

This poster was designed when we were invited to participate in the exhibition “Show Us Your Type: Berlin,” hosted in Berlin in 2016.

In this poster, we used the name of the city Berlin as the main typography. We used two elements as the main graphic motifs, first of which was the bus ticket box icons that can be seen anywhere in the city. The icons were arranged to form the letters “BERLIN.” The bus ticket box icons used as a motif in our poster is also a graphic necessary for life in Berlin. The second motif is the red circles. The one in the center of the poster indicate Berlin as the German capital, with the other fifteen connected to it with an arrow symbolizing the Germany’s fifteen states. This expresses that Berlin is the center of Germany.

Daeki Shim & Hyojun Shim are graphic designers and co-founders of DAEKI & JUN Studio in Seoul. Along with running their studio, they have been teaching at several universities in South Korea. They have won and selected about 100 international awards in design competitions, such as the Red Dot Award, Graphis Annual 2017, the Society of Typographic Arts 100 Competition and Tokyo TDC Awards. Also, their works have been exhibited at the Central House of Artists in Russia, Die Neue Sammlung in Germany, Cube Design Museum in the Netherlands and the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Japan and more.

2018 - Graphis Poster Annual (2 Golds / 2 Silvers)
2018 - Graphis Design Annual (1 Gold / 2 Silvers)
2018 - Graphis Poster Type in Use (1 Platinum)
2018 - Brno Biennale of Graphic Design (2 Selections)
2018 - STA 100 (1 Winner Best 100)
2018 - Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (Young Star of Graphic Design)
2018 - The Tokyo Type Directors Club (2 Selections)
2017 - The IDA International Design Awards (2 Bronzes)
2017 - The IDA International Design Awards (1 Silver)
2017 - Red Dot Awards (1 Grand Prix)
2017 - Red Dot Awards (2 Winners)
2017 - STA 100 (2 Winners: 1 Judge's Choice - Best 100)
2017 - The Tokyo Type Directors Club (2 Selections)
2017 - Graphis Design Annual 2018 (1 Gold)
2017 - Graphis Design Annual 2018 (2 Silvers)
2017 - Graphis Poster Annual 2018 (1 Gold)
2017 - Graphis Poster Annual 2018 (3 Silvers)
2017 - Graphis Logo Design (1 Gold)
2017 - Graphis Logo Design (1 Silver)
2017 - The Tokyo Type Directors Club (1 Selection)
2016 - Red Dot Awards (1 Winner)
2016 - Korean Society of Typography (1 Grand Prix)
2016 - Good Design Award (4 Winner)
2016 - 46th Creativity International Awards (2 Golds)
2016 - 46th Creativity International Awards (2 Silvers)
2016 - 46th Creativity International Awards (1 Bronze)
2016 - Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee (2 Selections)
2016 - 8th International Triennial of Stage Poster Sofia (1 Selection)
2016 - STA 100 (4 Selections - Best 100)
2016 - A’Design Awards (3 Bronzes)
2016 - A’Design Awards (1 Winner)
2016 - Communication Arts (1 Winner)
2016 - Applied Arts Design Awards (1 Winner)
2016 - HOW International Design Awards (1 Winner)
2016 - HOW Design Awards (1 Winner - Outstanding Achievement)
2016 - Graphis Poster Annual 2017 (2 Golds)
2016 - Graphis Poster Annual 2017 (2 Silvers)
2016 - Graphis Design Annual 2017 (1 Platinum)
2016 - Graphis Design Annual 2017 (2 Golds)
2016 - Graphis Design Annual 2017 (2 Silvers)
2015 - Korean Society of Typography (2 Grand Prix)
etc.