Miok Cindy Choi
National Folk Museum of Korea
Seoul, Korea
Born in 1974, in Korea/ Doctor of architecture. Currently, Curator and Exhibition designer in National Folk Museum of Korea.
Design:‘Sunbi-Classical Scholar,‘Babsangjigyo: Cultural exchange on the table between Korea and Japan’, ‘Sejong City 2005:2015, Remarkable transformation and distant memories’ , ‘Junk x User’s Guide’, ‘Wintering’, 'Our Lives beyond Epidemics' etc.
Award-winning career: Winner of 2016 Japan Good Design Award, 2017 iF Design Award, 2018 German Design Award
Best Researcher Award (2020, 2022) - Korean Society of Exhibition Design
Awarded the Achievement Award at the Korea Design Awards(2023)
Book : ‘100 Designers(2010)’, ‘European museum which walk down the street (Coauthor/2015)’, ‘Museum X Journey(2019) ’, Children’s Museum(2023)
Paper : ‘Case study of Brand Positioning through Design in Museum(2014)’, ‘The Study on Preschoolers and their Guardians’ Interaction at Children’s Museum ; Focused on character of visitors behavior in experimental exhibition type(2015)’, ’A Study on Exhibition design of by the Play; Focused on Visitors’ behavior and Affordance (2016)’, ’A Study on the Exhibition Space Formation through the Concept of Plot(2016)’, ‘A case study of exhibition design, applying the contextual spatial concept(2016)’, ‘The Spatialization of Exhibition Contents with Phenomenology of Perception of Merleau Ponty(2017)’, 'A Study on the Exhibition Space Curating with the Concept ‘Mise en scene’- Focused on Special exhibition, ‘Wintering’ of The National Folk Museum of Korea(2020)', 'Metaverse and Exhibition: A study on the seach for the Future of Exhibition with a focus on the Children's Museum(2021)', ' A Case Study on Exhibition of Museum Representation Method Approach with Simulacion(2022)' etc.
Curator /Doctor of architecture
Open Storage! A New Paradigm of Museums and Exhibitions
The National Folk Museum of Korea is Korea's representative folk life history museum. It is located in the old palace called Gyeongbokgung Palace, the historical heart of modern Seoul. The museum's collection is constantly increasing, but it is located in the old palace, a cultural heritage, limits the museum's ability to expand or renovate the building. Accordingly, the Ministry of Culture decided to build the museum's storage in Paju Artist Village, an hour away from Seoul. Paju, the National Folk Museum of Korea, was established in this way, is the main building's storage. Since the new museum's location is a place that many tourists visit, the museum has agonized over the structure that can be shown to visitors when designing the relic storage. Unlike general storage, the premise of open type has been attached. In other words, a space has been designed that balances the conflicting concepts of preservation and openness. The concept of architecture is 時間! It means a 'a space that represents the passage of time'. Based on this concept, a new museum paradigm was proposed that opens relics and materials to the public through 'visible storage' and 'open storage' where relics are simply preserved in a building, and shares knowledge and information with the public. Also, the special exhibition here is different from the existing exhibition. Unlike traditional exhibitions, visitors view the exhibits in place, visitors visit and view the exhibits under a specific theme. It has been two years since its opening, and many museum officials and related experts are continuing to visit in addition to local tourists living nearby.
visible storage, open storage, New Paradigm, Design of Museums and Exhibitions