• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.131-136
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• 2010

Purpose: Evaluating the possibility of Korean traditional folk paintings in the development of eyewear accessories. Methods: Esthetic values with vivid colour and layout of Korean traditional folk painting was evaluated. Reevaluation of those values was applied into eyeglass cleaners and eyeglass case with modernized fashion. Those accessories had an advantage of suitable space to represent visually images of the paintings. Results: Currently, Korean traditional folk paintings receives attention as an international cultural contents. Therefore, it would be possible to enhance cultural consumption of the product whose image was changed with cultural image of the paintings. Conclusions: Utilization of esthetic values into eyeglass makes a positive effects of eyewear accessories, which can be resulted in an expanding international market of eyewear accessories.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.13-17
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• 2008

Purpose: Study the method to attach to traditional pattern for the demands of eyeglasses' function which is becoming extended to cultural psychological and social aspects. Methods: To understand the symbolic characteristic of traditional pattern, especially through using palmette, embroidery, and practicing it on glasses' temple and cleaner. Results: Globalization stimulates crossing-consumption cultural trend rapidly. Thus, new glasses pattern involving Korean ethnic feature is a new source that could well adapt to this tendency. This report presents new aspect which corresponds to the demand of modern consumers. By modernizing Traditional pattern and method, we could discover the cultural value of glasses design. Conclusions: Glasses imply social position of users and became a measure that reveal a part of style that presents modern psychological language. Thus, the glasses design using traditional pattern makes a chance to change the beauty sense from western style to oriental one. And it achieves the desire of cultural consumption through glasses design.