• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.197-206
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• 2012

This study focuses on comparative study of the representation of 'traditionality' in Asian hotel guest rooms. Hotel can be a concentration of the country's culture and tradition and provide unique experience to guests through its space, decoration, and material. However, most hotels in Korea are lack of a strong identity based on the Korean culture and tradition, due to adoptation of the western hotel styles without any criticism. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression methods of the traditionality in Asian hotel guest rooms to provide design guideline to enhance identity of hotel guest rooms in Korea. Through analysis of the previous researches, criteria of the three design application methods and the five design elements were defined to analyze the representation of the traditonality. Design application methods were categorized as "Original form", "Partial adoption", and "Metaphor". Five design elements include "Shape", "Material", "Color", "Object", and "Pattern". Thirty nine Asian hotels containing the traditional design elements were explored in the study. In result, design application methods in Korea used all three methods equally, while other Asian countries used mainly the Partial adoption and Metaphor methods to express their traditions rather than the Original form method. All five deign elements were mostly used in case of the Original form methods, and two or three elements among five elements were used for the Partial adoption and Metaphor methods. The traditional representation of hotel guest rooms in Korea, reflecting current thinking, living pattern and culture, will be a solution for the new hotel design as well as elevation of Korea's status to a higher level.

• Archives of design research
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• v.20 no.3 s.71
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• pp.225-234
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• 2007

Time of production, Time of technique. 21 century time of technique and emotion. The design change is appearing. Technique importance and emotion importance. Importance of emotion design. Design intuition, or Design of the sensitivity. It is showing with new design methodology. Unconsciousness of human being discovery and It will make in new form method. It is design intuition. Human being craving with new design new possibility. The function is the portion which form is important. But now important is form. The use is easy and it likes the product. The digital product of present time the past product and function are same. The product technique with past is entirely different method. Design there is a new possibility. The design environment is changing. The design combines and the brand and will go with the direction.